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First there was Girt. Now comes...True Girt. Within this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling background, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Outdoors South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, anxious indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep. True Girt introduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who created the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia's most infamous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who offered Australia the steam-powered espresso roaster and the earth the trick ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel found in Australian exploration, who taken deceased his owner, the explorer John Horrocks. Learn how Truganini's death motivated the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And become reminded why you should never ever smoking with the Outdoors Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan. David Hunt is the writer of Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, which gained the 2014 Indie Prize for nonfiction and was short-listed in both NSW Premier's Literary Accolades and Australian E book Industry Accolades. David is a comedy copy writer, historian and children's reserve publisher. He has a birthmark that appears like Tasmania, only smaller rather than as much south.
