Massacres

Date: 1841

By: Baxter, George, 1804-1867

Reference: C-046-011

Description: Rev. Williams in the water, with other missionaries, including Mr Harris, in a boat in the background, being attacked by the local people of Erromanga, Vanuatu. The incident took place in 1839. See Courtney Lewis, C T George Baxter the picture printer. London 1924. Item 83b. Compare with B088/002 (col. print) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour Baxter print (Sepia) 510 x 633 mm

Date: [June] 1989

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

By: NZ Truth (Newspaper)

Reference: A-453-003

Description: Shows a soldier (legs only) sweeping a pile of skulls under a Chinese flag. Context: Several hundred civilians had been shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation against democratic protest in Tiananmen Square. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Grafix Duoshade usage instructions. Printed.]; Verso - top left - TIANANMEN MASSACRE 1989 [in pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and developer on Duoshade card, 300 x 395 mm

Date: 1972

From: Various cartoonists :Ten cartoons by Nevile Lodge and one by Eric Heath on the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Reference: A-349-041

Description: Shows a hand holding the Olympic torch, radiating light on the five rings, the symbol of the continents involved in the Games. Two phrases are quoted as part of the image: 'The Games must go on', by Avery Brundage, and '...but if once we lose this light, 'tis with us perpetual night', by Ben Jonson This cartoon refers to the 'Munich Massacre' which took place on 5 September 1972, and which left a total of 17 people dead, including 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, five members of the Palestinian Black September group, and one West German police officer. The president of the International Olympic Committee, Avery Brundage, insisted that the Games continue. The Ben Jonson (1572-1637) quote comes from 'Volpone', one of the writer's greatest works, first produced in 1605 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Nevile Lodge 72 [in whiteout] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 260 x 320 mm, on sheet 315 x 390 mm

Date: 2007

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0003256

Description: Two diligent students sit smiling at their desks agreeing that they feel so much safer now that students are encouraged to carry guns. Around them other students are blasting away at each other with thier guns. Reference to continuing debate about firearms in the United States in the wake of the worst school massacre, 18 April, 2007, so far in America which happened at Virginia Tech when thirty students were killed by a fellow student. Other Titles - Doctor Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011462

Description: A dove with an olive branch in its beak hovers over Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Text reads 'Tiananmen Square 20th anniversary of massacre. Refers to the Tiananmen Square massacre having been re-visited this year, the twentieth anniversary of the event that shocked the world. The protests were sparked by the death of a pro-market, pro-democracy, and anti-corruption official, Hu Yaobang, whom protesters wanted to mourn. By the eve of Hu's funeral, 1,000,000 people had gathered on the Tiananmen square. The protests lacked a unified cause or leadership; participants included disillusioned Communist Party members and Trotskyists as well as free market reformers, who were generally against the government's authoritarianism and voiced calls for economic change and democratic reform within the structure of the government. The demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, but large-scale protests also occurred in cities throughout China, including Shanghai, which remained peaceful throughout the protests. (Citation from Wikipedia) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0003227

Description: The cartoon shows three ostriches, each carrying a gun and each with its head buried in the sand. They are likened to Americans looking for the reasons behind campus massacres. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0003202

Description: The cartoon shows Virginia Tech campus which is where a student killed thirty fellow students on April 16, 2007. In the forefront of the cartoon is a large signpost bearing the name Virginia Tech Campus; the 'V', the 'T' and the 'C' are punctured with bullet holes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023677

Description: Shows an automatic weapon, where the gun muzzle curves and points back at the shooter. A label at the top states, 'New improved- safer' and a figure at the bottom states, 'And no need for magazines!' Refers to gun violence in the United States, where a shooter killed his mother and then 26 students and tat Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on 14 December 2012, before taking his own life. The shooting prompted a renewal of calls for increased gun control legislation in the United States. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023649

Description: Shows children's backpacks with names above them, representing the twenty children who were killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, USA, on 14 December 2012. Six adults at the school were also killed. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0023745

Description: Shows an American flag with bullet holes instead of stars. Refers to the problem of gun violence in the United States, in the wake of a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 20 children and 8 adults (including the gunman) dead. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0025486

Description: Shows two archaeologists interpreting hieroglyphics on the inside of a pyramid wall. One holds a magnifying glass up to a drawing of a tank, and says, "Looks like the Egyptian Army had another busy year in 2013" Refers to the Egyptian Armed Forces removal of President Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013, and the massacre of over 51 protesters supporting Morsi, with another 400 injured on the morning of 8 July at the Republican Guard Club in Cairo. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1823 - 1829

From: Dillon, Peter, 1788-1847 :Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas, performed by order of the Government of British India to ascertain the actual fate of La Perouse's expedition ... In two volumes. London,; Hurst, Chance & Co., 1829.

By: Ingrey, C, active 1829

Reference: PUBL-0177-1-front

Description: Shows Captain Peter Dillon, Martin Bushart and William Wilson, on top of a small hillock in the left foreground, defending themselves against a group of Fijians. Other members of the ship's party are being killed or cooked near a fire at the extreme right. According to Dillon's book, the incident took place on 6 September. Other Titles - Fiji Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 157 x 229 mm, on page 225 x 273 mm (folded frontispiece)

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023660

Description: Shows Uncle Sam holding a flashlight to one ear, which shines through to the other ear, with a handgun being reflected. Refers to gun violence in the United States, most recently a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, which left 28 people- mostly children- dead. The tragedy has prompted renewed calls for gun control legislation in the United States. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).