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Issue Details: First known date: 1917... 1917 Dinkum Oil : A Volume of Original Australian Wit and Humour
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  • Dedication: To those noble women, the Australian Army Nurses.
  • Frequently reprinted. The first print run, 1,000 copies, sold out on the day of issue, 15 March, 1917. The eighth printing [also 1917] brought the total number of copies to 35,000.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: W. K. Thomas , 1917 .
      Extent: 110p.
      Written as: 'The Twinkler' (Fredk. J. Mills).
      Note/s:
      • On cover: In aid of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association.
      • Introduction by Colonel S. Price Weir, March 1917.

Works about this Work

Dinkum Oil 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , September vol. 7 no. 10 1917; (p. 516)

— Review of Dinkum Oil : A Volume of Original Australian Wit and Humour 'The Twinkler' , 1917 selected work short story
Dinkum Oil 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , September vol. 7 no. 10 1917; (p. 516)

— Review of Dinkum Oil : A Volume of Original Australian Wit and Humour 'The Twinkler' , 1917 selected work short story
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