National Cartoon Gallery

The National Cartoon Gallery is Australia’s first and only gallery dedicated to cartoons and cartooning. It is home to the largest private collection of contemporary cartoons in the southern hemisphere.

The Gallery is housed in an authentic underground World War II bunker that has been converted into a funky exhibition space, also home to the National Holden Motor Museum upstairs.

The collection numbers in excess of 26,000 cartoons which have been acquired by way of entries into the annual Rotary Cartoon Awards competition, running longer than the gallery itself. In addition, some cartoons and artefacts have been donated over the same period. Some of these are works which predate the collection period (commenced in 1989).

Some cartoonists of note within our collection include Stan Cross, Percy Lindsay, Jim Russell, Monty Wedd, Mark Lynch, Emile Mercier and more recently Les Tanner, with a Blue Plaque to commemorate him.

Visitors can view exhibitions, learn about the history of the building, view cartoons both in folders and digitally, purchase copies and other merchandise, and use the cartoon reference library. There’s also a children’s drawing area.

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