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\u003ch3 id=\"in-this-side-splitting-sequel-to-his-best-selling-history-david-hunt-takes-us-to-the-australian-frontier-this-was-the-wild-south-home-to-hardy-pioneers-gun-slinging-bushrangers-directionally-challenged-explorers-nervous-indigenous-people-caroline-chisholm-and-sheep-lots-of-sheep-\"\u003eIn this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep.\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst there was \u003cem\u003eGirt\u003c/em\u003e. Now comes . . . \u003cem\u003eTrue Girt\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Girt\u003c/em\u003e introduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia\u0026#39;s most famous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, the explorer John Horrocks.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how Truganini\u0026#39;s death inspired the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And be reminded why you should never ever smoke with the Wild Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Manning Clark and Bill Bryson were left on a desert island with only one pen, they would write \u003cem\u003eTrue Girt\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026#39;An engaging, witty and utterly irreverent take on Australian history.\u0026#39; âGraeme Simsion, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rosie Project\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026#39;Astounding, gruesome and frequently hilarious, \u003cem\u003eTrue Girt\u003c/em\u003e is riveting from beginning to end.\u0026#39; âNick Earls\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e |
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