Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia / David Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, David, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian wit and humor.

Australia--Anecdotes.

Australia.

Australia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Victoria : Black Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction.Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia...In this hilarious history, David Hunt tells the real story 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.Mark Twain wrote of Australian history: 'It does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies ... but they are all true, they all happened.' In Girt, Hunt uncovers these beautiful lies, recounting the strange and ridiculous episodes that conventional histories ignor

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; GIRT; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1. For those who've come across the seas; 2. The unoriginal non-inhabitants; INTERMISSION; 3. Rum, botany and the lash; 4. On our selection; 5. A wretched hive of scum and villainy; 6. Rotten to the corps; 7. A dish best served cold; 8. I still call Australia New Holland; 9. The Great Economiser; 10. I think I'll call it Macquarie; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781922231086

1922231088

OCLC:

856535068