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Went to school [rmit.edu.au] with his nephew (you guessed it - John O'Grady). It was written as a joke. As you may guess O'Grady was Irish by descent. I happen to have the book in my bookshelf somewhere. I reckon the best lines in the book was a recipe to cook a steak using sump oil.
I think the books credited author was by Nino Cullota. For those skippy fans [memorabletv.com] the film [screensound.gov.au], "They are a weird mob" also starred Ed Devereaux [smh.com.au] who recently passed away, Chips Rafferty [rottentomatoes.com] (starred with Peter Finch in Rats of Tobruk), John Mellion [digitallyobsessed.com] (Wally from Walkabout creek and the voice over for Vic Bitter [tutorgig.com]... Green can!) and comic Graham Kennedy [memorabletv.com]. It also pokes fun a Australians where Joe (Ed D.) tells Nino to slow down and pace himself (hes digging ditches way to fast)when he gets a job on a housing construction site. I remember seeing the film ohh maybe 20 years ago.
As for the Italians being wogs [ninemsn.com.au] or dagos (as my grandmother used to say) thats pretty much a hangover from Italy choosing to side with Hitler [schoolnet.co.uk]. These days they have pretty much proven themselves as capable and worthy immigrants and Australia would be a pretty bland country without their inclusion.
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