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Sammy Dodd, 2021
Robert Fielding
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
Bleddyn Butcher
Biography
Bleddyn Butcher was born in London and came to Australia when he was six.
5 portraits in the collection
Dave Graney, 1996
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Nick Cave, 1994
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
David McComb (of The Triffids), 1987
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party), 1983
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Dave Graney and Clare Moore, 1996
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Dave Graney and Clare Moore
'Why would you want to listen to pub rock?'
Portrait story
Dave Graney and Clare Moore discuss music, photography and bandoleros of meat.
Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892
Henry Seppings-Wright, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2010
Warumpi Band
Biography
The Warumpi Band burst onto the Australian music scene in 1984 with the release of their first album Big Name, No Blankets.
2 portraits in the collection
Men of the Day No. 25 "Baronet or butcher" (Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne), 1871
Carlo Pellegrini, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
The Butcher's Daughter, 2013
by Paul Raymond Beutel
Image
Warumpi Band, Sydney Opera House, 1984 (printed 2021)
Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2021
George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga
Biography
George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga (1957–2007) was a Yolngu singer, activist and a founding member of the Warumpi Band.
2 portraits in the collection
George Burarrwanga, Warumpi Band, 1984 (printed 2021)
Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2021
Neil Murray
Biography
Neil Murray (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, grew up in country Victoria, studied art and became a teacher.
2 portraits in the collection