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I make posters and put them up on the street

Joined April 2015
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1000 posters all over Australia
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The first AUSSIE poster to feature a Jewish person. Born in Vienna, Frederick George Kimmel was 13 when his family migrated to Australia in 1938. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1941, aged 18. He died two years later in a military accident, just two months after Japan surrendered.
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Lucy (Rene) Maud Lem Cue
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Anyone who uses the phrase ‘the Ick’ shouldn’t be allowed to vote
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Cooling off the immigration debate ain’t easy
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They call themselves ‘patriots’ but they are not patriotic. They don’t love Australia. They love a FANTASY of an Australia that never really was. We are the REAL patriots. We love Australia for what it actually is and what it might yet become.
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THE NARCISSIST Peter Walker Fine Art March 13 - 29
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Nature Laughs Last.
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Original photograph by Che Chorley
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Kelly would never have been remembered if not for his armour. Cunning, brazen and ludicrous as it was, Kelly’s genius was to invert his subjugation by taking on the appearance of a knight. Screen printed by hand onto Fabriano Rosaspina White, signed and embossed.
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This photo of Monga Khan was taken in 1916 for his exemption to the dictation test, a function of the white Australia policy.
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I screen print these posters by hand onto 80gsm Kraft paper. The red is acrylic ink which I add by brush. If you ever see one of these on the street you know that I put it there personally.
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Meet May Ah Cum of Aloomba, QLD. This photo was taken in 1921 when May was eleven years old. It was taken for her exemption to the dictation test, which was a function of the White Australia Policy. She applied for her exemption so she could travel to China and return to her…
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home in Australia without fear of being racially excluded. Today her record is kept in the Australian National Archive in Brisbane.
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This is Nellie Chin from Georgetown QLD, 1929. Her photograph comes from The National Archive of Australia in Brisbane. It was taken for her application for exemption to the dictation test, a function of the White Australia Policy.
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The application would allow Nellie, aged 26, to travel to China and return to Australia without being barred entry on the grounds of race. Every poster is screen printed by hand onto 80gsm Kraft paper, and signed. This full size poster measures 82 x 117 cm.
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This is Kishner (of Aloomba QLD). His photograph comes from The National Archive of Australia in Brisbane. It was taken in 1909 for Kishner’s application for exemption to the dictation test, a function of the White Australia Policy. The application would allow Kishner, aged 31,
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to travel to India and return to Australia without being barred entry on the grounds of race. Every poster is screen printed by hand onto 80gsm Kraft paper, and signed. This full size poster measures 82 x 117 cm.
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