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[td]After arriving in Sydney Finey had several of his cartoons accepted by ''The Bulletin'' magazine.<ref name=bulletin>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-66557055...hTerm=finey&partId=nla.obj-665581573#page/n35 The Sydney Art Society's...], ''The Bulletin'' (Sydney), 15 July 1920, page 34.</ref> His cartoons were included in the June 1920 issue of ''[[Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine|Aussie: The Cheerful Monthly]]''.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234217539 Aussie], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 19 June 1920, page 23.</ref> In July 1920 Finey's pencil and charcoal sketches, described as "vigorous" and "full of movement", were exhibited at the Sydney Art Society's students' show.<ref name=bulletin/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Drawings and cartoons by Finey began to regularly appear in ''[[Smith's Weekly]]'' from September 1920.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223162/25323438 A tiny creature...], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 18 September 1920, page 23.</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218246 The Alderkids] and [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218244 A Full-dress Debate], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 25 September 1920, page 9.</ref> By early in 1921 he had been appointed as a staff artist by [[Alex Sass]], the art editor at ''Smith's Weekly'', initially on a salary of nine pounds per week.<ref name=adb/><ref name="lindesay">Vane Lindesay (1970), ''The Inked-In Image'', Melbourne: Heinemann {{ISBN|0-09-135460-9}}.</ref> Finey's early contributions to the newspaper were mainly joke cartoons.<ref>Examples: [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234222911/25323487 Artist: "Those are wood nymphs."], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 2 October 1920, page 24; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223332 Teacher (reading)], ''Smith's Weekly'', 13 November 1920, page 24.</ref>[/td]
[td]Drawings and cartoons by Finey began to regularly appear in ''[[Smith's Weekly]]'' from September 1920.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223162/25323438 A tiny creature...], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 18 September 1920, page 23.</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218246 The Alderkids] and [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218244 A Full-dress Debate], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 25 September 1920, page 9.</ref> By early in 1921 the art editor at ''Smith's Weekly'', [[Alex Sass]], agreed for him to became a staff artist, initially on a salary of nine pounds per week.<ref name=adb/><ref name="lindesay">Vane Lindesay (1970), ''The Inked-In Image'', Melbourne: Heinemann {{ISBN|0-09-135460-9}}.</ref> In about February 1921 an agreement was signed under which Finey was employed "in the capacity of artist and cartoonist on the staff of ''Smith's Weekly'' for five years from 1 March 1921 "and thereafter until the expiration of the agreement".<ref name=smhEquity>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16319636 In Equity], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 30 September 1926, page 8.</ref> Finey's early contributions to the newspaper were mainly joke cartoons.<ref>Examples: [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234222911/25323487 Artist: "Those are wood nymphs."], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 2 October 1920, page 24; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223332 Teacher (reading)], ''Smith's Weekly'', 13 November 1920, page 24.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]George Finey and Nellie ('Natalie') Phoebe Murray were married on 25 March 1922 at St. Clement's Anglican church in [[Mosman]].<ref name=adb/> The couple had seven children.[/td]
[td]George Finey and Nellie ('Natalie') Phoebe Murray were married on 25 March 1922 at St. Clement's Anglican church in [[Mosman]].<ref name=adb/> The couple had seven children.[/td]
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[td]After arriving in Sydney Finey had several of his cartoons accepted by ''The Bulletin'' magazine.<ref name=bulletin>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-66557055...hTerm=finey&partId=nla.obj-665581573#page/n35 The Sydney Art Society's...], ''The Bulletin'' (Sydney), 15 July 1920, page 34.</ref> His cartoons were included in the June 1920 issue of ''[[Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine|Aussie: The Cheerful Monthly]]''.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234217539 Aussie], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 19 June 1920, page 23.</ref> In July 1920 Finey's pencil and charcoal sketches, described as "vigorous" and "full of movement", were exhibited at the Sydney Art Society's students' show.<ref name=bulletin/>[/td]Revision as of 22:09, 2 September 2025
[/td][td]After arriving in Sydney Finey had several of his cartoons accepted by ''The Bulletin'' magazine.<ref name=bulletin>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-66557055...hTerm=finey&partId=nla.obj-665581573#page/n35 The Sydney Art Society's...], ''The Bulletin'' (Sydney), 15 July 1920, page 34.</ref> His cartoons were included in the June 1920 issue of ''[[Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine|Aussie: The Cheerful Monthly]]''.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234217539 Aussie], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 19 June 1920, page 23.</ref> In July 1920 Finey's pencil and charcoal sketches, described as "vigorous" and "full of movement", were exhibited at the Sydney Art Society's students' show.<ref name=bulletin/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Drawings and cartoons by Finey began to regularly appear in ''[[Smith's Weekly]]'' from September 1920.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223162/25323438 A tiny creature...], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 18 September 1920, page 23.</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218246 The Alderkids] and [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218244 A Full-dress Debate], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 25 September 1920, page 9.</ref> By early in 1921 he had been appointed as a staff artist by [[Alex Sass]], the art editor at ''Smith's Weekly'', initially on a salary of nine pounds per week.<ref name=adb/><ref name="lindesay">Vane Lindesay (1970), ''The Inked-In Image'', Melbourne: Heinemann {{ISBN|0-09-135460-9}}.</ref> Finey's early contributions to the newspaper were mainly joke cartoons.<ref>Examples: [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234222911/25323487 Artist: "Those are wood nymphs."], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 2 October 1920, page 24; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223332 Teacher (reading)], ''Smith's Weekly'', 13 November 1920, page 24.</ref>[/td]
[td]Drawings and cartoons by Finey began to regularly appear in ''[[Smith's Weekly]]'' from September 1920.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223162/25323438 A tiny creature...], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 18 September 1920, page 23.</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218246 The Alderkids] and [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234218244 A Full-dress Debate], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 25 September 1920, page 9.</ref> By early in 1921 the art editor at ''Smith's Weekly'', [[Alex Sass]], agreed for him to became a staff artist, initially on a salary of nine pounds per week.<ref name=adb/><ref name="lindesay">Vane Lindesay (1970), ''The Inked-In Image'', Melbourne: Heinemann {{ISBN|0-09-135460-9}}.</ref> In about February 1921 an agreement was signed under which Finey was employed "in the capacity of artist and cartoonist on the staff of ''Smith's Weekly'' for five years from 1 March 1921 "and thereafter until the expiration of the agreement".<ref name=smhEquity>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16319636 In Equity], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 30 September 1926, page 8.</ref> Finey's early contributions to the newspaper were mainly joke cartoons.<ref>Examples: [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234222911/25323487 Artist: "Those are wood nymphs."], ''Smith's Weekly'' (Sydney), 2 October 1920, page 24; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234223332 Teacher (reading)], ''Smith's Weekly'', 13 November 1920, page 24.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]George Finey and Nellie ('Natalie') Phoebe Murray were married on 25 March 1922 at St. Clement's Anglican church in [[Mosman]].<ref name=adb/> The couple had seven children.[/td]
[td]George Finey and Nellie ('Natalie') Phoebe Murray were married on 25 March 1922 at St. Clement's Anglican church in [[Mosman]].<ref name=adb/> The couple had seven children.[/td]
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