Identifying a terrorist

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Type: Cartoons
Materials: Ink, Paper
Collection: Alan Moir collection no. 2
Accession number: 2003.0034.0113

Description

Political cartoon with "Moir" signature written in the lower right hand corner. Hand drawn in black ink and texta shaded with black pencil in areas, drawn on paper. It depicts a man standing by a board, his arm wrapped in a sling, his other arm is pointing to the board. On the board is a figure named "BRETT LEE bowling a ball across a pitch, the pitch is labelled "PERTH WICKET". The audience is made up of injured cricket players taking notes, one wears an England jumper. Artist's notes on the reverse read: " DEC/ 2002/ DISASTEROUS (sic)/ ENGLISH AHSES TOUR".

About the collection

The collection consists of 220 original editorial cartoons drawn by Alan Moir and published in the Sydney Morning Herald from 1986-2003. 58 of the cartoons are from Moir's popular series entitled "Little Caesar" which is published in the Saturday edition of the paper. This collection provides an overview of the work of one of Australia's leading political cartoonists, Alan Moir. Moir is the editorial cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald and has also worked for The Bulletin and Courier Mail. The collection documents the twists and turns of Federal politics from 1986 to 2003. The prime ministerships of Hawke, Keating and Howard all reviewed through Moir's satirical gaze. Major issues covered include the economy, international relations, the introduction of the GST, corporate collapses, the Bali bombing and the second Gulf War.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 4:58:21 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-17. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.