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cartoonist, was born at Longreach when his parents were working on Bimerah Station, and he has spent most of his life in the Central West. He began working on Isis Downs at the age of 13 then was in the shearing industry for six and a half years. He now lives and works at Longreach. In 1999 he self-published Jake Outback Queensland, amateur, clichéd but endearingly naïve little strips about a station dog, Jake, and his take on life and tourists in the area. Most relevant is a six-part strip of Jake musing: '“1. More tourists heading somewhere. There’s so much to see out here… 2.Longreach has a Hall of Fame… Barcaldine with its Tree of Knowledge… Winton, the Matilda Museum... Blackall’s got a Wool Scour… 3. Aramac has a train museum… Ilfracombe has a line up of old machinery… Boulia has the Min Min Light… Hughenden with a Dinosaur Museum... 4. Isisford has the historical Clancy’s Hotel… They even have a Muttaburrasaurus, all from a bone they found… I wish we had something historical here… 5. That’s it… Bones!” 6. [master watching Jake digging frantically] “What’s that stupid dog up to now?” (see JK Boulia lecture and Art Monthly March 2001 article).

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Writers:

Kerr, Joan

Date written:

1996

Last updated:

2007