| Description |
xiv, 271 pages : portratis ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Sultan of the tower / Peter Janson -- Lord of the flies / Ronnie Burns -- The mouse that roared -- Prince Leonard Of Hutt -- Wirelessaurus Rex / Alan Jones -- The man with the runaway mind / David Helfgott -- Warriors for justice / William Cooper -- The kid from Wompoo Street / Carl Barron -- Top hat / Bob Katter -- G'day, cobber / Peter Russell Clarke -- Life in a deep freeze / Tim Jarvis -- Seconds in time / Alan Hopgood -- The world's the limit / Shannon Bennett -- The case of the golden eggs / Neil Jenman -- Don't mention Crete / Colin Lovitt -- The blind photographer / John Hoerner -- The gold jacket / Tim Costello -- Pulping that pulp mill / Bob Mcmahon -- War and peace / Garry Barker -- Brave new world / Gerry Harvey -- You're the choir man! / Jonathon Welch -- Under full sail / Ian Kiernan -- Crikey! / Stephen Mayne -- The full bottle / Wolf Blass -- A pawn and a king / Derryn Hinch -- The final salute / A.W. Burton |
| Summary |
Amazing bastard (colloquial), n: a bloke who does stuff that other bastards wouldn't try in a month of Sundays. We've all met them, or at least read about them - men who drive faster, climb higher, build and invent and triumph over impossible odds. Journalist Lawrence Money has assembled a collection of Amazing Aussie Bastards who truly stand out from the crowd. Immune to critics and disbelievers, undaunted by illness or financial setback, they have done what writer Somerset Maugham so admired - 'moulded life to their own liking'. From Prince Leonard of Hutt, the former WA farmer who created Australia's only independent state, to bullet-proof polar explorer Tim Jarvis and gallant Aboriginal warrior William Cooper, this is a book that celebrates stellar Aussie male achievement. What's their secret, these Amazing Bastards? What makes them tick? Can we be like them? The answer lies within these pages |
| Analysis |
Anecdotes |
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Australian |
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Barker, Garry |
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Biography |
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Biography & autobiography |
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Blass, Wolf |
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Burns, Ronnie |
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Costello, Tim |
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Cultural studies |
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Harvey, Gerry |
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Helfgott, David |
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Hinch, Derryn |
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Hoerner, John |
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Hopgood, Alan |
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Jarvis, Tim |
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Jenman, Neil |
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Jones, Alan B., (radio broadcaster) |
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Katter, Bob, Jnr, MP |
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Kiernan, Ian |
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Louitt, Colin |
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Mayne, Stephen |
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McMahon, Bob |
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Men |
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Russell, Kevin |
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Welch, Jonathon |
| Notes |
Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Heroes -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
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Men -- Australia -- Biography.
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Men -- Australia -- Psychology.
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National characteristics -- Australia.
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Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Anecdotes.
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| LC no. |
2013433632 |
| ISBN |
9781743314999 (paperback) |
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