Bjelke-Petersen, Joh (Sir), 1911-2005

Born in Dannervirke, New Zealand; moved to Australia with family at two years of age. Queensland premier

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Queensland's Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen has suggested blo...

Date: 1984

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-286

Description: The scene is the beach at Surfers' Paradise. A submarine has emerged from the water and people are jumping off it and swimming to shore. A man sitting on the beach observes that they must be "another lot of Kiwis beating the anti-New Zealanders ban". Extended Title - Could this escalate into an all-out boycott? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and crayon on paper, 388 x 522mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[31 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in November and Dece...

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-001/031

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Will NZ make it to the Commonwealth Games. 11 March 1982.

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning sport (excluding rugby). Published in the Auckland Star, 1977 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-116

Description: The cartoon is in four parts and shows a man sitting on a desert island listening to the radio. Each part shows the radio broadcasting a different comment, which are things the man seems fairly indifferent to. The final two parts show the radio broadcasting that it may be losing the Pacific service, and the man seems fairly happy with that. Refers to Radio New Zealand, the 1982 Commonwealth games and sporting ties between New Zealand and South Africa. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Should our kiwi sportsmen go to South Africa? Will there be a black African boycott? What do Hayden, Muldoon, Bjelke-Peterson, HART, Ordia, etc, etc, think? This Radio New Zealand Pacific news service may be axed... Cheers! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 265 x 190mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :"We don't tolerate violence here, son!" [1982]

Date: 1982

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1981-1984]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-147

Description: Shows Australian politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen reprimanding a man holding a sign which reads 'Boycott the games'. The man holding the sign is possibly of Aboriginal descent. A policeman holding a baton is standing close behind Bjelke-Petersen, and a sign says 'Brisbane'. Refers to Aboriginal rights protests surrounding the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on card, 388 x 310 mm Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand's rela...

Date: 1986 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-604/635

Description: Includes cartoons about: David Lange proposes better relations with Australia; the French torture the New Zealand kiwi; concorde pilot asked to ship live sheep; wealthy American businessmen try a deal with desperate Hawkes Bay farmers; the French ask David Lange to release the Rainbow Warrior saboteurs; Australians upset by New Zealand's winning a carpetting contract in Canberra; Lange savaged during attempts to trade butter with the EEC "club"; USA President Ronald Reagan takes Australian PM Bob Hawke away from "this nasty area" of New Zealand; USA gets tough with New Zealand; New Zealand's trade threatened by split with ANZUS; troubled trade relations with Libya,Iran, EEC, USA; Fijian Indians want to migrate to New Zealand; Australia threatens trade cuts for non-participation in ANZUS; Kiwifruit for the Ayatollah (Khomeini of Iran); Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen loses popularity; Kiwi expatriates laze in the Queensland sun drinking beer; the snake of CER (Australian Closer Economic Relations); David Lange asks Bob Hawke for the boat "Akarana" back; new "Asian" city for Helensville; MP Marshall to consider tougher measures with China if necessary; no political asylum in New Zealand for Fiji Indian; huge power plant for North Island planned using Australian coal; French MP Michel Rocard promises to try and help New Zealand trade in the EEC; Chinese immigrants arrive; 100,000 live sheep leave for the Persian Gulf countries; Jim Bolger goes to Baghdad with a feather in his cap; Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon is keen on new links with the USA; US President George Bush allocates Jim Bolger two minutes' conversation in the men's toilets; Jim Bolger visites British PM John Major; Bill Birch announces that migrants are essential; Jim Bolger and Don McKinnon are successful in getting New Zealand a place on the UN Security Council; US President Bill Clinton likes New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 32 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"Quite a lot of protests against your anti-New Zealand...

Date: 1985

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-425

Description: Shows Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Queensland premier, sitting at his desk. A secretary is bringing him a pile of mail. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 343 x 378 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Greenall, Frank, 1948- :8 Cartoons entered in the Qantas Media Awards in 1987 and 1989,...

Date: 1987 - 1989

By: Greenall, Frank, 1948-; Auckland Sun (Newspaper); Dominion Sunday times (Newspaper)

Reference: J-012-001/008

Description: 8 bromides of cartoons by Frank Greenall, 1987, 1989. Quantity: 8 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: 1987 cartoons are A4 size bromides, 1989 cartoons are A3 size bromides.

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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"Australian pressure is mounting against our anti-nucl...

Date: 1985

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-426

Description: David Lange is returning from a trip to the Tokelau Islands. He is greeted by Geoffrey Palmer, who has been acting P.M., with news of the Australian disapproval of New Zealand's anti-nuclear position. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white and letratone on paper, 338 x 356 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

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Media clippings, notes and photocopies of published material

Date: ca 1972-1979

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8286-019

Description: Includes newspaper clippings, notes and photocpies of printed material relating to Tom Davis, Finbar Kenny, Albert Henry, Joseph Williams and Milan Brych Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

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Inward and outward correspondence (a)

Date: 1972-1981

From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5921-039

Description: Includes correspondence with family, and Queensland Film Corporation, Paul and Lynette, Komiti Blong Independens Blong Niu Hebridis, Sue, German Consulate of FRG, MacDonald and Jane's Publishers (London), Shar of Kooka Productions, Tante Gretel, Narelle, Simone, Tracey, Embassy of the GDR, Delphine, Margaretann, Talk Back radio station re coop-farming, Jonelle, Carol, `The Nation review', `The Builders of the windmill' (Denmark), Eldar Trading (Brisbane), various members of parliament, Martin, Democratic Party (USA), `Stern' magazine; clippings and other papers (identified persons entered under Name). Strewe's letters written from Australia. Language - Some correspondence is in German Arrangement: Part (a) of correspondence folder; balance at MS-Papers-5921-040 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, postcards and printed matter

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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[21 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January and Febru...

Date: 1985

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-361-087/107

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning World politics. 198...

Date: 1983 - 1985

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: B-146-001/026

Description: Includes cartoons about: the spoils of war, a family's house is demolished; the battle for nulear supremacy between USA and USSR; the expense of nuclear missiles; Reagan weak against the Russians; Russians after fighting in Afghanistan claim Reagan's action in Grenada is a threat to world peace; nuclear power in Russia; the commonwealth conference 1983 achieves little at great expense to the taxpayer; continuing political battle between Russia and America; US troops withdraw from Lebanon; famine in Africa; Iran and Iraq using children in their armies; Reagan claims to have made the world a safer place to live in; incresed rivalry in the South Pacific predicted between USA and USSR; 500,000 bottles of whisky flown to Ethiopia for anniversary while in the middle of a huge famine; appeal for a Wellington childrens hospital; early warning systems for intercontinental missiles; US army forget to take a warhead off a missile sent to Australia; New Zealand trade barrier talks on the agenda in Washington; Bjelke Peterson; Lange facing Margaret Thatcher, Jerry Falwell and Reagan over nuke-free policy; after 40 years of arms talks between major powers little seems to have changed; Pieter Botha keeping order in South Africa; a Russian pilot displaying what he's shot down, includes men, women and children. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged according to estimated dates. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by the artist. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 350 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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New Zealand Council for World Peace: Now showing! White House Corporation presents Rona...

Date: 1981

From: [Posters of A2 and A1 size, relating to peace and anti-war issues. 1980-1989]

By: NZ Council for World Peace

Reference: Eph-D-PEACE-1981-01

Description: A poster in the style of a movie poster, showing United States president Ronald Reagan as a gun-toting cowboy. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm.

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Webb, Murray, 1947- :Joh Bjelke-Petersen [ca 28 April 2005]

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-101-072

Description: Caricature of Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, who died on Saturday April 24 aged 94. Sir Joh was born in New Zealand and became Queensland's controversial and longest serving Premier. The image shows him dressed in a white tshirt on the front of which appear the words, 'Joh for God'. He is a puppet master holding a model of Queensland on strings as though it is a puppet. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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