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“Would you smash a bleedin’ bobby if you got the blank alone? “Would you break a swell or Chinkie — split his garret with a stone? “Would you have a ‘moll’ to keep yer — like to swear off work for good?” “Yes, my oath!” replied the stranger. “My kerlonial oath! I would!”
HENRY LAWSON, The Captain of the Push c.1900

Australian at Large, made his debut in the 10 July 1964 issue of . He was the creation of the comedian Barry Humphries, then, like a number of other creative Aussie expats, resident in London. Hero of a new strip cartoon, illustrations by Nicholas Garland, Bazza, as

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