Tag: Australian History
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Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Return to Uluru: Australians can be racist, too! Quick synopsis: The story of a murder(?) in the Australian Outback. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: There is a center of Australia. There is even a site in the middle of nowhere to commemorate it. Just kidding, it’s not considered the center…
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Island of the Lost by Joan Druett
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Island of the Lost: Seriously, stories like this are why I didn’t go in the navy. Quick synopsis: The story of the shipwreck of the Grafton on the Auckland Islands in 1864. Oh, it’s also the story of the shipwreck of the Invercauld on those same islands just a few months…
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Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Batavia’s Graveyard: Well, this escalates quickly. Quick synopsis: The story of the Dutch ship, the Batavia in 1628. Oh, that doesn’t sound interesting? How about the subsequent mutiny, murder, and final battle on the beach for the lives of all who still lived? Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Do I…