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Illustrations Acknowledgments

One of the aspects that distinguishes Funny English Errors and Insights — Illustrated from other howlers books are the more than 30 images published in the book.

All these images come from the Pictures Collection of the National Library of Australia. The compiler, Troy Simpson, and the publisher, the National Library, wish to thank the copyright owners for granting permission to reproduce their material.

We also thank Luca Tortora, who skilfully edited a selection of the images.

In the list below, the number in bold refers to the howler next to which the image appears.

Part A Sievers, Wolfgang (1913-2007), Unidentified Student Reading at the Peninsula School, Mt Eliza, Victoria 1960, nla.pic-vn3072838.

14 Fitzpatrick, Jim (1916–), Horseman Rounding Up Wild Horses, Brumbies in the Tumbarumba Mountains of New South Wales, 1960s, nla.pic-vn4589480.

15 Hurley, Frank (1885–1962), Hereford Bullocks on Peak Downs, between 1910 and 1962, nla.pic-an23207662.

53 Hurley, Frank (1885–1962), Looking Down the Porthole of a Tank Turret, Taken at Benghazi, Egypt, c. 1940, nla.pic.an23478239.

96 Hurley, Frank (1885–1962), Tamboor, Egypt, c. 1940, nla.pic-an23565059.

103 Sievers, Wolfgang (1913–2007), Hamersley Iron, Classroom in a High School at Dampier, Western Australia, 1971, nla.pic-vn3308562.

119 Bayliss, Charles (1850–1897), Chemistry Laboratory, Sydney Technical College, 1889,  nla.pic-vn3098077.

120 Carter, Jeff (1928–), Tobacco Road, c. 1955, nla.pic-an24537312. Courtesy of Jeff Carter.

125 Chinnery, Sarah Johnston (1887–1970), Mahout Standing in Front of a Seated Elephant, Ceylon, 1934, nla.pic-vn4554362 and nla.pic-vn4554363, and Searle, EW, Aerial View of the Procession of Mail Ships, Maloja, Orford, Nieuw Zeeland, and Manunda at the Official Opening Celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March 1932, nla.pic-vn3307662.

131 Hurley, Frank (1885–1962), Three Lonely Strays Find a Lost Brother After a Blizzard, c.1913, nla.pic-an23323343.

140 Carter, Jeff (1928–), Fisherman Mending a Net, c. 1955, nla.pic-vn3991129. Courtesy of Jeff Carter.

157 Seselja, Loui (1948–), Concord West Railway Station, 21 September 2000, Sydney, nla.pic-an23287557.

172 Breen, Fred, Portrait of Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Sydney, 1941, nla.ms-ms9733-5-21.

176 Flynn, John (1880–1951), Two Unidentified Men on a Camel in Front of a Homestead with a Woman in the Background, 1940s, nla.pic-an24681524.

Part B Unknown photographer, Production of Ration Coupons in Adelaide, 1942, nla.pic-an24598838.

212 Flynn, John (1880–1951), Unidentified Man with Sow and Piglets, between 1912 and 1951, nla.pic-an24523667.

218 Unknown photographer, Steam Ship Gascoyne Tied to a Wharf, 1926, nla.pic-vn4548190, and Emigrants on the Deck of a Ship Farewelling Those on Shore, published at Webb’s Royal Music Harmonium and Pianoforte Saloon, 1850s, nla.pic-an8926517.

222 De Berquelle, Raymond (1933–), Giant Cod, Curlewis Street, Swan Hill, 1994, nla.pic-an11456696-9. Courtesy of Raymond De Berquelle.

227 Unknown photographer, Winners of a Tandem Race at the Velodrome, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 6 December 1956, nla.pic-vn3120801. Courtesy of The Herald & Weekly Times.

233 Unknown photographer, Male Dancers Performing the Football Dance in the JC Williamson Presentation of the Moiseyev Dance Company of Russia, 1968, nla.pic-vn3720338.

237 Fitzpatrick, Jim (1916–), Grocery Section, Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, c. 1944, nla.pic-an24358165.

241 Cazneaux, Harold (1878–1953), Mining Float, Part of the Primary Producers Group, on the southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932, nla.pic-vn3695913.

249 Flynn, John (1880–1951), Watering Stock, Sheep Trough, between 1912 and 1951, nla.pic-an24431092.

254 Withycombe, Robert Morse (1868–1936), Portrait of Unidentified Nude Young Man Wearing a Wig, 1890s, nla.pic-an24715214.

255 Mulligan, JA (1927–1996), Caritas Centre, Group Therapy, Darlinghurst, 28 August 1967, nla.pic-an24377658.

268 Witzel, Unidentified Actress in Dress and Hat in the Californian Production of Canary Cottage, 1917, nla.pic-vn3508687 and pages from The Argus, 10 August 1943, and The Canberra Times, 17 March 1944, digitised for the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Project.

Part C Cazneaux, Harold (1878–1953), Sign Inside Ferry: “Please do not Spit”, 1906, nla.pic-an23242810.

277 Fitzpatrick, Jim (1916–), Josephine Smith Digging a Grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria, c. 1944, nla.pic-an24219398.

283 Frazer, CJ, Alfred Frith and Cecil Kallaway in a Barber’s Shop Scene, 1920s, nla.pic-vn3600652, and unknown artist, Poster of the Manning and Hastings Election, 1890–1891, nla.pic-an21272759.

289 Williamson, Hal, Shirley Smith and Henry McGee from the JC Williamson Production of For Better, For Worse, 1953, nla.pic-vn3509018.

297 Mason, Walter G, Testimonial Presented to GV Brooke, 1857, nla-pic.an8004020.

Afterword Campbell, JP, Matting, A bulky Load (Hauled by a White Donkey), 1915, nla.pic-an23217420.

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