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City of Armadale - History House > Records

CARTOON - THAT MALIGNANT GROWTH

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Ben Strange Cartoon Collection
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Scene shows a man using a measuring tape to measure the large girth of another man holding a hat in his right hand. On the larger man's stomach is written [DEFICIT] and on the measuring tape is written [FINANCIAL RETURN] To the left is a woman in 20s peri

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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’

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Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1999.81
Themes
Art and Design
People
Popular Culture
Social History
War and Conflict
Keywords
ECONOMY
Western Australia
MITCHELL James Sir
BIRTWISTLE Ivor T Mr L/Cpl
STRANGE Ben Mr
West Australian Newspaper
West Australian Mail Newspaper
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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