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Without the vision, commitment and unfailing support of Gordon Darling - practical, financial, and, above all, moral (for well over the past 25 years) - the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Canberra would never have come into being as it did.
A few months before he died, we were able to pay a fitting tribute to Gordon and Marilyn Darling for all that they have achieved at the Gallery to date. At the same time, commensurate with their vision, a NPG Foundation was launched. Gordon Darling foresaw that this measure would insure that future generations will build on the very solid foundations that he and Marilyn Darling laid.
Gordon Darling was born in England to an Australian father and an English mother. His Scottish greatgrandfather John Darling was a pioneering pastoralist, and his grandfather (also John) was one of the founders, and, later, chairman from 1907 to 1914, of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP).
Gordon Darling was educated first at Stowe...