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Beenleigh Rum, 1921

"A 'nip' before the 'dip'" — colonial Queensland's oldest working distillery, in print.

What

A print advertisement for Beenleigh Rum, built around the tagline "A 'nip' before the 'dip'!" — pot-still rum advertising from Australia's oldest continuously operating distillery.

Why

Beenleigh is a live Australian distillery today — sold here strictly as art history, flagged live throughout.

Notice

The swimming-culture pitch — this is rum sold on an Australian beach-and-surf sensibility, a different lifestyle register than anything else in this house.

“The distillery never stopped. The pitch is a hundred years old.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Live mark — art history only

Country: Australia
Format: Other
Piece published: Advertisement for Beenleigh Rum, Sports Referee, 1921
Source: John Oxley Library / Picture Queensland · John Oxley Library / Picture Queensland accession 73303

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Scan: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16.

Beenleigh is a live mark, still on shelves today. This piece is sold strictly as art history — not as marketing, endorsement, or affiliation.