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Bravo Brown!
Terence FitzSimons is an Honorary Research Fellow at Federation University Australia and an honorary historian with Sovereign Hill Museums Association, an affiliated institute of the university. His research interests are centred on Victorian social history.
The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown
This is the biography of Charles Henry Brown, whose obsession with aerostation took him from Great Britain to Australia and India. It highlights the problems pioneer aeronauts faced - they often were viewed as no more than providers of novelty entertainment. Brown's story also reflects aspects of contemporary Victorian society.
The London Gazette
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Two Fat Ladies and Hercules Tom: The Story of the Australian Giant Family
Clara, Anna and Tom Snell, from Gippsland, travelled the world as the Australian Giant Family, and were acclaimed as the most famous and familiar figures in Australia during the late 1800s. Following their 'discovery' in 1886 by Max Kreitmayer, proprietor of the Melbourne Waxworks, they appeared as 'prodigies' at various venues in America, Great Britain, South Africa, Ceylon and New Zealand. As mature adults they had a combined body weight of over half a ton; (heavier than a Mini Minor and just a little lighter than a VW beetle.) In their journeying they met up with other human 'oddities'; Jo-Jo, the dog-faced boy, Abomah, the Amazon Giantess and Mrs Tom Thumb. They also mixed with celebriti...
The Last Drop
It could be said that it was as likely as not that drink brought Michael Gately to the gallows - not as a condemned man but as Victoria's hangman. This is his story, told from an unbiased point of view - more so than the tales told of him in his lifetime.
Nkosi
How does a priest in Rhodesia become tangled up with terrorists and people smuggling? Father Gale's life is complicated when he involves himself with the Army as part-time chaplain. In consequence he becomes embroiled in the illegal disposal of bodies, the shooting of suspect terrorists and people smuggling.
The City Record
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