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Author Hunt, David, 1971- author

Title Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia. Volume I, From megafunna to Macquarie / David Hunt ; illustrations by Ad Long
Published Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., 2013
Collingwood, VIC : Black Inc., [2013]
©2013

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 MELB  994 Hun/Gtu  v.1  DUE 03-04-24
Description 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
regular print
Series The unauthorised history of Australia ; 1
Unauthorised history of Australia ; 1
Contents Volume 1. From megafauna to Macquarie
Summary 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
Analysis Australian
Discovery and exploration
History
Humour
New South Wales
Social conditions
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Shortlisted, Australian Booksellers Association Nielsen BookDataBooksellers Choice Award, 2014
Subject Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
Stanner, W. E. H., 1905-1981.
Windschuttle, Keith, 1942-
"The Nib" Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2014)
Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Humour
Australian wit and humor.
Australian wit
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Anecdotes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001294
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Anecdotes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001294
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Humor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001253
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Humour
Australia -- History -- To 1788. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618
Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Humor.
Author Long, Ad, illustrator
LC no. 2013412778
ISBN 1863956115
9781863956116
Other Titles From megafauna to Macquarie