It usually includes cartoons or humorous works making fun of Australian celebrities.

[3] The winning 2023 portrait featured Batey flying through a cloud filled sky on the back of Maud the cockatoo.

[4] When asked about the prizes' choice of judge, Batey states: “It takes 12 galahs to judge the Archibald but only one cockatoo to judge the Bald Archy,” - Peter Batey OAM, 2016 [5] Since 2005, the home of the competition and its accompanying exhibition has been the Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga.

Batey died in June 2019, in a car accident near his home at Coolac, New South Wales.

[1] In 2024, the touring exhibition visited Australian regional galleries including Holbrook, Deniliquin, Corowa, Temora and finishes in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales.