The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
One of two Bluey and Curley cartoons by Alex Gurney documenting a comic exchange between a service man and an officer. These cartoons were given to SX30203 (S29620) Captain Edwin Warren by Alex Gurney when he was with Captain Warren's company in the Northern Territory. The cartoons were given to Captain Warren as his nickname was 'Curley'. One of Captain Warren's officer friends, Alec Gordon, had red hair and was known as 'Bluey'.
One of two Bluey and Curley cartoons by Alex Gurney documenting a comic exchange between a service man and an officer. These cartoons were given to SX30203 (S29620) Captain Edwin Warren by Alex Gurney
Depicts the famed cartoon characters 'Bluey and Curley' from the series designed and created by Alex Gurney in 1943. During the Second World War, Bluey and Curley were synonymous with the male larriki
Alex Gurney produced the 'Bluey and Curley' cartoons initially for the magazine 'Picture News' in 1940. It was then transferred to the 'Melbourne Sun' where it was syndicated to newspapers all over Au
Bluey and Curley cartoon consisting of three frames. In the first frame, Bluey and Curley who are travelling in a jeep are questioned by a bearded, scruffy looking man who asks: 'How's th' war going m
Australian Second World War poster. The top half of the poster features a cartoon by Alex Gurney of an Australian soldier having a bright idea. The title for the poster is written into the soldiers' s
Depicts a 2nd Australian Imperial Force poster appealing for donations of reading matter (books and magazines) for distribution by the Australian Comforts Fund to soldiers. Soldiers are shown in the j
