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Girt

Author : David Hunt
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1863956115
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book Girt written by David Hunt and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "A sneaky, sometimes shocking peek under the dirty rug of Australian history." - John Birmingham "Hilarious and insightful -- Hunt has found the deep wells of humour in Australia's history." - Chris Taylor, The Chaser

Girt Nation

Author : David Hunt
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1743822049
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Girt Nation written by David Hunt and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Hunt tramples the tall poppies of the past in charting Australia's transformation from aspiration to nation - an epic tale of charlatans and costermongers, of bush bards and bushier beards, of workers and women who weren't going to take it anymore. Girt Nation introduces Alfred Deakin, the Liberal necromancer whose dead advisors made Australia a better place to live, and Banjo Paterson, the jihadist who called on God and the Prophet to drive the Australian infidels from the Sudan 'like sand before the gale'. And meet Catherine Helen Spence, the feminist polymath who envisaged a utopian future of free contraceptives, easy divorce and immigration restrictions to prevent the 'Chinese coming to destroy all we have struggled for!' Thrill as Jandamarra leads the Bunuba against Western Australia, and Valentine Keating leads the Crutchy Push, an all-amputee street gang, against the conventionally limbed. Gasp as Essendon Football Club trainer Carl von Ledebur injects his charges with crushed dog and goat testicles. Weep as Scott Morrison's communist great-great-aunt Mary Gilmore holds a hose in New Australia. And marvel at how Labor, a political party that spent a quarter of a century infighting over how to spell its own name, ever rose to power. 'Makes you wish David Hunt had been your history teacher. Laugh-out-loud funny and you'll actually learn something.' —Mark Humphries 'An entertaining and instructive historical romp through the formative period of Australian nation-making with a colourful cast of rhymesters, revolutionaries, rebels, racists, reprobates and rabbits.' —Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, The Australian National University 'Once again, David Hunt uses his sharpened wit to chisel away at misconceptions from Australian history leaving us with the cold, hard truth of how our nation came to be.' —Osher Günsberg 'Australian history told intelligently, but with more humour than ever before ... Girt Nation is fabulous storytelling, putting meat on the bones of the national story.' —The Weekend Australian

Sea Girt, New Jersey

Author : Joseph G. Bilby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844557
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Sea Girt, New Jersey written by Joseph G. Bilby and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the thunder of National Guard rifle practice squads to the applause of FDR's presidential campaign kickoff, Sea Girt sparkles with a dynamic history that belies its mystique as a quiet seaside resort. In the place that was once called the Summer Capital of New Jersey, a governor's parade could send a parachutist through the window and a beachside stroll could lead to an encounter with Woodrow Wilson or Frank Hague. Joe Bilby's thorough chronicle of this square mile of history is as joyous as a Jersey farmer plunging into the surf on Salt Water Day.

Sea Girt Lighthouse

Author : Bill Dunn
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439655987
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Sea Girt Lighthouse written by Bill Dunn and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the New Jersey shore community of Sea Girt, where Commodore Robert Stockton’s oceanfront mansion had a porch as long as a ship’s deck from which he surveyed the waters, a lighthouse was built in 1896. Sea Girt Lighthouse illuminated a dark space, providing a crucial guiding light to passing ships. The station would become a lighthouse of distinction and innovation. In 1920, it was the first land-based lighthouse with a radio beacon transmitter, enabling ships to navigate through fog. During World War II, the Coast Guard extinguished the light, stood watch in the tower, and patrolled the beaches. No matter the mission, the lighthouse met every challenge. In 1956, the town acquired the decommissioned lighthouse, making it the library and recreation center. By 1981, however, the building needed extensive repairs and was at risk of being sold. Concerned residents formed the Sea Girt Lighthouse Citizens Committee to “save our lighthouse.” And they did, restoring it, preserving its history, and keeping it busy with community events.

True Girt

Author : David Hunt
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1925435326
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book True Girt written by David Hunt and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. First there was Girt. Now comes . . . True Girt True Girt introduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia'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. Learn how Truganini'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. If Manning Clark and Bill Bryson were left on a desert island with only one pen, they would write True Girt. 'An engaging, witty and utterly irreverent take on Australian history.' —Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project 'Astounding, gruesome and frequently hilarious, True Girt is riveting from beginning to end.' —Nick Earls

Quarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea

Author : Mungo MacCallum
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1921825049
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Quarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea written by Mungo MacCallum and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Girt By Sea Mungo MacCallum provides a devastating account of the Howard government's treatment of the refugees as well as delineating the factors in Australian history which have worked towards prejudice and those which have worked against it; ranging from Calwell's postwar immigration policy to the recent revelations of beat-ups and distortions in the 2001 election campaign. This is a powerful account of how the government played on what was ultimately the race issue. In an essay which is, by terms, witty, dry and bitingly understated, Mungo MacCallum asks what epithets are appropriate for a prime minister who has brought us to this pass. He also raises the question of whether Australia's contemporary treatment of refugees has anything in common with the sane and decent policies that have characterised the better moments in our history. ‘... it will take a long time to recover from the campaign of hate and fear which was deemed to be necessary to return the Howard government in the first year of the new millennium.’ —Mungo MacCallum, Girt By Sea ‘This most cold-eyed of one time Canberra chroniclers brings to this story all his wit and dryness and power of mind. It's a sad tale ... though it is everywhere enlivened by MacCallum's ... tendency to suggest that spades really are bloody shovels at the end of the day.’ —Peter Craven ‘A document of immense power ... MacCallum's essay will stand as a record of Australia's shame and depravity. It will haunt us. ’ —Julian Burnside, Australian Book Review ‘Mungo’s assertion that Howard is a man with no vision, only division, to his name and his recognition that Howard will never have the approval of those elites he so gratuitously desires, is a blistering strike at the Liberal man.’ —Geoff Parkes, Journal of Australian Studies Mungo MacCallum has long been one of Australia’s most influential and entertaining political journalists, in a career spanning more than four decades. Mungo has worked with the Australian, the Age, the Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and numerous magazines, as well as the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Ten. His books include the bestselling Mungo: The Man Who Laughs, The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers and The Whitlam Mob.

Rockaway, Or, On Old Long Island's Sea-girt Shore

Author : Henry Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rockaway, Or, On Old Long Island's Sea-girt Shore written by Henry Russell and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Sea-girt Isle. English Scenes and Scenery Delineated

Author : Jabez Marrat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Our Sea-girt Isle. English Scenes and Scenery Delineated written by Jabez Marrat and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey ...

Author : New Jersey. Treasury Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey ... written by New Jersey. Treasury Department and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey ...

Author : New Jersey. Treasury Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey ... written by New Jersey. Treasury Dept and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Treatise on Practical Mensuration ... New edition, thoroughly revised and greatly improved by the Rev. John Hunter

Author : Anthony NESBIT
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on Practical Mensuration ... New edition, thoroughly revised and greatly improved by the Rev. John Hunter written by Anthony NESBIT and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Carpentry and Building

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Carpentry and Building written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

laxton's price book for architects, builders, engineers & contractors

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book laxton's price book for architects, builders, engineers & contractors written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Laxton's Price Book

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Laxton's Price Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

LAXTON'S PRICE BOOK FOR ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS,ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS 1879

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book LAXTON'S PRICE BOOK FOR ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS,ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS 1879 written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Valuation of Real Property

Author : Clarence Albert Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Valuation of Real Property written by Clarence Albert Webb and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Steel and Timber Structures

Author : George A. Hool
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Steel and Timber Structures written by George A. Hool and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: