12 Facts About Larry Pickering

Lawrence Pickering was an Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator of books and calendars.

The winner of four Walkley Awards for his work, Larry Pickering largely retired from political cartooning in the 1980s but returned to the field in 2011.

Larry Pickering's cartoons lampooning then Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2012 were particularly vitriolic, and many of his later cartoons were considered offensive to several minority groups.

Larry Pickering was awarded two Walkley Awards with The Canberra Times for his work, one in 1971 and a second the following year in 1972.

Larry Pickering went on to win the award a further two times, in 1973 with The National Times, and in 1974 with The Sydney Morning Herald.

In 1976, Larry Pickering moved to The Australian, where his "Jungle Series" was featured in the newspaper's weekend edition.

Larry Pickering became well-known at this time for the vitriol directed at Gillard over the time she was in office.

In 2010, Larry Pickering was made an undischarged bankrupt on petition from the father of his former de facto, but in reply denied he owed any money and stated his "only asset is a $250 set of golf clubs".

Larry Pickering acknowledged he helped establish Cohen Strachan Investments, a betting software company which went into bankruptcy in 2010 with millions of dollars lost by gamblers.

Larry Pickering stated that he "feels sorry for people who lost money" but that he "had nothing to do" with the company.

The Supreme Court of Queensland found that Larry Pickering derived "significant financial benefits" from Hamlyn Crest, the Australian distributor of the betting software, and that his denial of involvement in the management of the company was "thoroughly implausible".

Larry Pickering died on the evening of 19 November 2018 at an Arundel Hospital, aged 76, with his wife and family at his side.