In this hilarious history, david hunt tells the real story of australias past from megafauna to macquarie, the cockups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and eureka moments that have made us who we are. In this episode of aussie english i interview australian author david hunt. If this tasteless horrible book is the history of australia,then australia lacks historians. David hunts mission is to change that, and his popular 20 book girt has already brought an australian sense of humour to australian history. Switzerland, paraguay and burkina faso are merely girt by other countries, but australia is entirely and defiantly girt by sea. It then backtracks to the unoriginal noninhabitants well, terra nullius meant britain didnt have to pay for claiming the continent if nobody lived here and then continues on with the jolly adventures. True girt the unauthorised history of australia, volume 2. Girt is an often hilarious, satirical take on australian history until roughly the 1840s. The unauthorised history of australia by david hunt.
Humor audiobooks david hunt girt the unauthorised history of australia. Or just found bits of the fabled southern continent, without realising what they were bumping up against. About the author david hunt is an unusually tall and handsome man who likes writing his own bios for all the books he has written. Girt, the unauthorised history of australia ebook by david. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like mary mcloghlin, transported for the crime of felony of sock, and trim the. This is a positively entertaining read, the level of satire is sustained at an equal pitch throughout, whilst remaining true to facts. While the author has certainly done his research, the goal of the book is to entertain as well as to enlighten, so this is no dry, factuallydriven tome of the sort that made australian history so boring for so many of us in the past. Winner of the 2014 indie award for nonfiction shortlisted in the 2014 aba nielsen bookdata booksellers choice awards, the 2014 nsw premiers literary awards and the 2014 australian book industry awards. The verb gird meaning to surround, encircle is from old english, and its past tense and past participle was girded. The unauthorised history of australia book depository.
True girt the unauthorised history of australia, volume. This book tells the story of ivan milat, convicted of the serial backpacker murders in the belanglo state forest. In this hilarious history, david hunt reveals the truth of australias past, from megafauna to macquarie the cockups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and eureka moments that have made us who we are. True girt also covers a less than illustrious period in australian history the frontier war massacres and hunt must have faced a difficult task to deal with these while maintaining the humorous tone of the book. Now before you all grab the corner of an a4 piece of paper and start forming a spitball, id just like to quote from his introductory chapter on why the use of the word girt is so important to australian history. A sneaky, sometimes shocking peek under the dirty rug of australian history. Girt begins with the european explorers who didnt discover australia. The unauthorised history of australia, volume 1 by. This was the wild south, home to hardy pioneers, gunslinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, c. An engaging, witty and utterly irreverent take on australian history. Chosen by many booksellers around the country as their favourite nonfiction book of the year, it is on the nonfiction shortlist for the indie awards 2014 of which i am one of the judges and i think it will appear on other award lists as the year goes by. David hunt takes the title of his volume on australian history from the national anthems line our home is girt by sea. Advance australia fair, peter dodds mccormick, 1878 girt. John birmingham hilarious and insightful hunt has found the deep wells of humour in australias history.
The unauthorised history of australia, which won the 2014 indie award for nonfiction and was shortlisted in both the nsw premiers literary awards and australian book industry awards. Pdf download girt the unauthorised history of australia. David hunt girt the unauthorised history of australia. Girt starts with the various europeans who bumped into bits of the australian coastline though it later retraces to consider precolonial times and ends with lachlan macquaries forced. The unauthorised history of australia and true girt. No word could better capture the essence of australia.
Not to read it would be unaustralian a sneaky, sometimes shocking peek under the dirty rug of australian history. Girt, the unauthorised history of australia by david hunt. Nov 09, 2019 in this episode of aussie english i interview australian author david hunt. Graeme simsion, author of the rosie project astounding, gruesome and frequently hilarious, true girt is riveting from beginning to end. It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped irish convicts who set out to walk from sydney to china, guided only by a handdrawn paper compass, and. The unauthorised history of australia unabridged on. Im going to give a wide berth to any history work that claims to be irreverent, hilarious or unauthorised. Girt by sea is a documentary film about the australian coast which combines archive and crowdsourced footage with an original soundtrack by the panics the film was made using footage from the national film and sound archive and abc archives along with crowdsourced home movies contributed through social media. David hunt is the author of two amazing books, girt. This book tries to be funny by making racist jokes on aborigines,irishmen etc. Its evolution and current state peter collins, university of new south wales, australia abstract this paper provides a critical overview of research on australian english ause, and of the vexing questions that the research has grappled with. True girt, the sequel, will be published in november 2016.
Jul 24, 20 girt is an often hilarious, satirical take on australian history until roughly the 1840s. Unlike waltzing matilda the national anthem is devoid of australian english words. I havent read it, but if its half as good as the podcast, it will be fantastic. True girt in this sidesplitting sequel to his bestselling history, david hunt transports us to the australian frontier. Jan 23, 2017 david hunt, true girt the unauthorised history of australia. I think comedians shouldnt be historians as history is not a joke. Succinctly recapping the first volume with a darkly funny eightpanel comic strip, hunt continues the absurdist comedy that is australian history in true girt.
After years of waiting, the stunning sequel to the book girt named true girt has hit the bookshelves and audible. Sep 22, 2018 humor audiobooks david hunt girt the unauthorised history of australia. The unauthorised history of australia, volume 1 ebook written by david hunt. David hunt girt the unauthorised history of australia audiobook. True girt, the sequel, was published in 2016, as was a book for children, the nose pixies.
Nick earls it is all as hilarious as the first book and delves into serious history, albeit in a not very serious manner. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like mary mcloghlin, transported for the crime of felony of sock, and trim the cat. True girt in this sidesplitting sequel to his bestselling history, david hunt takes us to the australian frontier. This word, girt, is a bit odd, and the story of australia he tells is filled with similarly unusual words, characters, and events.
David hunt is an australian historian, comedy writer, and childrens book author. David is a historian, comedy writer and childrens book author. David hunt, true girt the unauthorised history of australia. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like mary mcloghlin, transported for the crime of felony of sock, and trim.
The word girt, however, certainly lays claim to being significant in australian english. David hunt true girt the unauthorised history of australia. David hunt is an unusually tall and handsome man who likes writing his own bios for all the books he has written. The unauthorised history of australia volume 2 ebook. The unauthorised history of australia which won the 2014 indie award for nonfiction and was shortlisted in both the nsw premiers literary awards. 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read girt. Ivan milat, known as the backpacker murderer, is probably one of the more famous serial killers in recent australian history, murdering seven young backpackers in a nsw forest in the early 1990s. This was the wild south, home to hardy pioneers, gunslinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers. The book promises a quirky and well thought out approach to australian history and delivers a barrage of crappy impersonations, blatant racism and dick jokes. Girt, the unauthorised history of australia david hunt. The unauthorised history of australia was shortlisted for the 2014 nsw premiers literary awards and for. This was the wild south, home to hardy pioneers, gunslinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, caroline chisholm and sheep. The unauthorised history of australia by david hunt from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books.
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