Adelaide, South Australia
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between February 1906 and February 1909, founded by the poet
C. J. Dennis
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History
The first issue of 28 pages was identified as: published in
Currie Street, Adelaide
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Beaumont Smith
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and
Alice Grant Rosman
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in the production of ''Gadfly''.
Contents and contributors
''Gadfly'' commenced as an outlet for Australian writers and artists, but broadened in scope to include social gossip, and news and comments on stage and sport.
Its contributors included Dennis,
Edward Dyson
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Ambrose Dyson
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,
Will Dyson
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In 1931 he was regarded as "one of the world's foremost black and white artists", and in 1980, "Australia's greatest cartoonist" ...
,
Hal Gye
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,
Ruby Lindsay
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National Library of Australia
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has digitised photographic copies of every issue of ''Gadfly'' from 14 February 1906 (Vol. I, No.1) to 24 February 1909 (Vol. III, No.159), which may be accessed via
Trove
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See also
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'' (1897–1924), the paper in which C. J. Dennis began his literary career, and was later its editor