In the l950s, aspiring Townsville artist Walter E. Badcoe featured in the Melbourne Art Training Institute publication for having designed the above award winning cover in the Student Section of an Australian Writers and Artists' Federation contest. Badcoe , who lived in 40 Corcoran Street,Currajong Estate , had made nearly a thousand pounds in his spare time due to a commercial art course , kept busy illustrating catalogues .
The renowned graphic artist and industrial designer Gert Sellheim drew the above poster promoting Australia's Great Barrier Reef for the Australian National Travel Association. He was one of the first poster artists to work in a semi abstract style in Melbourne , later adapted Aboriginal art to advertising . Born in Estonia, he studied in Continental studios and migrated to Australia from Germany in the l930s.
