Item #CL179-161 [Class Of ’92. Looking For Work]. Suzanne White, b.1966 Aust.
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[Class Of ’92. Looking For Work]

1992. Airbrush with pencil, gouache and highlight, signed in pencil upper right with publishing annotations in lower margin, Daily Telegraph Mirror publishing receipt dated “3 July 1992” attached verso, 27.5 x 20.9cm.

Caption in image reads “‘Work is what I want, not charity. Who will help me get a job. Best of references. Please phone John, 34162, room 52.’”

In February 1992, the Keating Government released the One Nation policy, designed to target job creation. The government introduced the Australian National Training Authority Act, and the Disability Discrimination Act. By the close of 1992, unemployment was still rising. Ref: Wiki.

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Item #CL179-161

Price (AUD): $770.00  other currencies

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