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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.

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Bod Polly Borland

In profile

Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023

Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

Ernest Giles

Ernest Giles (1835-1897), explorer, came to Australia at the age of fifteen, settling in Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Alice Giles

Alice Giles

Alice Giles

Alice Giles, 1984

Rosemary Madigan

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Alice Giles AM, in memory of her mother Rosemary Madigan 2023

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE

Dame Annie Florence Cardell-Oliver DBE (1876–1965), politician, grew up in Melbourne before marrying David Sykes Boyd, a wool buyer, and returning with him to England.

1 portrait in the collection

Matt Moran

Matt Moran

Matt Moran

Matt Moran, 2004

Murray Fredericks, Lisa Giles

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2005

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Florence Cardell-Oliver, n.d.

Broothorn Studios

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper laid on photography studio backing board

Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879)

The Australian exploring expedition travelling through scrub (from the Illustrated London News 1879), 1876

The Illustrated London News after Jesse Young

Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2010

Portrait 70

Portrait 70

Kim Leutwyler on her portraits of the LGBTQIA+ community, Oliver Giles chats to Polly Borland, Gunggandji artist Simone Arnol, and Andrew Quilty's new book.

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2023

Portrait Donors

The mahi-mahi, 2019 Rob Palmer

The mahi-mahi, 2019

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2005

Portrait Donors

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Sarony & Co

Oliver Sarony (1820-1879) arrived in England from his native Quebec in 1843 and worked as a daguerreotypist in various cities before settling in Scarborough on the coast of Yorkshire in 1857.

2 portraits in the collection

All together now, 2012 by Clare Thackway, video: 9 minutes

All together now, 2012

by Clare Thackway

General content

Finalist, iD2012

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), acknowledged as one of the world's great portraitists, was master of portraits in the 'Grand Manner', replete with moral and heroic symbolism.

3 portraits in the collection

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Matthew Sleeth

Matthew Sleeth began his photographic career with a number of monographs including Roaring Days, The Bank Book and Tour of Duty.

2 portraits in the collection

Robert Klippel

Robert Klippel

Robert Klippel

Robert Klippel, c. 1990

Rosemary Madigan

Portrait, pastel on paper

Purchased 2020

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