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In 1912, Adelaide’s Daily Herald featured an article titled “A Fighting ‘Australian,’” which dismissed reports in rival newspapers that described the soldier Ricciotti Garibaldi, “formerly of Melbourne.” “Exactly what makes Mr Ricciotti Garibaldi an Australian is not made clear,” it fumed before adding, “Next, our contemporary will … claim Chunder Loo, of Akim Foo, as a brother kangaroo because his portrait figures in Australian newspaper advertisements.”1 However, two years later, this advertising character would in fact assume the mantle of a “fighting ‘Australian,” as he did his part for King and Empire by providing some mirth during the Great War.
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Crawford, R. (2015). Chunder Goes Forth: Humor, Advertising, and the Australian Nation in the Bulletin during World War I. In: Tholas-Disset, C., Ritzenhoff, K.A. (eds) Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture during World War I. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137436436_15
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