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John Frith – raconteur, humourist and master cartoonist

Photo of John Frith, c.1929

John Frith c.1929
Photographer unknown
Reproduced courtesy of Jeffrey Frith

Before arriving in Australia in 1929, John Frith worked for Sale and Company, first in England and then in Japan. This photograph was taken shortly after he landed in Sydney and secured his first cartooning job with The Bulletin.

Photo of John Frith at work in Melbourne c.1973.
John Frith at work in Melbourne c.1973.
Image of John Frith c.1929
John Frith c.1929

This website is based on the exhibition, A Brush With Politics, shown at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House in 2001.

More information is available on the exhibitions page.