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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Men of the Day No.14
Men of the Day No.14
Men of the Day No.14

Men of the Day No.14 "A Faithful Friend, an eminent Savant, and the best possible of Presidents" (Sir Roderick Murchison), 1870

Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

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Roderick Shaw

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 1965

Bee Miles
Bee Miles
Bee Miles

Bee Miles, 1976

Roderick Shaw
Portrait, charcoal on paper

Gift of Brian Griffin 2000

Sir Rod Carnegie
Sir Rod Carnegie
Sir Rod Carnegie

Sir Rod Carnegie, c. 1984

Joe Greenberg
Portrait, offset lithograph on mountboard/card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Retired Mounted Policeman, 2012 by Paul Mallam

Retired Mounted Policeman, 2012

by Paul Mallam
Image
Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975
Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975
Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975

Lloyd Rees at the Rock in 1975, 1984

Roderick Shaw
Portrait, oil and oil pastel on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Jack Charles

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2012

Previous exhibition, 2012

The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)
Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895

Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

Sir Ian Potter
Sir Ian Potter
Sir Ian Potter

Sir Ian Potter, 1968

Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Douglas Carnegie
Douglas Carnegie
Douglas Carnegie

Douglas Carnegie, 1968

Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968

Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd, 1970

Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

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