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Oswald Pryor

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Australia's Little Cornwall, Cornish Pasty: A Selection of Cartoons

Oswald Pryor (15 February 1881 – 13 June 1971) was a South Australian cartoonist noted for his depictions of life in the Copper triangle, particularly of miners from Cornwall.

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History

Oswald was born the son of James Pryor (ca.1844 – 19 April 1917) and Caroline Jane Pryor (ca.1846 – 20 August 1926), nee Richards, at Moonta. He was a staff cartoonist for the (Adelaide) News from 1928 to 1935.

Family

He married Mabel Dixon ( – ) on 8 January 1908.

  • Lindsay Dixon Pryor (20 October 1915 – ) married Wilma Brahe Percival of Canberra on 8 October 1938. His promotion to Superintendent of Parks and Gardens, Department of the Interior in 1944 was criticised. He was in 1958 appointed Professor of Botany at Canberra University College, later part of the Australian National University. He was responsible establishing the Botanic Garden on Black Mountain and the Mount Gingera alpine park (later abandoned).
  • grandson Geoff Pryor was a cartoonist for the Canberra Times.

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