Political cartoon titled 'Nice day at the beach', by John Tiedemann, 2005

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Type: Political Cartoons
Date: 24 December 2005
Materials: Graphite, Ink, Paper, Watercolour
Collection: Political Cartooning 2006 collection
Accession number: 2006.0119.0011

Description

A watercolour cartoon on paper. The cartoon depicts a figure wearing swimming trunks lying on a towel surrounded by various weapons. The artist's signature is written in the bottom right corner and reads 'TIEDEMANN'.

About the collection

The Political Cartooning 2006 collection consists of 109 political cartoons collected under the auspices of the National Museum of Australia's 2005 2007 Political cartooning targeted collecting project and the Behind the Lines 2006 political cartooning exhibition. There are 48 different artists represented in the collection including Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, John Spooner, Mark Knight, Sean Leahy, Bruce Petty, Cathy Wilcox and Ward O'Neill. The cartoons provide a satirical record of the major events and personalities in Australian politics and society in 2006. Major topics addressed within the collection include issues such as the Cronulla race riots; Work Choices policy; the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) scandal; Australia's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands; the continuing threat of global terrorist attacks; the economy; and global warming. Taken together the collection provides a diverse visual archive of Australian political events in 2006 and demonstrates the quality of Australian political cartooning and illustration.

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