Cartoons from the year 1973.

January

• 31st, The meaning of Australia Day.

    Keywords: Al Grassby, Australia Day

February

• 7th, How low?

    Keywords: Rupert Hamer, Drought, Sir Henry Bolte
• 8th, Playing it safe!

    Keywords: Bureau of Meteorology, Inflation
• 14th, Show me the money!

    Keywords: Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho, Vietnam War
• 27th, Neighbouring powers!

    Keywords: Billy Snedden, Sir Rupert Hamer, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Gough Whitlam
• 28th, Take aim!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Sir Paul Hasluck, Australian Medical Association, Medibank

March

• 5th, Does it help?

    Keywords: United States, Khartoum, Saudi Arabia, George Curtis Moore, Cleo Noel Jr., Guy Eid, Saudi Arabia, Black September Organisation
• 8th, Room and board.

    Keywords: Prisoners, Interest Rates, Gough Whitlam
• 14th, Taking a while...

    Keywords: Royal Australian Air Force, F-111
• 27th, Supergirl!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Queen Elizabeth II, Womens' Issues, The Queen's Guard
• 29th, A raid!

    Keywords: ASIO, Lionel Murphy, Gough Whitlam, William McMahon, Lionel Murphy, Phillip Lynch, John Gorton, Ivor Greenwood

April

• 6th, The ASIO raid.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Lionel Murphy, ASIO
• 10th, Electoral reforms.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Vince Gair, Doug Anthony
• 26th, The fallout from Watergate begins.

    Keywords: Richard Nixon, Watergate
• 27th, Looking for help...

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Richard Nixon, Lionel Murphy, Watergate, ASIO Raid

May

• 11th, It's tricky...

    Keywords: Papua New Guinea, Gough Whitlam, Rupert Hamer, John Tonkin, Robert Askin, Eric Reece, Don Dunstan, Joh Bjelke-Petersen
• 15th, A volley!

    Keywords: Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King, Tennis
• 28th, Repairing a satellite, looking below...

    Keywords: Space Exploration

June

• 8th, Same trick again?

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Bill Snedden, India
• 11th, Trouble with the temperature.

    Keywords: Skylab
• 12th, And the cupboard was bare...

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Frank Crean, Inflation
• 13th, First Premiers' conference.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Australian State Premiers
• 14th, A look under the hood!

    Keywords: Road Toll, Police, Ford Fairmont
• 21st, Giving in office.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Inflation

July

• 10th, Mining rights?

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Rex Connor, Surfers Paradise, Storm Damage
• 31st, A visit to the White House.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger

August

• 1st, As Nixon worries, Gough questions ties to the US.

    Keywords: Richard Nixon, Gough Whitlam

October

• 5th, All Aboard!

    Keywords: Qantas, Train
• 16th, Demands for tapes begin.

    Keywords: Richard Nixon, Watergate
• 22nd, Nixon starts firing.

    Keywords: Richard Nixon, Watergate, The Statue of Liberty

November

• 12th, "Ming the Magnificent"

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Sir Rupert Hamer, Sir Robert Menzies
• 19th, The Greatest!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Margaret Whitlam, New South Wales State Election
• 20th, Nixon continues to defend.

    Keywords: Richard Nixon, The Davis Cup, Watergate
• 30th, Getting into the club!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Rex Connor

December

• 3rd, Independence.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea
• 4th, Facing the music!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Billy Snedden
• 7th, An even view!

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Billy Snedden, Bob Hawke, Referendum

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