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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN: A Cartoon History of Australia ~ Jonathan King (1979).
This exciting cavalcade
of political cartoons from Australian history which for the first time
tells the truth about the country's past. In 380 beautifully illustrated
cartoons the artists who were there at the time tell us what really
happened. It is not just another illustrated history of Australia as
there is no long list of national achievements. Far from it: for this is
history seen through the penetrating eyes of the gifted watchdogs whose
brutal honesty and sharp pens transform many of our legends into
scandals.
They expose the horrors of the convict colony and the
Rum Rebellion against Governor Bligh; the Eureka Stockade massacre on
the goldfields and the police bungling of the Ned Kelly case; the drives
against Aborigines and Chinese and the Queensland slave trade; the
Royal assassination attempt and the Burke and Wills fiasco; the seven
unnecessary wars and the shocking folly of Gallipoli; the secession
gambles of Victoria, Queensland and West Australia, and the deserts who
left for Argentina; the class hatred of the depression and the apathy
under the Japanese attack; Menzies' search for reds under the bed, and
the futility of the Vietnam War. The blots of copybook, hushed by
official historians are highlighted by a line of cartoonings stretching
from Hogarth to Pickering.
They include the most bizarre from Punch, the more exotic from the Bulletin, the cheekiest from Smith's Weekly and the boldest from the Australian.
'Hop', Phil May, David Low and Norman Lindsay bring the past of our
ancestor alive, while Molnar, Rigby, Petty and Leunig prick the
conscience of the present. Their cartoons have been gathered from
libraries in London and all State of Australia to provide the most
comprehensive collection on record - the one that shows the other side
of the coin.
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