Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia: Volume 2.
by Hunt, David
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1863958843
- ISBN 13
- 9781863958844
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About This Item
Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc., 2019. Reprint ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. 433 pp. In this Volume 2 to his best-selling history, David Hunt provides a masterpiece of humorous retelling of little known facts about Australiaâs past frontier history. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous Indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep. We are introduced to Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia's most famous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, explorer John Horrocks. Learn how Truganini's death inspired the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And be reminded why you should never ever smoke with the Wild Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18103
- Title
- Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia: Volume 2.
- Author
- Hunt, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1863958843
- ISBN 13
- 9781863958844
- Publisher
- Black Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Collingwood
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- australian history, humour, humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN HISTORY;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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