The first Australian illustrated edition 1924
Alice in Wonderland: Alice in OZ | Australian books | Australian books (presentation) | Christian Yandell's Alice | Alice on Film | Poster 1968 | Pre-Raphaelite photographer | Poster 1977 | Whitcombe's Alice | Christian Yandell: Australian Fairy Tales 1925 | Catalogue of Work | Christian Yandell | Peter Pan and Wendy 1925 | Pre-Raphaelite Wonderland 2015 | Whitcombe's Alice in Wonderland 1924 | 1. Introduction The first version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865) to be illustrated by an Australian artist was the Whitcombe's Story Book edition published in New Zealand and Australia in numerous editions between 1924 and 1960. The illustrator was a young, talented Melbournean, Christian Yandell, whose Pre-Raphaelite line drawings were a distinctive feature of the book. This edition of Carroll's famous Wonderland fantasy adventure is rare, and for a number of reasons. Firstly, by their very nature school r