The Resource Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long
Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long
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The item Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
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- Summary
- "Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . .In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth 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.Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of 'felony of sock', and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia. It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup.Our nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us. Not to read it would be un-Australian".(from cover)
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Contents
-
- 2. The unoriginal non-inhabitants
- Isbn
- 9781863956116
- Label
- Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie
- Title
- Girt
- Title remainder
- the unauthorised history of Australia
- Title number
- Volume I
- Title part
- From megafauna to Macquarie
- Statement of responsibility
- David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long
- Title variation
- From megafauna to Macquarie
- Subject
-
- Australia -- History -- Anecdotes
- Australia -- History -- Humor
- Australian wit and humor
- Flannery, Timothy Fridtjof
- Settlement and contacts
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Stanner, W. E. H., (William Edward Hanley), 1905-1981
- Windschuttle, Keith, 1942-
- Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Humour
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupial megafauna
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . .In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth 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.Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of 'felony of sock', and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia. It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup.Our nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us. Not to read it would be un-Australian".(from cover)
- Awards note
- 2014 Indie Award for non-fiction.
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hunt, David
- Dewey number
- 994
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN6178.A8
- LC item number
- H86 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Long, Ad
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Flannery, Timothy Fridtjof
- Windschuttle, Keith
- Stanner, W. E. H.
- Australian wit and humor
- Aboriginal Australians
- Australia
- Australia
- Label
- Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 2. The unoriginal non-inhabitants
- Control code
- 000051048884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863956116
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013412778
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843973156
- Label
- Girt : the unauthorised history of Australia, Volume I, From megafauna to Macquarie, David Hunt, illustrations by Ad Long
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 2. The unoriginal non-inhabitants
- Control code
- 000051048884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863956116
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013412778
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843973156
Subject
- Australia -- History -- Anecdotes
- Australia -- History -- Humor
- Australian wit and humor
- Flannery, Timothy Fridtjof
- Settlement and contacts
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Stanner, W. E. H., (William Edward Hanley), 1905-1981
- Windschuttle, Keith, 1942-
- Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Humour
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupial megafauna
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