Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits : Australia's Most Amazing True Life Stories.

Cover -- About the Authors -- Also by the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE -- 1 THE AUSSIE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD -- FIGHTING THE RIGHTEOUS FISTS -- GEORGE MORRISON -- 2 THE ECCENTRIC MUSICAL GENIUS -- ECCENTRICITY AND GENIUS -- PERCY GRAINGER -- 3 THE SWIMMING SUPERSTAR -- A HISTORY OF SWIMMING -- ANNETTE KELLERMAN -- PART II: SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE -- 4 A CURRENCY LAD -- A NEW BREED -- JIM KELLY -- 5 THE PIONEER AVIATOR -- AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA -- BERT HINKLER -- THE SINGING ACE By C.J. Dennis -- OUT OF THE BLUE By C.J. Dennis -- 6 THE BOY WHO READ ROBINSON CRUSOE -- THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE -- MATTHEW FLINDERS -- PART III: SHAPING A NATION -- 7 THE WEST'S PIONEER REFORMER (With Jillian Dellit) -- THE SWAN RIVER COLONY -- EDITH COWAN -- 8 FOOTBALL'S TRAGIC HERO -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF FOOTBALL -- TOM WILLS -- 9 THE FEISTY FEMALE FLYER (With Jillian Dellit) -- WOMEN IN THE SKY -- NANCY-BIRD WALTON -- PART IV: TRANSPORTED -- 10 THE FIRST MAN HANGED -- THE 'BLOODY CODE' -- THOMAS BARRETT -- 11 THE GYPSY WHO MADE GOOD -- GYPSIES -- JAMES SQUIRE -- 12 THE 'IMPRESSED' MARINER -- THE PRESS GANG -- WILLIAM WALKER -- THE CYPRUS BRIG By Frank McNamara ('Frank the Poet') -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, Jim Haynes reveals some of Australia's most amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, true life stories.

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