Ron Tandberg
Ron Tandberg (1943–2018) was first published in the Melbourne Age in 1972 and was famous for his pocket cartoons. He was the winner of nine Walkley awards for best cartoon and two prestigious Gold Walkley awards.
Ron Tandberg (1943–2018) was first published in the Melbourne Age in 1972 and was famous for his pocket cartoons. He was the winner of nine Walkley awards for best cartoon and two prestigious Gold Walkley awards.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
Is the dismissal of an elected government an event that could happen in countries other than Australia?
False information from ancient times to the present.
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