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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.

Self portrait

Albert Tucker

Biography

Albert Tucker AO (1914-1999) was one of the strongest Australian painters of last century.

4 portraits in the collection

Albert and Vincent

Albert Namatjira

Biography

Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) is one of Australia's most celebrated and important artists.

7 portraits in the collection

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Albert Falzon

Biography

Albert Falzon (b. 1945), film maker and photographer, was in the Australian army and worked for Australian Surfing World magazine before co-founding the Australian surf magazine Tracks in 1970.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Albert Victor Jennings

Sir Albert Victor Jennings KT CR

Biography

Sir Albert Victor Jennings Kt.cr. (1897-1993) pioneered mass-produced and mass-marketed housing in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert)

Albert Frederick Calvert

Biography

Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.

1 portrait in the collection

Tony Bilson

Tony Bilson OAM

Biography

Tony Bilson, OAM (1944-2020), chef, grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar school before opening his first restaurant, La Pomme d'Or, in Camberwell in 1971.

1 portrait in the collection

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl

Tony Roche

Biography

Tony Roche, a left-hander with a fine backhand volley who was twice ranked No 2 in the world, was born the son of a Tarcutta butcher in 1945.

2 portraits in the collection

Tony Adam

Tony Adam

Biography

Tony Adam (b. 1938) model, grazier and farmhand, grew up in Melbourne and attended Melbourne Grammar school, but left when he was sixteen.He went to work on Angledool and Llanillo stations in outback New South Wales and Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Tony Mitchell

Tony Mitchell

Biography

Tony Mitchell was in a band called Wheelbarrow, who released a single, 'Dame Zara' before Mitchell left to join Harry Young and Sabbath.

3 portraits in the collection

Tony and Maureen Wheeler

Tony Wheeler

Biography

Maureen and Tony Wheeler are the founders and owners of Lonely Planet Publications.

1 portrait in the collection

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Tony Clark

Biography

Canberra-born artist Tony Clark moved to London with his family in 1960.

1 portrait in the collection

Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw AM

Biography

Tony Shaw AM (b. 1953), rugby union footballer, made his debut for Queensland in 1973 and went on to play 112 games for his state team.

1 portrait in the collection

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Tony Kearney

Biography

Tony Kearney, a self-described amateur photographer, is a full time director of Designmakers Pty Ltd, a leading industrial design consultancy based in Adelaide.

3 portraits in the collection

New South Wales (Earl of Jersey Victor Albert George Child-Villiers)

Victor Albert George Child-Villiers

Biography

Victor Albert George Child-Villiers (1845-1915) succeeded his father George Augustus (1808-1859), 6th earl, who had only held the title for three weeks, as 7th earl of Jersey in 1859.

1 portrait in the collection

Albert and his wife Rubina, Macdonnell Ranges

Rubina Namatjira

Biography

Rubina (Ilkalita) Namatjira (1903–1974) was a Kukatja woman and the wife of famous Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira.

1 portrait in the collection

Considering Persephone - Gay Bilson

Gay Bilson

Biography

Gay Bilson (b. 1944), writer and former restaurateur, trained as a librarian before moving to Sydney from Melbourne with her partner, Tony Bilson, in the early 1970s (the couple were never married, but had two daughters, and Gay has long used Tony's surname).

2 portraits in the collection

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