Mr. Squiggle
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Mr. Squiggle is an Australian children's television series, and the name of the title character from that ABC show. The show was presented on television in many formats, between its inception on 1 Jul
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Mr Blackboard (1959), Mr Squiggle (1958) and Rocket (c. 1975), displayed at Newcastle Museum in 2026.
Gus the Snail puppet (1977).
Bill Steamshovel puppet (1962).
Norman Hetherington
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Norman Frederick Hetherington was an Australian artist, cartoonist, puppeteer, and puppet designer.
Mr. Squiggle
…having only been asked to fill a six week gap on the ABC's schedule. Mr. Squiggle, the central character was created by cartoonist and puppeteer Norman Hetherington OAM, and the character first appeared on the Children's TV Club on ABC TV, but was spun off into his own programme which first aired on 1 July 1959…
Hetheringon on stage in 1944
"Heth 42, Cartoonist", one of the stars at the Army Entertainment Unit concert for the "Penny-a-Plane" Appeal, Ambassadors Theatre , Perth, Sunday, 15 November 1942.
Mr Squiggle drawings created on the program using an upside-down drawing technique, displayed at Newcastle Museum in 2026.
Television props from Mr Squiggle, displayed at Newcastle Museum in 2026.