Bronwyn Halls b. 1952 Melbourne, Victoria

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Melbourne cartoonist, musician and teacher. Halls worked part-time for the Melbourne Times and related newspapers.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Bronwyn Halls
Birth date
1952
Birth place
Melbourne, Victoria
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Musician
  • Teacher
  • Physicist
Active Period
  • c.1984- c.1988
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, musician and teacher, was born in Melbourne. A physicist then a teacher, she was surviving as a musician and as a cartoonist by 1988, working part-time for the Melbourne Times and related newspapers. An original cartoon for the Bulletin is dated 1984 (original ML PXD 739). Cartoons illustrated in Bridges & Heimann depict the US stubbing out ash in an ashtray shaped like Australia (dated March 1988, 40) and the bicentennial logo as prison bars with a young Aboriginal face behind (dated March 1988, 92).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Jo Waite
1964
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Collections
The Heidelberg School Picnic : An exhibition of contemporary Australian cartoons, illustrations and humorous creations
3 October 1985- 15 November 1985
Exhibition (exhibited at)
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
Citations:
  • PICMAN, (Place: Sydney, NSW : State Library of Victoria)
  • Carew, Jenny, The Heidelberg School Picnic : An exhibition of contemporary Australian cartoons, illustrations and humorous creations, (Place: Melbourne, Vic. : State Library of Victoria exhibition catalogue 3 October-15 November 1985)
  • Bridges, Jim & Heimann, Rolf, (1988), Australia-The Cartoon, (Place: Carlton, Vic. : McCulloch (ill. biography))