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form y The Great Mint Swindle single work film/TV crime

Authors:agent Reg Cribb , Paul Bennett .

Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Great Mint Swindle

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'It's the beginning of the 1980s boom in Western Australia. Larrikin brothers Ray, Brian and Peter Mickelberg spend their days abalone fishing, flying planes, looking for adventure and developing new ways of making money. Their most bizarre venture? Selling a huge fake gold nugget "The Yellow Rose of Texas" to tycoon Alan Bond.'

Source: Channel 9 (http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8377376). (Sighted: 5/4/2013)

Notes

Telemovie.
The Perth Mint Swindle had been earlier dramatised in 1984's The Great Gold Swindle.

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Out of the Box : The Great Mint Swindle Dianne Butler , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 March 2012; (p. 13)
— Review of The Great Mint Swindle Reg Cribb , Paul Bennett , 2012 single work film/TV

A Golden Chance for Lasance Darren Devlyn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 March 2012; (p. 46)

Wrong Side of the Law Michael Idato , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 March 2012; (p. 4)

Going for Gold Graeme Blundell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 March 2012; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Great Mint Swindle Reg Cribb , Paul Bennett , 2012 single work film/TV