Frederick Schonbach b.

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
One of the "Dunera Boys" interned in Hay, NSW, during WWII. Artist and cartoonist.
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cartoonist and illustrator, born Vienna; arrived Australia in 1940 aboard the prison ship Dunera .

Reputedly worked for the Australasian Post in 1945-46 when the art editor was Alan McCulloch , along with Albert Tucker and McCulloch himself. One of the Dunera Boys who worked at Australasian Post (Frederick Schonbach, Erwin Fabian and Klaus Friedeberger ), winning a prize in the Post 's 1945 black-and-white art competition. He migrated to Brazil c.1946.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: Melbourne, Vic : Australasian Post.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd revised edition).>]