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All Right, Vegemite! Peter Viska Comes to Beaufort for a Very Australian Celebration
Beaufort, Victoria | Sunday 25 October 2026
The Cyril Callister Museum will celebrate Vegemite’s official 103rd birthday with an afternoon of Australian art, humour, nostalgia and storytelling featuring renowned illustrator and animator Peter Viska.
Peter will be special guest for the launch of the All Right, Vegemite! Exhibition, celebrating the much-loved children’s books that captured the cheeky language of Australian playgrounds during the 1980s.
His collaboration with acclaimed folklorist Dr June Factor AM began with Far Out, Brussel Sprout! in 1983, followed by All Right, Vegemite! in 1985 and Unreal, Banana Peel! in 1986. June collected and preserved Australian children’s chants, rhymes and jokes while Peter brought them vividly to life with his wonderfully energetic illustrations.
Visitors will hear Peter share stories from more than five decades in illustration and animation, view original artwork, meet him and have books personally signed.
In a generous contribution to the museum’s future, Peter is donating 20 limited edition signed prints to assist with fundraising for the volunteer-run museum.
The fundraising will also form part of Creative Australia’s AusArt Day 2026, a national initiative bringing artists and arts organisations together to raise funds and celebrate the value of creativity in Australian life. AusArt Day takes place on Thursday 22 October, providing a perfect lead-in to the exhibition launch three days later. (Creative Australia)
The Cyril Callister Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit charity managed by volunteers. A percentage of museum operating revenue contributes each year towards a science scholarship for regional youth at Federation University Ballarat, where Vegemite inventor Cyril Callister is an alumnus.
Sunday 25 October | 2pm–4pm
Cyril Callister Museum, Beaufort
Tickets $25 via Humanitix | Limited seating | Light refreshments
Come for the Vegemite. Celebrate the art. Help keep an extraordinary Australian story alive.
Event Press enquiries – Liza Robinson 0414 082 754  cyrilcallisterfoundation@gmail.com
Photos attached – Peter with his original renderings & Peter with his students at Camberwell Grammar School  in 1985 when he was artist in residence demonstrating to student’s how it was done