Walter Jardine

[8] In May 1928 he returned to Sydney,[b] where he was soon back at work, creating advertisements that appeared in The Bulletin, Home and other papers as well as posters.

[11] In 1953 Jardine supplied the cover art for the (Sydney) Carols By Candlelight programme, depicting the Three Wise Men.

[12] On 25 July 1962 the Australian Post Office released a 5d (standard letter) stamp designed by Jardine, to commemorate the centenary of Stuart's crossing the continent.

[14] The series consisted of 5/- William Dampier, 7/6 James Cook, 10/- Matthew Flinders, £1 George Bass, £2 Phillip Parker King.

[c] Illustrated: Newspaper examples: On 1 June 1918 Jardine married Sylvia Mary Prior[3] (16/12/1892 - died 1/03/1977 aged 85);[15] they had two daughters: They had a home at Roseville, New South Wales in 1942.

Caricature by David Low
Caricature by David Low
An example of Jardine’s scraper-board art, from an advertisement published in 1926