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Dean John Douglas Alston (born 1950) is an Australian cartoonist who joined The West Australian newspaper in 1986.Dean Alston was born in South Perth Western Australia. He grew up in Mount Pleasant and attended Applecross Senior High School. In 1967 he started a cadetship in cartography with Western Australia’s Lands and Surveys Department. In 1980 he bought into the Carine Glades Tavern running it until 1984. In 1985 Alston was employed by The West Australian.