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Print
9649517
  • Title
    David Rowe political cartoons
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXD 1517
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    approximately 1990-2016
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9649517
  • Physical Description
    5536 drawings (56 boxes) - 47 x 35 cm, 37 x 30 cm, or smaller - pen, ink, pencil and watercolour
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    David Rowe (1968-) is a contemporary Australian political cartoonist. Rowe’s family migrated to Canberra from the Netherlands when he was four years of age. Rowe studied art history and policitical science at the University of Canberra, and contributed cartoon strips for the student newspaper. In the 1980s, he produced freelance illustrations for The Canberra Times, later accepting a full-time position with the paper as a graphic designer. In 1992, he began freelancing for various London magazines including The Independent, Formula 1 and Times Literary Supplement. He returned to Australia in 1993 after accepting a full-time position at the Australian Financial Review as an editorial cartoonist.

    Reference:
    Library correspondence file
  • Scope and Content
    This collection consists of original drawings of cartoons by David Rowe published in newspapers Australian Financial Review, Canberra Times and the Sunday Herald from 1990s to 2016, including some sports magazines. The cartoons cover a range of Australian social and political issues and topics including climate change, immigration, gay and lesbian rights, Indigenous rights, school funding, terrorism, economics, laws, elections and government. This collection also includes a number of drawings that comment on cultural life in Australia, sports and recreation, as well as famous personalities.

    Boxes 1-10
    Boxes 11-15
    Boxes 16-20
    Boxes 21-24
    Boxes 25-30
    Boxes 31-34
    Boxes 35-40
    Boxes 51-56
  • System of arrangement
    This collection is arranged by size
  • Copying Conditions
    In copyright:
    Copyright holder:: David Rowe
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy David Rowe
  • Finding Aids
  • Description source

    Contents list compiled by volunteers in 2016
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Some cartoons signed by artist
  • Date note

    Dates from cartoons or devised by volunteers
  • Conservation note

    This collection was rehoused according to size in 2016
  • Subject
  • Open Rosetta viewer

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