Australia's most unbelievable true stories / Jim Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Australian.

Australia--Social life and customs.

Australia.

Australia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018.

Summary:

The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising.

Contents:

Cover

About the author

Also by the author

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright

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

THE PRINCES WHO SAW A GHOST

THE 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.

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ISBN:

1-952535-70-0

OCLC:

965157712