Benjamin T. Jones is a Research Fellow in the School of History, ANU. His other books include Republicanism and Responsible Government and Project Republic (as co-editor). He is a regular guest on ABC Radio National and contributor to The Conversation.
34 Ebooks von Peter FitzSimons
Benjamin T. Jones: This Time
To propose an Australian should be our head of state doesn’t seem revolutionary. ‘Isn’t that already the case?” some may even ask. Flip a coin and you’ll have your answer. In This Time, Benjamin T. J …
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Peter FitzSimons: Kokoda
an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller‘ Michael Mc Kernan, Sydney Morning Herald The bestselling, acclaimed, authoritative account of one of the most famous battles i …
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Peter FitzSimons: Kokoda
A story of young Australians‘ mateship and bravery against all odds in WWIIFor Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened – and just what our tro …
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Nicole Alexander & Mike Carlton: Great Australian Writers‘ Collection 2013
This fine collection of great Australian writers‘ includes pieces from Judy Nunn, Tom Keneally, Paul Ham, Peter Fitz Simons, Mike Carlton, Richard Flanagan, Nicole Alexander, Susan Duncan and Carolin …
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Peter FitzSimons: Gallipoli
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER’Fascinatingly imaginative popular history.‘ Sydney Morning Herald On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea rou …
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Peter FitzSimons: Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history’s great epics – and in the hands of Peter Fitz Simons it comes to life as never before.Commissioned by the Royal Nav …
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Peter FitzSimons: Burke and Wills
‚They have left here today!‘ he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one lo …
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Peter FitzSimons: Monash’s Masterpiece
The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WW1. A largely Australian force commanded by the brilliant John Monash, fought w …
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Peter FitzSimons: Catalpa Rescue
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael – agitators for Irish freedom from the Eng …
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Peter FitzSimons: Ned Kelly
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERLove him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came …
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Peter FitzSimons: Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down
The story of one man who had the guts to lose his gut. This is a book that will finally help an ordinary bloke lose weight. (Don’t worry, it has nothing to do with wearing a red bandana.)Ever struggl …
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Peter FitzSimons: Gallipoli
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of te …
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Peter FitzSimons: Ned Kelly
Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his Gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came out fighting, dressed i …
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Peter FitzSimons: Batavia
‚… a book that can’t be put down.‘ Toowoomba Chronicle'[Fitz Simons] knows how to make words race like eager sled dogs on their homeward run.‘ Newcastle Herald The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines …
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Peter FitzSimons: And Now For Some Light Relief…The Genuinely Funny Joke Book
Australia’s best-selling author’s favourite wisecracks, tall tales and rib-ticklers.Two drunks were walking home along the railway tracks. The first drunk says, ‚There’s a hell of a lot of steps here …
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Peter FitzSimons: Mawson
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERHistory comes to life with Peter Fitz Simons in the story of Australia’s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration: Scott, Amundsen and …
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Peter FitzSimons: Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER’Peter Fitz Simons is an Australian phenomenon.‘ The Canberra Times In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade …
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Peter FitzSimons: Fromelles and Pozieres
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLEROn 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers – in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front – attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By …
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Peter FitzSimons: Victory at Villers-Bretonneux
It’s early 1918, and after four brutal years, the fate of the Great War hangs in the balance.On the one hand, the fact that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia – immediately …
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Peter FitzSimons: James Cook
Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history – an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook?The name Ca …
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Peter FitzSimons: Ballad of Les Darcy
An Australian hero torn between family and country ‚Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the men of Australia will march to hell behind him.‘ that was the message trained on Australia’s great ‚Blacksmith B …
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Peter FitzSimons: Simpler Time
An affectionate and hilarious tribute to the childhood of another era, from one of Australia’s favourite authors A memoir of love, laughter, loss and billycarts Peter Fitz Simons’s account of growing …
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Peter FitzSimons: Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men
The must-read story of the boy from Brisbane who became a wartime hero and aviation trailblazer. In an action-packed life, the indomitable ‚Smithy‘ went from fighting as a soldier amid the carnage of …
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Peter FitzSimons: Tobruk
The number 1 non-fiction bestseller.More than 100, 000 copies sold! ‚What we have, we hold’MOtt O OF AUSt RALIA’S 2/17t H BAtt ALIONIn the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda, Peter Fitz Simons, Aust …
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Peter FitzSimons: Nene (revised edition)
With Magazine Wars, a new ABC drama series from the makers of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, set to recreate Nene King’s heyday presiding over WOMAN’S DAY in the race for ratings, Peter Fitz Simon‘ …
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Peter FitzSimons: Nancy Wake
The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo’s most wanted spy In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, s …
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Peter FitzSimons: Nancy Wake
A comienzos de 1930 Nancy Wake disfrutaba la vida bohemia de París. Antes de que finalizara la Segunda Guerra Mundial era la persona más buscada por la Gestapo. Después de ser testigo de la crueldad …
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Peter FitzSimons: El Batavia
La aventura del Batavia combina en una sola historia el nacimiento de la primera multinacional, la brutalidad de la colonización, el combate entre el bien y el mal, un motín, un primer encuentro entr …
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Peter FitzSimons: Breaker Morant
The epic story of the Boer War and Harry ‚Breaker‘ Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet – murderer or hero?Most people have heard of the Boer War and of Harry ‚Breaker‘ Morant, a figure who rivals Ned …
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Peter FitzSimons: Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived.The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography. In 1908 he …
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Peter FitzSimons: Battle of Long Tan
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia’s deadliest Vietnam War battle.4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious.5.01 pm: Enemy … penetrating bo …
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Peter FitzSimons: Sydney Opera House
If only these walls and this land could talk . . . The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other W …
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Peter FitzSimons: Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse
On 31st October 1917, as the day’s light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, ri …
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Peter FitzSimons: Legend of Albert Jacka
Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.Albert ‚Bert‘ Jacka was 21 whe …
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