OZ Magazine #1 Issue, 1963

Issue one was published on April Fool’s Day 1963, featuring a hoax cover story about the collapse of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and reportage on chastity belts and abortion.

The issue sold 6000 copies within hours.

OZ Magazine #6 Issue, 1964

In April 1964 the trio copped further obscenity charges after the front cover of issue #6 featured Neville and two other men pretending to use a wall sculpture in the Sydney CBD as a urinal. The trio pleaded guilty again and were sentenced to three-six months jail, but were acquitted on appeal.

OZ Magazine’s first UK issue, 1967

OZ Magazine’s first UK issue, 1967

OZ Magazine’s Schoolkids issue, 1970

After the May 1970 publication of the “Schoolkids Oz” edition, edited by secondary school students and featuring a collage of the Rupert The Bear cartoon character with a sexually explicit Robert Crumb illustration, Neville, Dennis and Anderson were charged with “conspiracy to corrupt public morals”.

OZ Magazine’s last issue, 1973

The last issue of Oz was published in November 1973.