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Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories

Jim Haynes
Australia s Most Unbelievable True Stories Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781952535703

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Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes Pdf

Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost? From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising, the truly weird and the completely inexplicable. Told with a refreshing understatement, Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories vividly evokes a vanishing Australia when anything was possible, when characters were larger than life and the bizarre and strange were normal.

Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits

Jim Haynes (Australian author and entertainer)
Adventurers Pioneers and Misfits Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes (Australian author and entertainer)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0369353102

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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits by Jim Haynes (Australian author and entertainer) Pdf

From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, Jim Haynes reveals some of Australia's most amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, true life stories.

Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags

Jim Haynes
Great Australian Rascals Rogues and Ratbags Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781761185588

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Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags by Jim Haynes Pdf

An incredible collection of true crime characters from Australia's master storyteller. The bold, the bad, and the slightly mad... Criminality, some say, is part of Australia's national identity, and in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags Jim Haynes profiles fifteen larger-than-life Aussie rogues - some of our greatest ne'er-do-wells from colonial times to the modern era. These stories uncover the truth and expose the myths about characters ranging from the most despicable examples of humanity, to those whose courage has to be admired and whose so-called 'crimes' were unjustly punished. This fascinating collection features felons who have sprung from Australia's underbelly since 1788, such as the infamous Kate Leigh of the razor gangs; the convict Mary Bryant, who in 1791 escaped from the Sydney penal settlement and somehow made it back to England; James Hardy Vaux, who was sent to Australia no less than three times; Henry James O'Farrell, the madman who attempted to murder Prince Alfred in Sydney in 1868; and John Leak, who was repeatedly charged with insolence, disobedience and being absent without leave in World War I - and awarded the Victoria Cross. Told with Jim's inimitable combination of history and humour, Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags is packed with murders, mystery and miscreants: true stories of true criminals from Australia's past. 'entertaining . . . highly readable . . . you will find some genuinely amazing new facts and insights.' ArtsHub

World War Bloody Timor

Peter O’Hanlon
World War Bloody Timor Book PDF

Author : Peter O’Hanlon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781922615701

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World War Bloody Timor by Peter O’Hanlon Pdf

World War Bloody Timor gives a revealing insight into the extraordinary life of the everyday digger and service in a conflict that was far from ordinary. My name is Peter O’Hanlon, but everyone in the military, from the lowest digger to the highest officer, has always called me ‘Irish’. You won't see me, or the service men and women like me, featured in the latest blockbuster, but our service lives include drama, laughs and accounts of deep turmoil that are worth telling. I was a member of the Australian Army for 11 years and during my deployment as part of the INTERFET force, serviced three very impacting tours of East Timor. What was it like, as a 19 year to land at the Dilli Airport in Australia’s largest deployment since Vietnam? What are the little-known battles and obstacles that cause unseen scars through a deployment? What are the impacts on re-integrating into the civilian community? This is my story, an ordinary soldier; the juicy yarns, the laughs, the battles, the devastating lows, the soaring highs, the blood, sweat and tears we give in service every day. It will make you laugh and may make you cry. It's the cold hard truth about the impact of a different type of war fought by many who deployed to Timor.

Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia

Jim Haynes
Heroes Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781761187971

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Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes Pdf

Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. 'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades' —Courier-Mail In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women who forged the nation we would one day become. There's Joseph Banks, the true founder of the colony; Surgeon John White, the saviour of the First Fleet; Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal freedom fighter; Mary Reiby, the horse thief who made good; Sapy Lovell, the Eora gypsy convict; John Donohue, the wild colonial boy; Lady Jane Franklin, the true leader of Van Diemen's Land – and many more! Why did transportation occur, why did it end, and what was it like living in Australia from 1788 to 1870? Skilfully researched and told in Jim's warm and witty style, Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia answers these questions and brings to life well-known and unknown figures from Australia's history as a penal settlement. This is the true story of the colonisation of Australia. 'In a year when we could all use a different perspective Jim Haynes came to the rescue with his latest sojourn into history . . . a cast of colourful characters.' —Spectator

Great Furphies of Australian History

Jim Haynes
Great Furphies of Australian History Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781761063213

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Great Furphies of Australian History by Jim Haynes Pdf

Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results. 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.

Great Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts

Jim Haynes
Great Australian Scams Cons and Rorts Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781760639693

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Great Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts by Jim Haynes Pdf

'Australian history is...so curious and strange, that it...does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies... It is full of surprises, and adventures, and incongruities, and contradictions, and incredibilities; but they are all true, they all happened.' - Mark Twain Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in history. From the cleverest double-crosses to the most unlikely and maddest schemes, master storyteller Jim Haynes reminds us that we've never been shy of pulling a trick or two. So how did a clever bushman who 'couldn't lie straight in bed' steal a thousand head of cattle and get away with it even though he was caught 'red handed'? And what about the disappearing work of art that suddenly dissolved only to reappear at an auction years later? Or how about the butcher from Wagga who passed himself off as a French-born English duke to inherit a small fortune. And then there was the small matter of a horse, a tin of paint and a million dollar double-cross that became known as the Fine Cotton Affair. In only the way he can, Jim Haynes has collected a veritable 'Gullible's Tales' of unexpected and surprising true stories that may seem hard to believe!

Best Australian Drinking Stories

Jim Haynes
Best Australian Drinking Stories Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781760870119

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Best Australian Drinking Stories by Jim Haynes Pdf

'It seemed like a good idea...at the time.' - the lament of many a morning after Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history has been punctuated with stories of booze and boozing. From Cook's voyages and the First Fleet to the Rum Rebellion, the mutiny of the 99th Regiment, the soldiers' riot of 1916, six o'clock closing and beyond, we've been a nation that likes a drink. With the eye of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes has collected the best yarns, verses, stories and anecdotes of our boozy history. He uncovers the good and the bad of our national character and its relationship with grog. He celebrates the social gift of alcohol and riotous moments of mateship and camaraderie, but he also offers salutary tales of its consequences - the hangovers, the suffering, the recriminations and the grave occasions subverted by drink. Amusing, wry, tragic and surprising, Best Australian Drinking Stories asks you to grab a glass of your favourite beverage, get comfy and enjoy this fascinating collection of stories about Australia's love affair with booze.

Fashion

Gosling Lucinda,John Merrick
Fashion Book PDF

Author : Gosling Lucinda,John Merrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 1742579175

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Fashion by Gosling Lucinda,John Merrick Pdf

Forensic Counsellor, John Merrick spent 20 years in what he describes as lsquo;a very unusual environmentrsquo; ndash; the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Office of the State Coroner in Glebe, Sydney ndash; more commonly known as the lsquo;city morguersquo;. Whatrsquo;s it like to work in a morgue? This book describes, first hand, coping with mutilated or decomposed bodies and the carnage of large-scale disasters like the Bali bombings. Equally as traumatic, the suicides, accidental drownings, car accidents and murders. But forensic counsellors do much more, witnessing autopsies, attending crime scenes and coronial enquiries. Itrsquo;s all in a dayrsquo;s work. Find out what itrsquo;s like behind the scenes. Those working at the morgue come face to face with death on a daily basis, and forensic counsellors like John have to find the compassion and kindness to ease the grief of those left behind.

Great Australian Stories

Graham Seal
Great Australian Stories Book PDF

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458716811

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Great Australian Stories by Graham Seal Pdf

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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits

Jim Haynes
Adventurers Pioneers and Misfits Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : History
ISBN : 176087762X

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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits by Jim Haynes Pdf

From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, Jim Haynes reveals some of Australia's most amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, true life stories

Police Stories

Vikki Petraitis
Police Stories Book PDF

Author : Vikki Petraitis
Publisher : Lake Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780655219927

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Police Stories by Vikki Petraitis Pdf

From the bizarre to the brutal to the unbelievable, truth is often stranger than fiction, as these fascinating stories testify. Vikki Petraitis has spent hundreds of hours interviewing police - sometimes even accompanying them on active duty - to complete this collection of stories from the frontline of policing. Police officers from many fields have shared some of their best stories: the ones that were out of the ordinary, the ones they'll never forget. The result is this riveting collection of real-life Australian dramas. They include: - a 'black widow' who reported her husband missing after an argument - the perilous body retrieval of a drowned diver from a sunken submarine - the capture and conviction of a man who drugged his unsuspecting victims by spiking their drinks - the disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid. In each case the police concerned have achieved results through dedication and teamwork, and sometimes at great personal risk. We thank them for their service and understand that sometimes, the toll was too high. Vikki Petraitis is a Melbourne author who has been writing true crime since the early 1990s. Her bestselling book about Frankston serial killer Paul Denyer, The Frankston Murders, is a classic in the true crime genre.

Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits

Jim Haynes
Adventurers Pioneers and Misfits Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781761060533

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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits by Jim Haynes Pdf

The petty thief . . . who escaped Van Diemen's Land, twice, stole the government brig and set sail for Japan, where, by the Shogun's decree, all foreigners were to be executed. The world's best cricketer . . . a champion of Aboriginal people who 'invented' Aussie Rules, survived the worst massacre of white settlers in Australia's history and killed himself with a pair of scissors. The eccentric musical genius . . . who played in the greatest concert halls in the world but pushed his favourite piano stool between venues in a wheelbarrow. Over the many years Jim Haynes has spent exploring and writing about the quirkier events and people in Australia's history, he has discovered characters who have amazed, surprised and simply ba?ed him. This is a book about some of those men and women and their remarkable, out-of-the-ordinary and almost unbelievable lives. As he always does, Jim has discovered that there is more to the story than ?rst meets the eye. Who knew that the ?rst man hanged in Australia made an artefact now valued at over one million dollars? Or that an Australian swimmer was the highest-paid act on the American vaudeville circuit and the star of the ?rst million-dollar movie ever made? And that the father of the ?rst Australian woman to serve in parliament was hanged for murder? With a light touch, a wry eye and his gifts as a master storyteller, Jim shares the tales and adventures of a group of heroic, feisty, ?awed and pioneering characters who have shaped our nation and introduced Australia to the world.

The Best Australian Yarns

Jim Haynes
The Best Australian Yarns Book PDF

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743435854

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The Best Australian Yarns by Jim Haynes Pdf

An omnibus from Jim Haynes about the true essence of what makes us Australians - our yarns, collected from every walk of life. Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humour and anecdotes--the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates and other colourful characters from all parts of Australia and all walks of life. This collection includes tall stories from the bush, reminiscences from the racetrack and shearing shed, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends and humour, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips and yowies. and many things you never knew about our amazing history and the characters who made it--the pioneers, heroes, convicts, bushrangers, eccentrics and brave and forgotten men and women whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love. While the stories range from poignant to hilarious, many simply describe unusual coincidences, strange occurrences or simple everyday humorous events with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character and a simpler lifestyle.

The War Within

Don Tate
The War Within Book PDF

Author : Don Tate
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475920406

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The War Within by Don Tate Pdf

...a memoir that is at once dramatic, disturbing, sexually charged, and often very funny, but ultimately a moving portrait of a man who has found the inner strength to overcome.... - Paul Ham, international journalist and author This is a complex, virtuoso analysis of an Australian life written by an unabashed and unrepentant authoran acidic dissection of the role that genes and environment have in developing a persons character, as well as a sauntering chronicle of social analysis. In turn, we follow the life of the author as he comes to terms with being a disaffected youth, a patriotic but naive infantryman in the Vietnam War, and an alienated, disabled veteran struggling with male status anxietyapparently inexhaustible in its capacity to cause suffering. Along the way, Tate examines the dark crevices of the male psyche as he battles inner demons and the unconditional love of his beautiful Christian wife, Carole. Above all, this memoir is a celebration of the human condition and of a man with a can-do, cavalier attitude to life and his desire to rise above mediocrity. An outstanding contribution to Australias rich heritage of memoir.