Monday, December 7, 2009
MEDIA ALERT
Political cartooning exhibition wraps up 2009
An exhibition of the year’s best cartoons at the National Museum of Australia will be opened
by Mike Bowers, commentator on cartooning and photos for ABC TV’s Insiders program at
10.30am, Tuesday 8 December.
In his speech, Mike Bowers holds grave concern for the future of cartooning; “Australian
cartoonists are struggling to survive in a world of newspaper closures, cutbacks and easy to
use computer technology. The cartoonist is under threat as never before.”
Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons 2009 is a National Museum of Australia travelling
exhibition and will travel to Parramatta, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin throughout 2010.
WHAT: Behind the Lines media preview
WHEN: 10.30am, Tuesday 8 December, 2009
WHERE: Meet in the Museum Hall
The exhibition is on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra from December
8, 2009 to January 31, 2010. Admission is free. For more information visit
For interviews, images and more information please contact Dennis Grant on
02 6208 5351, 0409 916 481; Caroline Vero on 02 6208 5338, 0438 620 710 or
media@nma.gov.au
The National Museum of Australia is an Australian Government Agency
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