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Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia

$33.00

Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia

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SKU: 9781863956116 Categories: , Product ID: 12933

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Title: Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia
Author: HUNT DAVID
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 24/07/2013
Imprint: BLACK INC
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active

In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia’s past, from megafauna to Macquarie—the cock-ups & curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics & 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.

ISBN: 9781863956116
Pages: 304
Edition: 01