| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover ; About the author; Also by the author; Title Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part One: STRANGER THAN FICTION; A FEW GHOSTS AND SOME COLONIAL CORRUPTION; WHEN THE END OF THE WORLD WAS NIGH ... PERHAPS; THE ACT THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN; TWO INCREDIBLE 'ALL-ROUNDERS'; THE WOMAN WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE; THE OVERLAND MAIL; THE GIRL WITH PECULIAR DARK EYES; THE TUMULTUOUS, TRIUMPHANT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF TOM WILLS; THE LONELY GHOST OF LADY ELLIOT ISLAND; Part Two: ROYAL VISITORS BEWARE!; THE PRINCE'S BRACES, THE IRISH MADMAN AND THE NURSES; THE CONVICT KING OF ICELAND |
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THE PRINCES WHO SAW A GHOSTTHE NAZI 'DIGGER' PRINCE; Part Three: LEST WE FORGET; PRIVATE LEAK, THE LARRIKIN; FIGHTING OUR FRIENDS-THE BATTLE OF BRISBANE; TURNING THE TIDE; THE MOST CONFUSED BATTLE AREA IN WORLD HISTORY; THE ENEMY WE SIMPLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND; Part Four: THOSE MAGNIFICENT WOMEN AND MEN; SOME AUSSIE UPS AND DOWNS; THE SCANDALOUS FLYING TASSELS; THE BOY WHO WATCHED THE IBIS; THE GIRL FROM HULL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| Summary |
The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Australians -- Miscellanea
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Australians
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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Australia -- Social life and customs
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Australia -- Miscellanea
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781952535703 |
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1952535700 |
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