Jonathan King

Great Disasters in Australian History

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From the sinking of the Waratah to the West Gate Bridge collapse to the Granville train disaster to the Black Saturday bushfires, here are twenty-three peacetime disasters that changed Australia forever.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-74331-251-3
EAN: 9781743312513
Produktnummer: 15435970
Verlag: Allen & Unwin
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 444 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B17.0 cm x D2.0 cm 544 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 544

Über den Autor

After a lifetime bringing history to life through re-enactments, books and films, award-winning Sydney historian and author of 30 books Dr Jonathan King is well placed to present Great Disasters in Australian History, a companion to his bestselling Great Moments in Australian History and Great Battles in Australian History. Dr King's work as a journalist and his experience of live events means he has experienced disasters first-hand. He sailed as part of the First Fleet Expedition of eleven tall ships from London to Sydney for Australia's bicentenary celebrations in 1988; re-enacted the voyage of Columbus to America, Banjo Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' and 'Man from Snowy River', the biblical nativity journey of Mary and Joseph through the Holy Land, and Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia. He is leading battlefield tours to Gallipoli and the Western Front for the centenary of World War I. He is married with children and grandchildren.