Junior Harry Eyre b. 1908

Also known as Junior Eyre, Harry Giles H. Eyre
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney and Melbourne newspaper cartoonist. Son of Hal and Vi Eyre, cartoonist and ceramicist respectively. The first original Australian cartoon published in the Sydney Morning Herald was by Eyre.

Citations

  • 'New South Wales Marriage records 7449/1901; 27356/1941’.

  • 'New South Wales Death records 67831/1972’.

  • (June 1997), 'Art Gallery of Western Australia Cartoon’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA, .

  • King, J. (1979), 'The Other Side of the Coin: a Cartoon history of Australia’, Cassell Australia, Stanmore, NSW [rev. ed.].

  • Rafty ,Tony and Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

  • Souter, Gavin (1981), 'Company of Heralds : a Century and a Half of Australian Publishing by John Fairfax Limited and its Predecessors, 1831-1981’, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic. [pp. 256-57].

  • Stone, Walter (1973), 'Fifty Years of the Newspaper Cartoon in Australia’, The News, Adelaide in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA [p. 75].

  • Walsh, Richard (1967), 'Gough Syrup’, Sun, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Coleman, Peter and Tanner, Les (1978), 'Cartoons of Australian History’, T. Nelson Australia, West Melbourne, Vic.

See also

  • '"But Cynthia, Man's Conquest of Space IS Romantic and Stop Saying in a Pig's Eye" (man in duffle coat outside car contemplating moon on ocean and disgruntled, smoking, woman passenger), (undated original Mitchell Library PX *D 249/28), late 1950s-early 60s. for SMH.'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists