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Mr Todd's Marvel (PB)
How one man telegraphed Australia to the modern world
In 1855 Charles Todd had a bold dream to build a telegraph line across Australia to connect it to the world. By 1870, Singapore had joined the global network: now for Australia. Todd and his men succesfully erected thousands of telegraph poles - one every 80 metres - across land that was relentlessly inhospitable and largely unknown to them.
ISBN-13: 9781922800534 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Adam Courtenay
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AUD $34.99
Stock: 485 in stock
Local release date: 01/03/2024
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Categories: The arts [A]Music [AV]Music: styles & genres [AVG]20th century & contemporary classical music [AVGC6]Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: arts & entertainment [BGF]Australia [1MBF]

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The Boxing Butterfly
A Life of Conviction
The career chronicle of a Senior Crown Prosecutor who helped convict murderers, rapists and child sex offenders, then turned 180 degrees and became a defence barrister. In her wake, a failed attempt by ICAC to undo her career, and a conga line of professional admirers.
ISBN-13: 9781925927924 (Paperback)
Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Margaret Cunneen, Andrew L. Urban
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 774 in stock
Local release date: 04/05/2022
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]Memoirs [BM]True crime [BTC]Reportage & collected journalism [DNJ]

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Behind Dark Eyes
The True Story of Jon English
Behind Dark Eyes tells the complete, authorised story of Jon English, the pop star and actor with 70s/80s hits such as Hollywood Seven, Six Ribbons and Hot Town, and the star of shows such as Pirates of Penzance and Jesus Christ Superstar. The book tells of these massive highs, but also of his later struggles and his tragic, untimely death in 2016.
ISBN-13: 9781925868463 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Jeff Apter
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AUD $32.99
Stock: 53 in stock
Local release date: 12/03/2021
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Categories: The arts [A]Music [AV]Music: styles & genres [AVG]20th century & contemporary classical music [AVGC6]Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: arts & entertainment [BGF]Australia [1MBF]

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Chasing the Dragon
The Life and Death of Marc Hunter
He had it all: the scars, the swagger, the stage presence. As the highly visible and charismatic singer of Dragon, Marc Hunter was the voice behind such timeless hits as ‘April Sun in Cuba. Yet Hunter was also a maverick whose destructive genius and serious heroin addiction led to a turbulent relationship with his bandmates and an early death.
ISBN-13: 9781922800336 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Jeff Apter
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AUD $34.99
Stock: 35 in stock
Local release date: 22/02/2023
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Categories: The arts [A]Music [AV]Music: styles & genres [AVG]20th century & contemporary classical music [AVGC6]Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: arts & entertainment [BGF]Australia [1MBF]

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Twenty to the Mile: The Overland Telegraph Line
The greatest engineering feat of 19th century Australia
The greatest engineering problem facing Australia – the tyranny of distance – had a solution: the electric telegraph. This is a history of the Overland Telegragh Line from Port Augusta to Port Darwin, written for its 150th anniversary.
ISBN-13: 9780648142195 (Paperback)
Publisher: DEREK PUGH
Imprint: DEREK PUGH
Derek Pugh
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AUD $39.95
Stock: 10 in stock
Local release date: 15/12/2021
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]True stories [BT]True stories: discovery / historical / scientific [BTH]

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Flynn of the Inland
Reprint
The story of John Flynn, and his creation of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australias Outback in the 1920s.
ISBN-13: 9781925706901 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Ion Idriess
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 37 in stock
Local release date: 14/10/2019
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Day 9 at Wooreen
Kidnapped on his ninth day of teaching, Rob Hunter retells the story of how Edwin John Eastwood, the Faraday kidnapper, having escaped from prison, burst into his remote South Gippsland school and at gun point took Rob and his nine students hostage.
ISBN-13: 9781925642766 (Paperback)
Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Rob Hunter
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 126 in stock
Local release date: 01/05/2019
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]True stories [BT]True crime [BTC]

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Breaking Ranks
An Amazing True Story of a Cop on the Line
The inside story of the Walsh Street Task Force and how a young policeman advanced through Victoria Police in the turbulent 1980s.
ISBN-13: 9781925927481 (Paperback)
Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Joe Noonan
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 48 in stock
Local release date: 03/02/2021
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]True stories [BT]True crime [BTC]True stories: discovery / historical / scientific [BTH]True stories of heroism, endurance & survival [BTP]Society & social sciences [J]Social services & welfare, criminology [JK]Crime & criminology [JKV]Criminal investigation & detection [JKVF]

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The Only Way Home
One woman, two donkeys and an extraordinary outback journey of healing and renewal
Liz Byron movingly reveals how, on a 9-month trek through outback Queensland, at the age of 61, she came to terms with a childhood of grandparental abuse, family tragedies and a toxic marriage. The journey tested her to her limits, but she won through by learning to trust her intuition, the wisdom of her donkeys and the kindness of strangers.
ISBN-13: 9781925868203 (Paperback)
Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
Liz Byron
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 13 in stock
Local release date: 24/02/2020
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Memoirs [BM]True stories of heroism, endurance & survival [BTP]