"He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990 'for service to children's television programmes and puppetry'. In 2005, he was presented with the Dean's Award for Excellence in Art, Design and Education (College of Fine Arts, UNSW), for contribution to the media. The Australian Cartoonists' Association presented Norman with a signed artist’s smock in 1989 and award him a Life Membership in 2008 then on 14 November 2009, the ACA presented him with the coveted Jim Russell Award for his Outstanding Contribution to Australian Cartooning. It is generally acknowledged by many of his fellow cartoonists that they were encouraged to pick up a pencil by virtue of being able to watch Mr Squiggle's antics on television each week."

I last had contact from Norman about a year ago when he indicated he was interested in learning more about the new Air Hawk book I am working on. Yes, he too was a long-time ago subscriber to "John Dixon's Air Hawk Magazine". I am planning on sending details of the upcoming book to those subscribers in the next few weeks, and I am a little sad that Norman now will not be on the mailing list, as not only was he a Fan of Air Hawk, but at age 90 (almost!) he was a contemporary of John Dixon's... There are not too many of that era left: all the more reason to preserve some of the comic strip/book work/history for future Australian generations....