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Ben Strange

1929

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Overview

Scene of three golfers in foreground, 2 men and 1 woman. The middle man is wearing a kilt. The man in the kilt and the woman are carrying golf bags. In the background are another group of golfers with one of them teeing off
Ben Strange signature bottom right corner.
The cartoon was published in the Western Mail's 'A Page of Fun' on 28 February 1929. It came with the caption: BARE FACTS. Scottish Sportsman (thinking his caddie is not treating him with due respect): "Look here, my man, you don't seem to grasp who I am. Do you know that my family has been entitled to bear arms for the last two hundred years?" Caddie: "that's nothing. My ancestors ha'e need entitled tae bare legs since the time o' William the Conqueror."

Historical information

Ben Strange was a prominent political cartoonist in Western Australia who worked for the Western Mail from 1900 to 1930. This is a drawing by Ben Strange collected by Ivor T Birtwistle who worked at the Western Mail.
For many years Ben's political cartoons were a prominent feature in the newspaper. In the late 1920s his popularity had declined but he was still the key political cartoonist for the paper. Instead of two full page cartoons in the late 1920s Ben would still produce a weekly political cartoon and contribute cartoons to the papers 'A Page of Fun' that features amusing cartoons, stories and jokes.

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cwa-org-33-AK1999.104

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Artist's signature bottom right [Ben Strange]

Keywords

STRANGE Ben Mr

SHERIDAN Mervyn Mr

Western Australian Newspaper

Western Australian Mail Newspaper

Year

1929

Statement of significance

HIGH
The Ben Strange cartoons are historically significant as they depict many key figures linked to the history and development of both Western Australia and Australia. Political figures who regularly appeared in his cartoon’s included John ‘Happy Jack’ Scaddan, the Premier of Western Australia from 1911 until 1916, and William ‘Billy’ Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.

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