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Aussie Aussie Aussie

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From Charles Kingsford Smith to Joan Sutherland, Rupert Murdoch to Mary MacKillop, Ben Pobjie takes an intimate look at the Australians who helped make our nation great – as well as the ones who stopped us from being as great as we could have been, but who have ended up with their own Wikipedia pages anyway… ... Read more

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From Charles Kingsford Smith to Joan Sutherland, Rupert Murdoch to Mary MacKillop, Ben Pobjie takes an intimate look at the Australians who helped make our nation great – as well as the ones who stopped us from being as great as we could have been, but who have ended up with their own Wikipedia pages anyway…
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Whatever Happened to Ned Kelly's Head

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Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV?Was Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? Did an Australian killthe infamous Red Baron?If you think Australia’s history is straightforward,you’re dead wrong. This is a land of the strange,the spooky and the unexplained. From the eerieball of light that stalked a terrified family acrossthe Nullabor, to the whereabouts of Victoria’sparliamentary mace, to the ... Read more

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Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV?Was Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? Did an Australian killthe infamous Red Baron?If you think Australia’s history is straightforward,you’re dead wrong. This is a land of the strange,the spooky and the unexplained. From the eerieball of light that stalked a terrified family acrossthe Nullabor, to the whereabouts of Victoria’sparliamentary mace, to the
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Light | Dark

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Ten short stories guaranteed to thrill and excite! Bestselling authors Matthew LeDrew and Ellen Curtis team up with some of the most promising new talent in the industry to create an amazing collection! From Reptilia, the tale of genetically created Zombies descending on a military town, to Omega, the tale of a young mother's harrowing choice in the face of an offer from a vile corporation, to the ... Read more

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Ten short stories guaranteed to thrill and excite! Bestselling authors Matthew LeDrew and Ellen Curtis team up with some of the most promising new talent in the industry to create an amazing collection! From Reptilia, the tale of genetically created Zombies descending on a military town, to Omega, the tale of a young mother's harrowing choice in the face of an offer from a vile corporation, to the
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The Four Funerals of Marcus Drumford

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“A powerful exploration of the realities of alcohol fuelled family dysfunction.” Andrew Peacock, Creatures of the RockOn a chilly day in mid-September, Peter, Cathy, Ida, and Ash – four siblings who haven’t shared a room in almost ten years – all get a troubling call: their father has suddenly died.They are called back to their rural family home to settle his affairs, execute his funeral, and ... Read more

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“A powerful exploration of the realities of alcohol fuelled family dysfunction.” Andrew Peacock, Creatures of the RockOn a chilly day in mid-September, Peter, Cathy, Ida, and Ash – four siblings who haven’t shared a room in almost ten years – all get a troubling call: their father has suddenly died.They are called back to their rural family home to settle his affairs, execute his funeral, and
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Larrikinland

The curious history of beloved Aussie legends

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Comedian Ben Pobjie traverses the history of Australian larrikins, how the meaning of larrikin has changed and what it forgives.There is no higher praise in Australian life than to be called a larrikin. All our greatest cultural icons, from Shane Warne to Steve Irwin to Scott Cam to Dawn Fraser and now Sam Kerr, are granted elite status by having the term 'larrikin' bestowed upon them. Those of ... Read more

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Comedian Ben Pobjie traverses the history of Australian larrikins, how the meaning of larrikin has changed and what it forgives.There is no higher praise in Australian life than to be called a larrikin. All our greatest cultural icons, from Shane Warne to Steve Irwin to Scott Cam to Dawn Fraser and now Sam Kerr, are granted elite status by having the term 'larrikin' bestowed upon them. Those of
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Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else

The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names

by Eamon Evans ...

The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going - now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book.Australia's vast spaces and ... Read more

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The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going - now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book.Australia's vast spaces and
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The Importance of Being Miserable

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by Eamon Evans ...

Humans just want to be happy, yes? After all, that’s what life’s all about.Well ... no.It turns out that, for a huge chunk of history, feeling good was the furthest thing from our minds. Expecting life to be fun and fulfilling (or, if all else fails, fine) is actually a very recent phenomenon. And there’s every reason to think that it’s making us sad.A playful tour of Western ‘progress’, from ... Read more

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Humans just want to be happy, yes? After all, that’s what life’s all about.Well ... no.It turns out that, for a huge chunk of history, feeling good was the furthest thing from our minds. Expecting life to be fun and fulfilling (or, if all else fails, fine) is actually a very recent phenomenon. And there’s every reason to think that it’s making us sad.A playful tour of Western ‘progress’, from
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Australia What Happened?

by Ben Pobjie ...

When our politicians are too busy playing musical chairs to run the country, our cricketers are doing suspicious things with sandpaper, and a murderous starfish with twenty-one arms roams freely around the Great Barrier Reef it seems about time that we, as a nation, ask a tough question: how the heck did it come to this?In Australia - What Happened? TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben ... Read more

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When our politicians are too busy playing musical chairs to run the country, our cricketers are doing suspicious things with sandpaper, and a murderous starfish with twenty-one arms roams freely around the Great Barrier Reef it seems about time that we, as a nation, ask a tough question: how the heck did it come to this?In Australia - What Happened? TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben
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100 Weirdest Tales from Across Australia

by Ben Pobjie ...

Tales of the strange, unnerving and downright bizarre from one of the weirdest places on EarthFish falling out of the sky, joggers relieving themselves on your doorstep, mysterious monsters constantly springing from the shadows, spooky lights and ill-conceived toast spreads: these are just some of the things you can expect on any given day in our surreal southern land.In 100 Weirdest Tales from ... Read more

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Tales of the strange, unnerving and downright bizarre from one of the weirdest places on EarthFish falling out of the sky, joggers relieving themselves on your doorstep, mysterious monsters constantly springing from the shadows, spooky lights and ill-conceived toast spreads: these are just some of the things you can expect on any given day in our surreal southern land.In 100 Weirdest Tales from
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Larrikinland

The curious history of beloved Aussie legends

by Ben Pobjie ...

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Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

Comedian Ben Pobjie traverses the history of Australian larrikins, how the meaning of larrikin has changed and what it forgives.There is no higher praise in Australian life than to be called a larrikin. All our greatest cultural icons, from Shane Warne to Steve Irwin to Scott Cam to Dawn Fraser and now Sam Kerr, are granted elite status by having the term 'larrikin' bestowed upon them.Those of our ... Read more

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Comedian Ben Pobjie traverses the history of Australian larrikins, how the meaning of larrikin has changed and what it forgives.There is no higher praise in Australian life than to be called a larrikin. All our greatest cultural icons, from Shane Warne to Steve Irwin to Scott Cam to Dawn Fraser and now Sam Kerr, are granted elite status by having the term 'larrikin' bestowed upon them.Those of our
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Second Best

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History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the poor souls lurking in the shadows of history, the ones who were just as remarkable but perhaps didn't stick their chests out as they crossed the line?In Second Best, Australia's foremost historian and comedian Ben Pobjie celebrates the nobility and altogether more fascinating stories of the silver-medal getters. ... Read more

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History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the poor souls lurking in the shadows of history, the ones who were just as remarkable but perhaps didn't stick their chests out as they crossed the line?In Second Best, Australia's foremost historian and comedian Ben Pobjie celebrates the nobility and altogether more fascinating stories of the silver-medal getters.
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AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE

by Ben Pobjie ...

If you think you know all about Australia's heroes (and villains), think again. In Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ben Pobjie burrows beneath the mythology to provide an intimate look at the Australians who helped make our nation great - as well as the ones who stopped us from being as great as we could have been but who have ended up with their own Wikipedia pages anyway.Meet pioneers such as Charles ... Read more

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If you think you know all about Australia's heroes (and villains), think again. In Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ben Pobjie burrows beneath the mythology to provide an intimate look at the Australians who helped make our nation great - as well as the ones who stopped us from being as great as we could have been but who have ended up with their own Wikipedia pages anyway.Meet pioneers such as Charles
... Read more

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