Continuing laugh in with gifted columnist , illustrator Peter Burleigh who was deeply involved in the unique, short lived , l969 Melbourne magazine ,Broadside , edited by the late Pete Steedman, the Black Knight of Victorian politics.
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The above zany cartoon shows Burleigh about to depart for England with a letter of introduction from the hanging premier of Victoria , Sir Henry Bolte, plus a food pack for Prince Charles . There is also the shock revelation that the mysterious person called Basil Sweetlips, mentioned in graffiti in public conveniences , was actually Burleigh.
There is a passing reference to Barry Humphries , another luminary who contributed to Broadside .
No other gifted artist or cartographer produced such a memorable map of Australia as the one Burleigh kindly included in his Bulldust Diary, which he wrote for Little Darwin.
The following Burleigh gem run in Broadside highlighted the Melbourne City Council knocking down many existing residences and putting up dull towers.
