My Mate Dick

Book by Ion Idriess

My Mate Dick
First edition
Author	Ion Idriess
Language	English
Genre	autobiography
Publisher	Angus and Robertson
Publication date	1962^[1]
Publication place	Australia
Pages	244

My Mate Dick is an autobiographical 1962 book by Ion Idriess. It was based on his prospecting days and focuses on his adventures in Cape York Peninsula with his best friend the prospector-explorer, Dick Welsh.^[2]^[3]

Idriess had previously dedicated The Opium Smugglers to Welsh.

References

^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 367. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 October 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Interview with Ion Idriess", ABC
^ My Mate Dick at Ion Idriess Fan Page

External links

My Mate Dick at AustLit

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Works by Ion Idriess

Novels

Madman's Island (1927)
Drums of Mer (1933)
Forty Fathoms Deep (1937)
Isles of Despair (1947)
The Wild White Man of Badu (1950)
The Red Chief (1953)

Instructional

Prospecting for Gold (1931)
Cyaniding for Gold (1939)
Fortunes in Minerals (1941)
Opals and Sapphires (1967)

Biographies

Lasseter's Last Ride (1931)
Flynn of the Inland (1932)
The Cattle King (1936)
Horrie the Wog-dog (1945)

Autobiography

The Desert Column (1932)
Men of the Jungle (1932)
Madman's Island (1938) (revision)
Lightning Ridge (1940)
Back o' Cairns (1958)
The Tin Scratchers (1959)
My Mate Dick (1962)

History

Gold Dust and Ashes (1933)
Man Tracks (1935)
The Silent Service (1944)
Stone of Destiny (1948)
Outlaws of the Leopolds (1952)
The Nor'-westers (1954)
The Silver City (1956)
Coral Sea Calling (1957)

Short story collections

The Yellow Joss (1934)
The Wild North (1960)

Travel

Over the Range (1937)
In Crocodile Land (1946)
One Wet Season (1949)
Across the Nullarbor (1951)
Tracks of Destiny (1961)

Political

Children's books

Headhunters of the Coral Sea (1940)
The Great Trek (1940)
Nemarluk: King of the Wilds (1941)
The Opium Smugglers (1947)

Australian Guerilla
series

Australian Guerilla – Shoot to Kill (1942)
Australian Guerilla – Sniping (1942)
Australian Guerilla – Guerilla Tactics (1942)
Australian Guerilla – Trapping the Jap (1943)
Australian Guerilla – Lurking Death (1943)
Australian Guerilla – The Scout (1943)

Anthropology

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