The fantastic sketch on this Christmas card was done in 1961 by Alan Rawady, the Forests Commission’s graphic artist. It was found in a box of old stuff at the Altona museum.
The card was produced at a time when Alf Lawrence was the Chairman with Herb Galbraith and Ben Benallack as Commissioners. It includes the circular “Seal” of the Commission with myrtle beech fronds, which had been in service since the 1920s.
Alan also designed of the iconic “two-tree” logo in the mid-1960s.
Alan had the grand title of Artist and Display Designer and was part of the three-person Publicity Branch with Alan Watts as the manager and George Self as the photographer. They were situated on the third floor of 453-455 Latrobe Street. The building is gone now.
Victoria’s Forests & Bushfire Heritage 