Featured below are a collection of artifacts from the estate of Ruth Julius, daughter of Australia's first animator Harry Julius who was also an active cartoonist in the early twentieth century. Original trial/deployment drawings and watercolours by Harry Julius for We Little People, a proposed cartoon strip which became Smiler, c1920s. Also examples of Julius’ newspaper cartoons, Mr Gink and Happy Days.

Example of Harry Julius animation, Cartoons of the Moment by Harry Julius (1915)

Cartoons of the Moment was an animated segment by Harry Julius that appeared in First World War editions of the Australasian Gazette newsreel. This clip is silent. This edition comments on First World War-related events in Australia and Europe.

Click image below to view Harry Julius animation, Cartoons of the Moment - The Crown Prince of Death (1915).