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Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (AUDIOBOOK)

By David Hunt

Book information

Publisher
Black Inc.
Year
2013
ISBN
1863956115, 9781863956116
Language
english
Format
ZIP
Filesize
180 MB (189193118 bytes)
Series
The Unauthorised History of Australia 1
Edition
Audiobook
Pages
286\0
Topic
History
Time added
2019-07-16 00:04:37

Description

Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia ... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock," and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia. It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup. Our nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us. Not to read it would be un-Australian.

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