The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a Scotsman lifting his glass in a toast. This image is assocaited with the 'Kia-Ora Cooee' magazine, which was written and illustrated by Australian and New Zealand troops serving in Egypt, Palestine, Salonica and Mesopotamia. It was printed in Cairo and appeared in monthly issues between March and December 1918. With ten issues in a single year it seems to have been the service magazine with the longest and most regular record of publication. The security of the base in Cairo, and the availability of a commercial printing establishment, enabled the editors to produce a magazine which was in every respect thoroughly professional, attracting advertising revenue and making a comfortable profit. Australian soldiers wrote about all aspects of their war experience in broadsheets, newspapers and magazines which were produced on the troopships, in the trenches and back at their bases. The Kiaora Coo-ee was one of the most successful widely distributed of these publications. It was the official magazine of the Australian and New Zealand armies in the Middle East and was professionally printed by the Sphinx Press in Cairo. The average monthly distribution of The Kiaora Coo-ee was some 13,000 copies and it covered themes ranging from the quality of the food and the level of physical discomfort to irreverent digs at authority. The magazine ran poetry, prose and illustrations. There was a large pool of talent on which to draw; possibly the most famous contributor was Banjo Paterson, who contributed several poems and short stories while serving as an officer in Egypt. The Kiaora Coo-ee was keenly sought as a souvenir, and some soldiers arranged for copies to be sent directly home, with payment being deducted from their wages. This may explain why so many copies have survived.
One large digger talking to a smaller digger whose hat has just been blown of by a stray bullet. This work is assocaited with the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The Kia Ora Coo-ee' was written and illustrated by A
Depicts a shoe cleaner soliciting work from a digger by using the phrase 'Hey, clean boots Dinkum?' This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. It was written and illustrated by Aust
Depicts an Australian trooper on horseback, wearing a hat and carrying a gun. This illustration is assocaited with the magazine 'Kia-Ora Coo-ee'. The Kia Ora Coo-ee was written and edited by Australi
Depicts a standing figure of an Australian Digger in uniform , on the left, with a Scotsman weatring akilt on the right. They stand in front of a North African landscape scene. This image is assocait
Drawing of a digger and a nurse standing opposite sides of a small table, with a bottle marked "Castor Oil" on the table. The digger has a glass raised in his hand."Dinkum oil" is a slang term from
Airman holding a bomb over the head of a small Turk. This illustration is assocaited with the Kia Ora Coo-ee' magazine. The illustration appeared in The Kia-ora Cooee, July, 1918, p.5. It was written
