Dean Alston
Dean Alston is an editorial cartoonist for The West Australian. A past Walkley Award-winner for best cartoon and winner of two Stanley Awards for Best Single Gag Cartoonist, Alston has also worked as a cartographer and publican.
Dean Alston is an editorial cartoonist for The West Australian. A past Walkley Award-winner for best cartoon and winner of two Stanley Awards for Best Single Gag Cartoonist, Alston has also worked as a cartographer and publican.
A 1937 referendum asked Australians if the Commonwealth should regulate air travel.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
Hear audio descriptions of political cartoons from Behind the Lines exhibitions.
False information from ancient times to the present.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
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