Peter Nicholson (born 1946) is an Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He has won several Walkley Awards. He is also known for his busts of Prime Ministers of Australia in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Early life Peter Nicholson was born in 1946.
Career Nicholson has produced numerous political cartoons for publication in newspapers, in particular The Age and The Australian. He has also produced animated political cartoons for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the TV series Fast Forward, and was involved in the Rubbery Figures television series.
He is also a sculptor. Nicholson created the busts of Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, which are part of the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.Bust head start is a miss, The Courier, 18 February 2010Julia Gillard's bronze statue in Ballarat could be the last, The Courier, 10 October 2014
Awards +YearSectionAwardStoryMedia1982ArtworkBest CartoonThe Age1991ArtworkBest CartoonThe Age1992ArtworkBest IllustrationJoan Kirner and Jeff KennettThe Age1992ArtworkBest IllustrationOlympic Archer/UnemploymentThe Age2009PrintBest CartoonBashir and BombingThe Australian
Gallery
See also Joyce Nicholson
References
External links
Political cartoon (1980–1985?) Nicholson - archived versions of Nicholson's website from 2000-2022 Speech by Gough Whitlam referring to reaction to Nicholson cartoon