Betty Roland (22 July 1903 – 12 February 1996)

 

Australian writer Betty Roland was born today in 1903. A playwright and novelist, Roland also wrote for magazines, children's books and comics in Australia and England.

Biographical notes and samples of Newspaper strip The Conways and Angela and the Runaway Heiress for Girl Annual 1962.

Angela Air Hostess and Vicky and the Crested Dragon

The Purple Pagoda
 
The Rajah's Secret
 
Vicky and the Painted Emperor

 

John Santry Illustrations #4

Another selection of Australian cartoonist and illustrator John Santry (1910 - 1990) Illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly.
John Santry Illustrations #1  John Santry Illustrations #2
John Santry Illustrations #3 John Santry newspaper strip The Conways with Betty Roland.

 

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John Santry Illustrations #3

Another selection of Australian cartoonist and illustrator John Santry (1910 - 1990) Illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly.


John Santry Illustrations #1 
John Santry Illustrations #2
John Santry newspaper strip The Conways with Betty Roland.

 

Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

John Santry Cartoons and Illustrations #2

Another selection of John Santry (1910 - 1990) Illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly. I'm slowly working through some recordings of Santry and hope to post some excerpts from his recollections of working on The Conways and Illustration work in the 1940's.

John Santry Illustrations #1

John Santry newspaper strip The Conways with Betty Roland.

 

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John Santry Illustrations

John Santry (1910-1990) featured in a previous post for his collaboration with Betty Roland during the 1940's on The Sydney Morning Herald daily strip The Conways. The following Santry Illustrations featured in The Australian Woman's Weekly during the early 1940's.

 

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