...covering Australian comics
Copyright for this issue was applied for on 24 October 1917 and registered on 30 October 1917. The Copyright Office copy is dated 2 September 1917.
This book was reviewed (negatively) in The Bulletin v38#1961 (13 September 1917) [viewed 23 January 2022 nla.gov.au/nla.obj-681122305] -- 'The pictures are better than the verses--or, if you like to put it that way, the pictures aren't as bad as the verses.'.
Penfold might be the printer only, not the publisher.