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Meir Ronnen
Meir (Mike) Ronnen (1926 – August 30, 2009) was an Israeli journalist, political cartoonist, art critic, and illustrator. Meir Ronnen was born in Melbourne, as Meir Isaacman. His father was born in Jerusalem, Land of Israel, and his mother in Liverpool, UK. He studied art and architecture at the RMIT University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. During the Second World War he was recruited to the Australian Army, and after the war was stationed in occupied Japan as a staff member of a military newspaper, BCON, where he had a weekly column "In a mess by Mike". In 1945–46 he drew portraits of Japanese war criminals at the hearings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo. Back in Australia, he worked as a cartoonist for ''The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney), The Sunday Telegraph''. In 1949 Ronnen emigrated to Israel and joined the staff of the daily newspaper, "The Palestine Post", which soon after accepted his proposal to change its title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
