Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia / / David Hunt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815685903321
• Autore: Hunt David <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-922231-08-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 994
• Soggetti: Australian wit and humor; Australia Anecdotes; Australia History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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