LEADER 02223nam 2200433 450 001 9910806156303321 005 20230126221851.0 010 $a1-76106-053-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011526013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6374657 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011526013 100 $a20210310d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdventurers, pioneers and misfits $eAustralia's most amazing true life stories /$fJim Haynes 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cAllen & Unwin,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (276 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-76087-762-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aIn the many years Jim has spent talking and writing about the quirkier events and people in our history, he has come across characters whose lives have amazed, surprised and amused him. This is a book about some of those people and their bizarre, remarkable and out of the ordinary lives. And in only the way Jim can, he's discovered that there is always more to the story than first meets the eye. Who knew, example, that the first 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 first movie ever made with a budget of one million American dollars? And that the father of the first Australian woman to serve in parliament was hanged for murder? These are the stories of lives that capture the heart and soul of the Australian character. 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zAustralia 606 $aPioneers$zAustralia$vBiography 607 $aAustralia$xSocial life and customs 607 $aAustralia$vBiography 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aPioneers 676 $a920.0994 700 $aHaynes$b Jim$c(Australian author and entertainer),$01611372 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806156303321 996 $aAdventurers, pioneers and misfits$94031535 997 $aUNINA