The shearer, so much a part of the Australian economy when the country lived on the sheep's back, is beginning to vanish into myth and legend. Marsh began collecting shearing stories several years ago and when he was interviewed on ABC radio, he was inundated with callers from all over Australia ken to pass o their own tales. The result is a collection that brings to life the world of outback stations, larrikins, roustabouts, dogs and occasionally strange cooks.
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Yes, everything you thought you knew is STILL wrong! As made famous on QI - Quite Interesting with Stephen Fry. You'll be amazed at which country has the lowest age of consent; and that you should definitely NOT urinate on a jellyfish sting to ease the pain; and you will also discover when a spiral staircase is not a spiral staircase. Great potential for trivia buffs.
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Marseilles, August, 1948: 545 passengers board the clapped-out SS Derna with light suitcases and heavy hearts, leaving behind the familiar world to face an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. They came from displaced persons camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, gulags in Siberia. There were those who had been hunted by the Nazis and those who had welcomed them; those who had followed the Communists and those who had fled them. Among them were a Russian princess, a Polish ghetto fighter, an Estonian submarine commander and sixty one Jewish orphans. As conditions on board deteriorated over the three month journey, tensions and violence simmered above and below decks, But romances, affairs and seductions also flourished and life long friendships were formed. Diane Armstrong sailed on the Derna with her parents when she was nine years old. She managed to locate over 100 passengers and has recreated the voyage through their recollections, memorabilia and archival documents, tracing what became of their hopes and their dreams. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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To Mother, from Gallipoli and beyond... A Globite suitcase, a diary and a bundled pile of postcards and letters left abandoned in a barn - here was the life of a young man of humble origins who left home at fourteen to become a telegraph boy and later, at seventeen, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in October 1914. Sapper Hubert Anthony wrote the letters of a young man experiencing the wide world for the first time to his mother in rural New South Wales - and established one of the great political families of Australia. Doug Anthony (1929–2020) Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1971–1972; 1975–1983) is Sapper Hubert Anthony's son.
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The 1930s were known as the devil's decade, condemned as a a period of missed opportunities and wasted time. The images of dole queues and hunger marches have been so pervasive that they have obscured those of new industry and a rising standard of living. Stevenson and Cook reassess the Depression years in the light of new research, questioning the view of the 'hungry thirties', analysing the reaction to Britain's mass unemployment and calculating how close the forces of extremism came to challenging the procedures of government.
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These Few Lines: Graham Seal
$25.00In 1865, William Sykes set out with some companions to trap rabbits in Silver Wood, in the north of England. Heavily armed gamekeepers lay in wait for them; a fierce and bloody battle ensued in which the head gamekeeper was mortally wounded; and William and his friends were eventually arrested and tried for murder. William was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to transportation and exile to Australia's Swan River Colony. Myra, his wife, was left to raise four children with limited resources and in the face of hostility from William's family. She had no idea that she would never see her beloved husband again. Their tale has been reconstructed through some letters between Myra and William, a letter to William's father from one of his son, William's shipboard journal and a few official documents. A moving story of love, courage and endurance.Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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In 1931, Charlie Chaplin's film City Lights turned 20-year-old newcomer Virginia Cherril into the most famous girl in the world. She went on to become the adored first wife who broke Cary Grant's heart when she left him; she turned down the very eligible Maharajah of Jaipur to befriend his Indian wife; and in the 1940s she became the Countess of Jersey. All that eluded her was love. And when she found it, she gave up everything she had to marry a handsome, Polish flying ace whose dream it was to become a cowboy. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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Head Over Heels: Hugh Lunn
$40.00The high-octane, girl-chasing sequel to Over The Top With Jim. Hugh travels from late adolescence to his early misadventures as a cadet reporter. The larger-than-life Jim is still with him, shifting refrigerators and English grammar with equal ease. Hugh's on a quest for true love - and a souped-up Plymouth Belvedere! A wonderful picture of growing up in Australia in the 60's. -
Here are tales of a real country practice - in Scone, New South Wales. They are unique: a mix of humor, medicine and of course, the most necessary factor - patients. There's a generous dash of local history, too and an interesting tracking of the medical and social changes over 50 years in the town where he began his medical life. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Poidevin's sixth book.
