Alan Moir (born 1947) is an Australian caricaturist and cartoonist who was born in New Zealand. He has been the Editorial Cartoonist for the ''
Sydney Morning Herald'' since 1984, and previously ''
The Bulletin'' and Brisbane's ''
Courier-Mail
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northe ...
''. His work on international events is also syndicated regularly through The New York Times Syndicate.
Alan's credits include being six-time winner of "Australian Editorial Cartoonist of the Year", a
Churchill Fellowship
Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts (WCMT) are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill, based in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. They exist for the purpose of administering Churchill Fellowships, a ...
in 1999, Walkley award for Political Cartooning in 2000 and 2006 and the UN Award for Political Cartooning 1994. He also won the Gold Stanley award in 1985.
Inducted into "The Australian Cartoonists' Hall of Fame" 2018.
In 2019 a cartoon on global warming was published in "The Oxford Illustrated History of the World"
His work is held in several collections including the
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
, the
National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia, in the national capital Canberra, preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation. It was formally established by the ''National Muse ...
, the
National Library of New Zealand, the
State Library of New South Wales, the
State Library of Queensland, the
State Library of Victoria, and the Private Collection of
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founde ...
(the former Secretary- General of the UN).
In 2006 during the aftermath of the Danish Prophet cartoon controversy, he was invited to the Australian Senate to give a lecture on the history of political cartooning.
He has published about a dozen books of cartoons over the years, and has been included in many others.
He has given talks on the History of Western Political Cartooning in Sydney and Canberra, NZ (Auckland and Wellington), India (New Delhi, Trivandrum, Kochi)
References
External links
Moir Cartoon Gallery*
ttp://www.abc.net.au/insiders/content/2005/s1400638.htm Transcript of ABC 'Insiders' program– Michael Bowers and Alan Moir
Moir collection of cartoons and drawings 1973-2003– held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
1945 births
Australian editorial cartoonists
Living people
Stanley award winners
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