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1 4 y separately published work icon Girt Nation : The Unauthorised History of Australia Vol. 3 David Hunt , Carlton : Black Inc. , 2021 21936151 2021 single work non-fiction

'The saga of Australia continues with… GIRT NATION

'David Hunt tramples the tall poppies of the past in charting Australia’s transformation from aspiration to nation – an epic tale of charlatans and costermongers, of bush bards and bushier beards, of workers and women who weren’t going to take it anymore.

'Girt Nation introduces Alfred Deakin, the Liberal necromancer whose dead advisors made Australia a better place to live, and Banjo Paterson, the jihadist who called on God and the Prophet to drive the Australian infidels from the Sudan ‘like sand before the gale’. And meet Catherine Helen Spence, the feminist polymath who envisaged a utopian future of free contraceptives, easy divorce and immigration restrictions to prevent the ‘Chinese coming to destroy all we have struggled for!’

'Thrill as Jandamarra leads the Bunuba against Western Australia, and Valentine Keating leads the Crutchy Push, an all-amputee street gang, against the conventionally limbed. Gasp as Essendon Football Club trainer Carl von Ledebur injects his charges with crushed dog and goat testicles. Weep as Scott Morrison’s communist great-great-aunt Mary Gilmore holds a hose in New Australia. And marvel at how Labor, a political party that spent a quarter of a century infighting over how to spell its own name, ever rose to power.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 The House with No Loo David Hunt , Jol Temple , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Funny Bones 2019;
1 y separately published work icon My Real Friend David Hunt , Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 2019 16637459 2019 single work picture book children's

'It's not easy being imaginary ...

'Rupert isn't real, but he has a real friend, William. They both love sport, painting and music and have amazing adventures together in William's imagination.

But why can't they have the adventures that Rupert wants? And what will happen if William no longer wants an imaginary friend?

'A heartwarming story of friendship, identity and the power of imagination from bestselling author David Hunt and award-winning illustrator Lucia Masciullo.'   (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon The Nose Pixies : A Cautionary Tale David Hunt , Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2016 9213820 2016 single work picture book children's

'The hilarious debut picture book from the award-winning and bestselling author of GIRT. This is a book with a grossness that kids will love, and with a message that parents will adore.Oliver has a bad habit. A very bad habit. He just can't keep his fingers out of his nose, which is a big problem for the tiny pixies who mine his 'nose gold' to keep their cities running.The Nose Pixies return to their kingdom with empty handkerchiefs night after night. And unless their luck changes, they'll be out of a job ... or worse! A wickedly funny, deliciously clever cautionary tale from award‐winning creators David Hunt and Lucia Masciullo. Ages 4-8 yrs.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon True Girt : The Unauthorised History of Australia Vol. 2 David Hunt , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2016 10491137 2016 single work non-fiction

'First there was Girt. Now comes . . . True Girt

'In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep.

'True Girt introduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia's most famous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, the explorer John Horrocks.

'Learn how Truganini's death inspired the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And be reminded why you should never ever smoke with the Wild Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan.

'If Manning Clark and Bill Bryson were left on a desert island with only one pen, they would write True Girt.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Lachlan Macquarie : Republicanism Is Dead David Hunt , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , July 2015;
1 1 y separately published work icon Girt : The Unauthorised History of Australia David Hunt , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2013 9051576 2013 single work non-fiction

'Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia...

'In this hilarious history, David Hunt tells the real story of Australia's past from megafauna to Macquarie ... the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are.

'Mark Twain wrote of Australian history: 'It does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies ... but they are all true, they all happened.' In Girt, Hunt uncovers these beautiful lies, recounting the strange and ridiculous episodes that conventional histories ignore. The result is surprising, enlightening – and side-splittingly funny.

'Girt explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup, the Dutch obsession with nailing perfectly good kitchenware to posts, and the settlers' fear of Pemulwuy and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamingcoat.

'It introduces us to forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the typically Irish crime of 'felony of sock'; Patyegarang, the young Eora girl who co-authored the world's most surprising dictionary; and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.

'Our nation's beginnings were steeped in the unlikely, the incongruous and the frankly bizarre. Girt restores these stories to their rightful place. Not to read it would be un-Australian.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 From : Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia David Hunt , 2013 single work extract
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , August 2013;
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