Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories.

Cover -- About the author -- Also by the author -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One: STRANGER THAN FICTION -- A FEW GHOSTS AND SOME COLONIAL CORRUPTION -- WHEN THE END OF THE WORLD WAS NIGH . . . PERHAPS -- THE ACT THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN -- TWO INCREDIBLE 'ALL-ROUNDERS' -- THE WOMAN WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE -- THE OVERLAND MAIL -- THE GIRL WITH PECULIAR DARK EYES -- THE TUMULTUOUS, TRIUMPHANT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF TOM WILLS -- THE LONELY GHOST OF LADY ELLIOT ISLAND -- Part Two: ROYAL VISITORS BEWARE! -- THE PRINCE'S BRACES, THE IRISH MADMAN AND THE NURSES -- THE CONVICT KING OF ICELAND -- THE PRINCES WHO SAW A GHOST -- THE NAZI 'DIGGER' PRINCE -- Part Three: LEST WE FORGET -- PRIVATE LEAK, THE LARRIKIN -- FIGHTING OUR FRIENDS-THE BATTLE OF BRISBANE -- TURNING THE TIDE -- THE MOST CONFUSED BATTLE AREA IN WORLD HISTORY -- THE ENEMY WE SIMPLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND -- Part Four: THOSE MAGNIFICENT WOMEN AND MEN -- SOME AUSSIE UPS AND DOWNS -- THE SCANDALOUS FLYING TASSELS -- THE BOY WHO WATCHED THE IBIS -- THE GIRL FROM HULL -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising.

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