With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history. Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Australia before Captain Cook, and that the Rum Rebellion was not caused by rum? And what about Banjo Paterson writing Waltzing Matilda? As for Ned Kelly being a brave freedom-fighting rebel, in truth he was a thief, a thug and a murderer. The Ashes have nothing to do with cricket, the Ghan is not named after Afghan cameleers and Hargraves lied about discovering gold in New South Wales. Surprising, confounding, revealing and fun, Jim Haynes takes us on another great journey through Australian history and folklore.
Went to an 8 am citizenship ceremony at Salisbury -over 150 new citizens . Pretty chaotic ceremony , unlike the usually disciplined Salisbury performance , but the chaos had charm and it made for a less boring hour .
Journal of William Fletcher: Railway Missionary to the Workmen on the Settle & Carlisle Railway : Second Contract
Australia in the Global Economy 2009 Edition supports advanced students by providing, in a separate section at the back of the text, an introduction to the key economic concepts underlying the HSC Economics syllabus: income-expenditure ...
First published as The Catholics in Australia (1996), the book has been revised and updated.
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Gregory's Australian Top Tourist Destinations
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In Britain in 1787, prisons were overflowing with lawbreakers and troublemakers.