“Gillies’ Smile”

“Gillies’ Smile”

 Phil May, “Gillies’ Smile”, The Bulletin, Vol. 7 No. 348 (2 Oct 1886, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-507920333

“Gillies’ Smile”

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Premier Gillies ‘smile,’ said an Hon. member, “is a cross between the smile of a cherub and the yawn of an earthquake.” —Melbourne Paper.

[Ed. Duncan Gillies was the Premier of Victoria between 1886 and 1890. See Margot Beever, 'Gillies, Duncan (1834–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gillies-duncan-3617]