Cartoon from Australasian Post, 1948 Australian XI "Our First Test Team"
Object Type
Artwork/Drawing/Caricature
Date Used
17 Jun 1948
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Cartoon faces, depicting the 1948 Australian cricket team, arranged in a circle. Printed on white card; copied from page 7 of the Australasian Post, 17 June 1948. Title is inscribed in centre of circle, reads, "Our First Test Team, By R Gittus".
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 297 W: 210mm (H: 11 11/16 W: 8 1/4")
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Associated Event
Associated Person
Date Used
17 Jun 1948
Location
In storage
Registration No
1999.3491
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Geoffrey Gittus.
Well done Geoffrey for donating this wonderful cartoon by your father (I presume). He was in my father's unit in the RAAF during the war and produced a wonderful irreverent boxing cartoon of my father, his CO, which I still have. I believe it dates from 1942. Maybe you would like to see it.
- Simon Waters
Posted on 15-06-2022 04:47:15