In 2009 the Australian Cartoonists Association decided to launch a Hall of Fame to celebrate Australia’s rich history of cartoonists.
Murray Ball | (1939 — 2017) | creator of Footrot Flats, Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero, Bruce the Barbarian and All the King’s Comrades |
Jimmy Bancks | (1889 — 1952) | creator of Ginger Meggs |
Gary Clark | ( — ) | |
Stanley Cross | (1888 — 1977) | creator of The Potts and Wally and the Major |
Will Dyson | (1880 — 1938) | political cartoonist (Bulletin, Melbourne Punch, Daily Herald) |
Ken Emerson | (1927 — 2010) | creator of On The Rocks and The Warrumbunglers |
George Finey | (1895 — 1987) | cartoonist (Smith’s Weekly) |
Max Foley | (1944 — 2022) | cartoonist, illustrator and commercial artist, creator of Cindy |
May Gibbs | (1877 — 1969) | author and illustrator |
William (WEG) Green | (1923 — 2008) | political cartoonist for The Herald |
Alex Gurney | (1902 — 1955) | creator of Bluey and Curley |
Cec Hartt | (1884 — 1930) | first cartoonist at (Smith’s Weekly), and ACA’s first president from 1924. |
Norman Hetherington (OAM) | (1921 — 2010) | An artist, teacher, cartoonist (known as "Heth"), puppeteer, and puppet designer. He is best remembered as the creator of one of Australia’s longest running children’s shows Mr. Squiggle. |
Geoff Hook (OAM) | (1928 — 2018) | editorial cartoonist for the Hobart Mercury, Herald Sun |
Mollie Horseman | (1911 — 1974) | most notable for her work on the 1950s comic strips, Pam and The Clothes Horse |
Eric Jolliffe | (1907 — 2001) | creator of Witchetty’s Tribe and Saltbush Bill |
James Kemsley | (1948 — 2007) | Ginger Meggs |
Bill Leak | (1956 — 2017) | political cartoonist (The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily-Telegraph-Mirror and The Australian), caricaturist, and portraitist |
Percy Leason | (1889 — 1959) | early political cartoonist (The Bulletin, Melbourne Punch) |
Vane Lindesay | (1920 — ) | cartoonist, author and cartoon historian |
Ruby Lindsay | (1885 — 1919) | cartoonist and illustrator |
Norman Lindsay | (1879 — 1969) | acclaimed artist, sculptor and cartoonist |
David Low | (1891 — 1963) | political cartoonist and caricaturist |
Arthur Mailey | ( — ) | |
Phil May | (1864 — 1903) | caricaturist |
Emile Mercier | (1901 — 1981) | editorial cartoonist for The Mirror |
Syd Miller | (1901 — 1983) | best known for his cartoon creation, Chesty Bond, for the Australian clothing company Bonds. |
Bill Mitchell | (1941 — 1994) | |
Alan Moir | (1945 — ) | editorial cartoonist (The Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin and Brisbane’s Courier-Mail) |
Pat Oliphant | (1934 — ) | 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner |
Bruce Petty | (1929 — 2023) | political cartoonist and animator |
Lloyd Piper | (1923 — 1983) | the third artist to draw Ginger Meggs |
Paul Rigby (AM) | (1924 — 2006) | |
George Sprod | (1919 — 2003) | for twenty years he was one of Punch magazine’s most published artists |
Ron Tandberg | (1943 — 2018) | editorial cartoonist for The Age |
Les Tanner | (1927 — 2001) | Chief Political Cartoonist for The Age |
Ron Vivian | (1914 — 1973) | the second artist to draw Ginger Meggs |
Dorothy Wall | (1894 — 1942) | a New Zealand-born author and illustrator of children’s fiction books, most famous for creating Blinky Bill |
Monty Wedd (OAM) | (1921 — 2012) | creator of Captain Justice, Ned Kelly and Ben Hall comic strips |
Unk White | ( — ) |