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The National Museum of Australia has published three books of Hinze cartoons from its exhibit on Australian English.

Aussie English for Beginners (Books One, Two and Three) explore the origins and meanings of some unique Australian words and phrases, with definitions provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

Copies can be ordered direct from the Museum Shop by phoning (02) 6208 5222 ($14.95 + $5 postage within Australia).

"pobblebonk"

"billabong"

"boofhead"

"you right?"

Scratch! Media distributes the work of Australian political cartoonist David Pope (also known by the pen name Heinrich Hinze).

Scratch! Media archives David's cartoons on the web. The archive contains David's recent political cartoons and collections of cartoons on industrial relations, international current affairs and other subjects.

Scratch! Media also publishes David's cartoons in books. This site includes samples of his illustrations and links to other sites.

Email:

Or write: Scratch! Media, PO Box 597, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia.

Books

Scratch! Media has published three collections of Hinze cartoons, which are now out of print. Copies can be viewed in the National Library of Australia, and the State Library of South Australia.

The fish John West reject was published in 1995. It contains Hinze cartoons from the previous ten years, with a heavy emphasis on political and economic developments in Australia and the changing face of industrial relations. (ISBN 0 646 25838 9, A4, 64pp).

Australia Incorporated was published in 1997. It brings together political cartoons drawn during the first two years of the conservative Howard government in Australia. (ISBN 0 646 32928 6, A4, 64pp).

Hinzebrand: Political Cartoons in Brine was launched at the end of 2000, with more cartoons from Howard's Australia (ISBN 0 9578377 0 4, 170mm x 235mm, 96pp). Click on the megaphone below to hear a sound clip of comedian Rod Quantock from the launch:
(MP3, 30 seconds, 242KB)

Gentoo penguins queue up to read The Fish,
on the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula...

About the cartoonist

David has been drawing cartoons for the alternative press in Australia since the mid-1980s, under the pen name Hinze. Since March 2008 he has been drawing editorial cartoons for The Canberra Times, following the retirement of the paper's much loved cartoonist Geoff Pryor after a 30-year career.

Before The Canberra Times, David was the editorial cartoonist for The Sun-Herald. His work has appeared in The Republican, The Northern Rivers Echo, The Diplomat, The New Doctor, Overland, Arena, and various trade union newspapers, including Common Cause, Hard Hat, The Queensland Nurse and The AEU News.

David has received five "Stanley" Awards for Media Art from his peers in the Australian Cartoonists Association, and six Rotary National Cartoon Awards. He has also received four Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards from the UN Correspondents Association, a Prodi journalism award for his political cartoons in the The Northern Rivers Echo, and has been a finalist at the Walkley Journalism Awards three times.

Links

Cartoons and cartoonists:

The Australian Cartoonists Association links cartoonists throughout Australia via it's website, newsletters and conferences. The Association's website lists the contact details of its cartoonist members, along with samples of their work from the Association's Yearbook.

Australian cartoonists online include:

John Ditchburn Editorial cartoonist at The Ballarat Courier
Matt Golding Three second thoughts from The Melbourne Times and The Age
Judy Horacek Feminist cartoons from the Woman with Altitude
Jon Kudelka Freelance cartoonist with The Australian and The Hobart Mercury
Craig Mann Cartoonist for the Gold Coast Bulletin
Alan Moir @ The Sydney Morning Herald
Peter Nicholson @ The Australian
Nik Scott Freelance cartoonist and book illustrator
Andrew Weldon Cartoonist for The Big Issue and The Age

Australian singer songwriter Baterz was also a cartoonist, before his untimely death in 2002. You can find a tribute written by fellow musician Fred Smith right here.

Alliance Online is the home of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the trade union for cartoonists and other media artists in Australia.