Illustration of a penguin in trousers, a man with a beard and koala wearing a suit (who is holding up a pudding with legs and a face and basin hat).

The Magic Pudding: Celebrating 100 years

  • Past Exhibition
Exhibition

This display includes reproductions of original drawings from the 1918 first edition of Norman Linday's book The Magic Pudding, alongside watercolours produced in 1959 for The Magic Pudding puppet show. 

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Level 1, Macquarie Street building

1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
+61 2 9273 1414

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In October 2018 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of Australia’s best-known children’s books, The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay. 

This display includes reproductions of original drawings from the book’s first edition in 1918, alongside watercolours produced in 1959 for The Magic Pudding puppet show. 

Awaken childhood memories with Lindsay’s familiar drawings and the accompanying excerpts from this iconic tale. 

Illustration of a penguin in trousers, a man with a beard and koala wearing a suit (who is holding up a pudding with legs and a face and basin hat).
Illustration from The Magic Pudding, being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff (detail), Norman Lindsay, published by Angus & Robertson