The Dismissal 1975
Original cartoon by John Frith
Old Parliament House Collection
This cartoon somewhat unusually portrays Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (1972-1975) getting in Governor-General Sir John Kerr’s hair. The reality may have been quite the opposite.
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.