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Artist Sees Humour in Native Life

Artist Eric Jolliffe draws sketches of Aboriginal characters and rural landscapes which he later uses in cartoons.
Series : Australian Diary | Episode : 23 | Year : 1949 | Total Duration : 3 Minutes | Producer : Jack S Allan
Aboriginal men dancing. Sydney artist, Eric Jolliffe, at home, holding stuffed turtle, decorative spears on wall, studying Aboriginal bark painting. VS Jolliffe paging through and looking at drawings of Aborigines. Eric Jolliffe drawing cartoon. VS of his cartoons.
Access No. 43217 | 1 min 57 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |