02389nam 2200517 450 991081568590332120230803040124.01-922231-08-8(CKB)3710000000313172(EBL)1887439(SSID)ssj0001381301(PQKBManifestationID)12508838(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381301(PQKBWorkID)11391633(PQKB)11368858(MiAaPQ)EBC1887439(Au-PeEL)EBL1887439(OCoLC)856535068(EXLCZ)99371000000031317220220518d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGirt the unauthorised history of Australia /David HuntCollingwood, Victoria :Black Inc.,[2013]©20131 online resource (309 p.)Includes index.1-86395-611-5 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; AcknowledgmentsWinner 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 ignorAustralian wit and humorAustraliaAnecdotesAustraliaHistoryAustralian wit and humor.994Hunt David1971-1703669MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815685903321Girt4089044UNINA