National Portrait Gallery King Edward Terrace

The National Portrait Gallery in Australia is a collection of portraits of prominent Australians (by birth or association) who are important in their field of endeavour or whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest. The collection was established in May 1998, and until 2008 was housed in Old Parliament House and in a nearby gallery on Commonwealth Place. On 4 December 2008, its purpose-built permanent home was opened on King Edward Terrace, Canberra — beside the High Court of Australia — by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.