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Name
Les Dixon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • arts editor (ANZSIC code: 5411)
  • driver (ANZSIC code: 4610)
  • boxer (ANZSIC code: 9112)
  • blacksmith's striker (ANZSIC code: 2210)
Birth date
July 1910
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales
Death date
May 2003
Death place
Central Coast, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1940 - 1994
Residence
  • Summerland Point
  • c.1949- Sydney
  • 1929 - 1941 Sydney
  • 1918 - 1929 Dry River, Cobargo, south coast of New South Wales
Training
  • Catholic Guild, Sydney
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Dixon, Les (Jnr?) and Clements, John (June 2003), '"A sad farewell to three mates: Les Dixon"', Inkspot, 37, p 5, .>, <ExternalResource: Simmons, Don (July 2000), 'Stuff cartoons are made of', The Australian Senior, p 7, .>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'p 94', major source.>, <ExternalResource: Blaikie, 97, pp 100-02.>, <ExternalResource: Dixon, Les (c.1945), 'Australia at War: 32 pages of cartoon laughs on the home front by Les Dixon', Sydney: Allied Authors & Artists.>, <ExternalResource: 'Smith's Weekly', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (741.5994/ d621.7/1).>, <ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning, 11-19 September', Sydney: Blaxland Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, A. (ed.) (1998), 'Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s', Elgua Media.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette and Unger, Ingrid (1994), 'Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s', Monash: National Centre for Australian Studies.>] [<ExternalResource: Dixon, Les (Jnr?) and Clements, John (June 2003), '"A sad farewell to three mates: Les Dixon"', Inkspot, 37, p 5, .>, <ExternalResource: Simmons, Don (July 2000), 'Stuff cartoons are made of', The Australian Senior, p 7, .>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'p 94', major source.>]