One of Australia's favourite puppets, Mr Squiggle, turned 50 on Wednesday. The pencil-nosed moon-dwelling marionette who brought joy to generations of Australian children debuted on ABC television in ...

The man who created Mr Squiggle for the ABC series of the same name has died after a long illness in Sydney. Norman Hetherington worked initially as a cartoonist before venturing into television in ...

JILL MORRIS interviews the veteran ABC artist and broadcaster Mr Squiggle. Former presenter Pat Lovell with Mr Squiggle in 1962.ABC GREEN GUIDE: Mr Squiggle, you’ve been making pictures out of ...

Unlike other TV props that get thrown away, he has been kept in near-perfect condition. To this day the legendary carved wooden marionette with a pencil for a nose has been preserved by the family of ...

Puppeteer and Mr Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington left the famous character, as well as Blackboard, Bill Steamshovel and Gus the Snail to his wife and daughter before his death in 2010. And his ...

Norman Hetherington's career spanned over seven decades, including cartooning in The Bulletin alongside luminaries like Norman Lindsay, The Courier-Mail reports. Mr Squiggle, the moon-dwelling ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. FOR more than 40 years the puppet Mr Squiggle delighted Australian children by turning random lines ...

Mr Squiggle was the cheery pencil-nosed puppet who lived on the moon, turned scribbles into masterpieces and had a pet rocket. On air for more than 40 years, Mr Squiggle was Australia's ...

One of Australia's most beloved television characters, the pencil-nosed blue-haired puppet Mr Squiggle, is being celebrated with an exhibition at the National Museum. Mr Squiggle and Friends was the ...

The original pencil-nosed puppet and objects including fellow puppets, artworks, scripts, costumes and more have become part of the National Historical Collection Generations of Australians have known ...

Mr Squiggle, the marionette from the moon who entertained generations of Australian children, has a new home at the National Museum. The beloved children's television show, which first aired in July ...