Ron BROOKS<br/>
<em>The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek</em> (1973) <!-- () --><br />
cover illustration for <i>The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek</i> by Jenny Wagner, published by Longman Young Books in association with Childerset, Melbourne, 1973<br />
pen and ink and watercolour on cardboard<br />
28.8 x 30.7 cm (image) 50.1 x 46.2 cm (sheet)<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Gift of Albert Ullin OAM, 2014<br />
2014.566<br />
© Ron Brooks
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Artist Ron Brooks discusses how he came to be an illustrator of children’s literature, having grown up without books himself, and his process of making books.