Frank McIlwraith (life dates unknown) was the London representative for the Australian periodical Smith’s Weekly in the late 1930s. McIlraith wrote a number of accounts of the Spanish Civil War for Smith’s, arguing that the Republic embodied ‘all the things Englishmen and Australians are supposed to believe in’ and that if they knew the facts Australians ‘would utter a wild cry of protest.’ Founded by a trio including Robert Clyde Packer, Smith’s Weekly was published in Sydney from 1919 to 1950, presenting a mix of satire, opinion, sports and cartoons. Kenneth Slessor was its editor at one time, and George Finey, Emil Mercier and Stan Cross numbered amongst its cartoonists.
Gift of the Estate of the late Barbara Tribe 2009
© Estate of Barbara Tribe
Barbara Tribe Estate (2 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
Projecting the splendour of the empire, and the resolve of its subjects, the bust of William Birdwood keeps a stiff upper lip in the National Portrait Gallery.
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