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John Ditchburn
104 Crompton Street
Ballarat Victoria 3350 Australia
Australia : 03 53317448
International : +61 3 53317448
Address :
John Ditchburn
104 Crompton Street
Ballarat Victoria 3350 Australia
To me career has always been something that Mulga Bill did as he hurtled towards Dead Man’s creek, so it is not surprising that my path to becoming a cartoonist was a twisted one.
Although I filled exercise books with cartoon doodles throughout my school years it was not until studying Art and Design in 1982 that I considered the possibility of becoming a cartoonist. Finally achieving that aim when I began drawing for the Ballarat Courier in 1990. In the intervening years I drifted through a succession of jobs as chemical worker, storeman, screen printer, diver, chainman, barman, bus driver etc etc... Which I now consider to be an excellent qualification for a cartoonist as these jobs gave me a thorough grounding in the ‘human condition’.
Since 1990 I have been the cartoonist for the Ballarat Courier. My cartoons are also regularly published in the Bendigo Advertiser and the Warrnambool Standard and have been published in in numerous educational books as well as on internet websites.
I live in Ballarat with my family, plus a cat and six chickens. My hobbies are skindiving, kayaking, growing vegetables and observing chickens and people. As well as this website I also run another website about growing your own food in your back yard called Urban Food Garden.