 Returning to Australia, in spite of failing health, Ramsay succeeded in doing some remarkable work including "The Sisters" (a portrait of his own sisters, 1904; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney), "Lady with a Fan" (possibly his most famous painting), the portrait of David Scott Mitchell, and his own portrait, now in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.He gradually became weaker and died at “Clydebank” Buckley Street, Essendon on 5 March 1906 a few weeks before completing his twenty-ninth year.He was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.