E. Ashton Murphy b. c.1874

Also known as Ashton Murphy
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Federation era Brisbane (and Toowoomba ?) black-and-white artist. In the 1920s he was employed by Joseph Cornelius Marconi to draw cartoons and do graphic designs that made extravagant claims for his Brisbane-based Goanna Salve, 'the Australian bush ointment', which became an Australian icon.
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Related stub people
  • Davis, Arthur Hoey ('Steele Rudd') (associate of)
  • Marconi, Joseph Cornelius (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Queensland Authors and Artists Association (associate of)
Related people
  • Lindsay, Ruby (associate of)
  • Simpson, Ruth J. (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Norman (associate of)
Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)