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Michael Atchison was born on 4 August, 1933 in Australia, is an Australian cartoonist. Discover Michael Atchison's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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75 years old |
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4 August, 1933 |
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16 February, 2009 |
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Michael Atchison Height, Weight & Measurements
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Michael Atchison Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michael Atchison worth at the age of 75 years old? Michael Atchison’s income source is mostly from being a successful cartoonist. He is from Australia. We have estimated Michael Atchison's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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A comment on 21st Century aboriginal life may be seen here National Museum of Australia
Michael Plant Atchison (4 August 1933 – 16 February 2009) was an Australian cartoonist who worked for the South Australian Advertiser for over 40 years.
Michael Plant Atchison was born in Sandringham, Victoria and moved to South Australia with his family in 1939.
He was educated at Glenelg Primary, then King's College, a boys' school which later became the co-ed Pembroke.
He attended Adelaide Teachers' College and embarked on a teaching career.
He married fellow Teachers' College student Olga and together left for England in 1960, where he worked as a freelance artist, contributing to magazines including Punch as well as working as art director for a London advertising agency.
They moved to Sydney in 1967.
He began work at The Advertiser in 1967 as the eventual replacement (Robert Hannaford intervened) for Pat Oliphant who had left for a career with the Denver Post in 1964.
And like Oliphant, he was to illustrate the frequent prose and poetic contributions of his great friend Max Fatchen.
Fellow cartoonist John Stoneham observed that Atchison "always worked completely freehand, never following pencil lines, but drawing ink straight on to paper, an art form which is long forgotten".
Many cartoonists have a trademark which may be found in their works; Atchison's, born in 1974, was a Scruffy little dog which occasionally behaved disgracefully.
His personal trademark was a pair of red braces.
From 1989 The Advertiser carried on its daily comics page Atchison's "Word for Word" panel which explored origins and meanings of English words and phrases.
Atchison lived with cancer from 1994, but despite pain and irksome operations never lost his affable good humour.
He was awarded the traditional artist's smock by his colleagues in 1998.
He was inducted into the South Australian Media Hall of Fame in 2004.
Michael was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2007.
He received the Jim Russell Award from the Australian Cartoonists' Association in 2007.
An original cartoon (featuring the "dog of no name") may be seen in an alleyway off the main street in the Adelaide Hills town of Aldgate.
It forms part of a mural contributed by half-a-dozen cartoonists during the 2007 S.A.L.A. (South Australian Living Artists) festival.
A cartoon of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam may be seen at National Archives of Australia
He was forced by the pain to retire in June 2008, replaced by Jos Valdman.
Michael died the following year, survived by his wife of over 50 years, Olga Atchison, two daughters Michelle and Nicola and three grandchildren Anthony, Matthew and Caillin.
Its last appearance was on 7 May 2009.
A series of "Word for Word" collections has been published.
