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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning nuclear issues, 1974-1983].
- Date
- 1974 - 1983
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
- Reference
- B-144-001/025
- Description
Includes India's plans to do nuclear tests, US President Carter's plans to buy a Pacific island to dump waste on, French tests and US nuclear dumping into the Pacific playground, NZ Prime Minister Rowling and the nuclear ban, anti-Truxtun (nuclear warship) protesters, Japan dumps nuclear waste, Truxtun arrives, the importance New Zealanders attach to the nuclear issue vs their protest at the axing of their favourite TV programme, the Wizard of Christchurch predicts dire environmental effects, scenes of desolation after the bomb, the world explodes and individuals go flying, the swimming pool of death, the Beehive (NZ parliament buildings) welcomes the Truxtun, bikie gangs bring in the Truxtun during an arms amnesty, Robert Muldoon equivocates about acceptance of nuclear ships, the USS Texas visits, the atomic hydrogen and nuclear bombs, the smoke of a ship in the shape of a skull, world doctors appeal for nuclear disarmament, the dead certainty of the nuclear deterrent, the government puppetmaster maipulates Philip Burdon and Marilyn Waring, nuclear fishin', the French tell PM Rowling they have nothing to hide, the issuing of protective sunglasses at Mururoa, protesters outside the fence of a nuclear arsenal.
Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q).
Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately
Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- 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]. / 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].
- Format
- 25 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, sizes approximately, Orientation: Horizontal image
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UnknownHeath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Most Kiwis couldn't care less as Mururoa tests endanger li...
Date: 1981
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].
Reference: B-144-010
Description: Shows a scene of desolation with rubble, skulls, and ripped New Zealand flag, and a small tape recorder, playing its message: "This is a party political broadcast! We have to look to the future - and to our children and the children not yet born ... This is a party political broadcast! We have to look to the future - and to our children and the children not yet born ... This is a party ..." Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, image 242 x 350 mm, on paper 387 x 497 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Quickly, M'sieur! While no one's looking!! [23 August 1979].
Date: 1979
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].
Reference: B-144-003
Description: Shows a Frenchman and an American, in their adjacent back gardens which both back on to the Pacific Playground, with its slide and see-saw. The Frenchman is burning a rubbish pile labelled "French tests" (its smoke spreads over the Pacific playground), while the American is about to heave barrels of "US Nuclear Waste" into the Pacific Playground. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, image 305 x 435 mm, on paper 356 x 465 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :We must ask the Americans if their vessels carry nuclear w...
Date: 1983
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].
Reference: B-144-021
Description: Shows Marilyn Waring and Philip Burdon as puppets in a National Party puppet show where both puppets are manipulated by the government. Marilyn Waring advocates asking the Americans if their ships carry nuclear weapons, but Philip Burdon replies: "We won't ask the Americans if their vessels have nuclear weapons - and we don't intend to!" The crowd looks puzzled. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 390 x 520 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :NZ opposed, but reassured by Japan that dumping IS safe. [...
Date: 1980
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].
Reference: B-144-006
Description: Shows a small "Mt Fujiyama"-shaped island with Oriental buildings on it and a big sign stating "Nuclear weapons not to be brought near or into Japan". Behind it are two ships loading 10,000 drums of nuke waste for the Pacific. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, image 250 x 367 mm, on paper 320 x 450 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :World doctors appeal to politicians for nuclear disarmamen...
Date: 1983
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].
Reference: B-144-019
Description: Shows two doctors, their clothes ripped to shreds, chiselling an appeal message on to a stone tablet, with the devastated remains of the civilised world in the background. One says to the other, "That was a wasted effort - let's start earlier this time!" Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 390 x 520 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Your Sir Wallace say we French have something to hide! How...
Date: 1983
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].
Reference: B-144-023
Description: Shows a small dinghy, the "Mururoa", on the open sea, containing two men, one of whom is rowing while the other talks. In the background, Mururoa has disappeared in a mushroom cloud, and the clothing of both men is tattered. Refers to Sir Wallace Rowling, who helped formulate the Labour Party's anti-nuclear stance in the early 1980s. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, image 220 x 315 mm, on paper 387 x 520 mm.
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :You certain all this can prevent a nuclear war? DEAD CERTA...
Date: 1983
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].
Reference: B-144-020
Description: Shows a man asking a bemedalled general about the efficacy of a huge stock pile of nuclear weapons behind them. Dated by date of appearance in the "Dominion". Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 390 x 468 mm.