My Mate Dick

{{Short description|Book by Ion Idriess}}

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| caption = First edition

| author = Ion Idriess

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| genre = autobiography

| publisher = Angus and Robertson

| release_date = 1962{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104298678 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=37 |issue=10,367 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 October 1962 |accessdate=17 April 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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| pages =244

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My Mate Dick is an autobiographical 1962 book by Ion Idriess. It was based on his prospecting days and focuses on his adventures in Cape York Peninsula with his best friend the prospector-explorer, Dick Welsh.[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/legacy/programs/radioeye/documents/idriess.pdf Interview with Ion Idriess", ABC][http://www.idriess.com.au/4mymatedick.htm My Mate Dick] at Ion Idriess Fan Page

Idriess had previously dedicated The Opium Smugglers to Welsh.