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Great Furphies of Australian History

By: Jim Haynes
Narrated by: Jim Haynes
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With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history.

Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Australia before Captain Cook and that the Rum Rebellion was not caused by rum? And what about Banjo Patterson writing ‘Waltzing Matilda’? As for Ned Kelly being a brave freedom-fighting rebel, in truth he was a thief, a thug and a murderer. The Ashes have nothing to do with cricket, the Ghan is not named after Afghan cameleers and Hargraves lied about discovering gold in NSW.

Surprising, confounding, revealing and fun, Jim Haynes takes us on another great journey through Australian history and folklore.

©2021 Jim Haynes (P)2021 W F Howes Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Oceania World Australian History
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I learnt a lot listening to this book, about events I thought I knew a lot about. I highly recommend it.

Really interesting

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“Good better best never let it rest till your good is better and your better best”

Good

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As a new Australian I found this book so enjoyable and enlightening. The facts regarding all the characters astonished me and was so interesting. So enjoyable

What a ripper!

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The books starts out with lots of little fun facts and develops into some amazing longer stories, I re-learnt so much of what I thought I knew about Australian history. Jim is one of the best narrators adding great vibrancy to each story. I would particularly recommend this book to school children as it really fills in the blanks in what we learnt at school. I will listen to this again.

I Learnt So Much - Full Of Fun Facts

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A great lot of unrelated incidents and waffle between actual furphies…way to many facts not directly relevant making it a bore to listen to.

Not many Furphies

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.