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An insight into the life of Australian artist, Bill Pidgeon (Wep) 1909 – 1981
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Pidgeoncoop
Artist extraordinaire William (Bill) Pidgeon or WEP as he was affectionately known by his humourous cartoons and illustrations, made his home and established his studio at Northwood in 1941. At the time he was still drawing for the Daily and SundayTelegraph and the Australian Women’s Weekly where he had become famous nationally for his iconic [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2011 by Pidgeoncoop
Sat 22-Sep-56: Left Sydney 10:30pm – slept most of the way to Darwin. Plane very empty. Sun 23-Sep-56: Took off 8:05am. Arrived at Singapore 3:55pm. Saw Ian Hamilton and had fun at ‘Happy World’. Slept at Raffles Hotel. Cashed £5 [Berrimah, Northern Territory] 7am Sunday Dear Mugs, Had a magnificently smooth trip up and landed [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2010 by Pidgeoncoop
Salvation Army, Australian Comforts fund & YMCA Letterhead W.E. Pidgeon C/O DPR Unit, A.P.O. Darwin, Sat morning Darling, Am going back to the tap house this morning & am in great dither to get a letter once more. It’s an isolated sort of life the folks live up here – each day rapidly becomes the [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2010 by Pidgeoncoop
W.E.Pidgeon, C/O DPR Unit, Army Post Office, Darwin Monday Aug. 1 or something Darling, Sorry I growled about there being no letters from you. Very little mail arrived for anyone last week. Must have been some hitch. Happily I received two this morning and was thereby much delighted. You seem pretty lonely poor darling – [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by Pidgeoncoop
W.E.Pidgeon C/O DPR Unit Army Post Office Darwin Friday Darling, Am back again to the old home comforts. There are only 4 correspondents here at the moment, thank heavens. But those at present here are damned voluble – voceriferously arguing the toss on world social system. I’m too weak to join in. The mob done [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2010 by Pidgeoncoop
W.E. Pidgeon DPR Unit Army Post Office Darwin Wednesday night Dear Jess, Arrived here after a very long & rather exhausting trip which seemed to last for days. Most of it was spent sprawled precariously over piles of sharp edged boxes and bloody hard crates of gear for some of the posts. We left early [...]
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