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Semut
- The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo
- Written by: Christine Helliwell
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow, Christine Helliwell
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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March 1945. A handful of very young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island's Indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese....
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- Written by: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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excellent story, masterful narration
- By Justin R Trupp on 2023-08-21
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The Dogs That Made Australia
- The Story of the Dogs That Brought About Australia's Transformation from Starving Colony to Pastoral Powerhouse
- Written by: Guy Hull
- Narrated by: Guy Hull
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fearless hounds that saved fledgling colonies from famine....
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Very detailed.
- By Allan on 2023-08-26
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The Sea and Civilization
- A Maritime History of the World
- Written by: Lincoln Paine
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
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A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....
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The World Until Yesterday
- What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- Written by: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
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The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years....
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A wealth of knowledge and wisdom
- By Bradley Foster on 2023-02-22
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The Memory Code
- The Traditional Aboriginal Memory Technique That Unlocks the Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Ancient Monuments the World Over
- Written by: Lynne Kelly
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In the past the elders had encyclopaedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across the landscape and the stars in the sky, too....
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Semut
- The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo
- Written by: Christine Helliwell
- Narrated by: Dorje Swallow, Christine Helliwell
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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March 1945. A handful of very young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island's Indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese....
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- Written by: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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excellent story, masterful narration
- By Justin R Trupp on 2023-08-21
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The Dogs That Made Australia
- The Story of the Dogs That Brought About Australia's Transformation from Starving Colony to Pastoral Powerhouse
- Written by: Guy Hull
- Narrated by: Guy Hull
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fearless hounds that saved fledgling colonies from famine....
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Very detailed.
- By Allan on 2023-08-26
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The Sea and Civilization
- A Maritime History of the World
- Written by: Lincoln Paine
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
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A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....
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The World Until Yesterday
- What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- Written by: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
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The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years....
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A wealth of knowledge and wisdom
- By Bradley Foster on 2023-02-22
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The Memory Code
- The Traditional Aboriginal Memory Technique That Unlocks the Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Ancient Monuments the World Over
- Written by: Lynne Kelly
- Narrated by: Louise Siversen
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In the past the elders had encyclopaedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across the landscape and the stars in the sky, too....
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The Penguin History of New Zealand
- Written by: Michael King
- Narrated by: Rosemary Ronald
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
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This best-selling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand....
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Hawaiian Mythology: The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
- The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People
- Written by: King David Kalakaua
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
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Dive into the captivating realm of The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, where the mystical allure of the Pacific islands comes alive through the mesmerizing fables and folk-lore shared by none other than the esteemed King David Kalakaua....
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- Written by: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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Truly excellent!
- By Trevor on 2020-01-27
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New Zealand: People, Places and Events that Shaped the History of New Zealand
- Written by: James Boyle
- Narrated by: Craig Patterson
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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New Zealand is a country that has forever been admired for its beautiful landscapes - a wilderness that barely seems to be touched by humans. The populated areas are surrounded by forests, plains, rocky mountains - even beaches....
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Under Full Sail
- Written by: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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More than one million Australians can trace their heritage to the migrant ships of the mid- to late 19th century....
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Dead Man Running
- An Insider's Story on One of the World's Most Feared Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs ... The Bandidos
- Written by: Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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We are the people our parents warned us about" is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs....
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Nothing is Steve‘s fault
- By My glasses keep sliding down my nose, please help!!!! on 2022-08-05
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The Far Land
- 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific
- Written by: Brandon Presser
- Narrated by: Steve Quinn
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling true tale of power, obsession, and betrayal at the edge of the world....
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Great retrospective, context and first person experience
- By Roberta W on 2022-11-12
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Sea People
- The Puzzle of Polynesia
- Written by: Christina Thompson
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know....
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Fascinating Polynesia 101
- By Jacob R. on 2020-02-16
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Lucky 666
- The Impossible Mission
- Written by: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943 and engage in the longest dogfight in history....
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Savage Harvest
- A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
- Written by: Carl Hoffman
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in remote New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world, and even Michael's powerful, influential family, guessing for years....
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Great story and very well read!
- By MP on 2023-09-16
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- Written by: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated....
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Brilliant
- By kevin on 2022-02-11
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Written by: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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Dueling Journals...
- By Meredith on 2021-07-30
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Lost in Shangri-La
- A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
- Written by: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrated by: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 13, 1945, 24 American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La"....
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Deep Time Dreaming
- Uncovering Ancient Australia
- Written by: Billy Griffiths
- Narrated by: Tom Griffiths
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent....
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Unexpectedly engaging
- By Anonymous User on 2020-01-20
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The Immortal Irishman
- The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- Written by: Timothy Egan
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man....
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A very informative read.
- By Robert Hoskins on 2021-11-07
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History of Australia
- A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present (Australasia)
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began....
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The Rocks, Sydney, Self-Guided Audio Walk
- Written by: Steven Lewis
- Narrated by: Steven Lewis
- Length: 45 mins
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No visit to Sydney is complete without a trip to the historic Rocks district on the harbour foreshore....
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Dark Emu
- Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?
- Written by: Bruce Pascoe
- Narrated by: Bruce Pascoe
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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A completely accessible, compelling and riveting account of pre-invasion Aboriginal agricultural systems....
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Last Woman Hanged
- The Terrible True Story of Louisa Collins
- Written by: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a mother of 10 children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced that Louisa poisoned them with arsenic, put her on trial....
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Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 1
- Written by: David Hunt
- Narrated by: David Hunt
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past....
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great
- By P.G on 2020-01-24
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Batavia's Graveyard
- The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
- Written by: Mike Dash
- Narrated by: Guy Bethell
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's flagship, was loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java....
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- Written by: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today....
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The Aborigines and Maori: The History of the Indigenous Peoples in Australia and New Zealand
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1769, Captain James Cook’s historic expedition would lead to an English claim on Australia, but before he reached Australia, he sailed for weaks near New Zealand’s coast. Thus, he was one of the first to observe and take note of the indigenous peoples of the two islands....
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Vietnam
- The Australian War
- Written by: Paul Ham
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive account of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, by best-selling author of Kokoda....
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Hawaiian Mythology
- Written by: Martha Warren Beckwith
- Narrated by: Sarah Kempton
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In this now classic text, Martha Beckwith skillfully navigated an expansive collection of books, articles, and manuscripts to compile the definitive collection of mythological narratives of the native Hawaiian peoples. In addition to its importance for Hawaiian folklore and ethnology proper, Beckwith situates these stories within their broader regional context, offering comparisons to the traditions of Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and other island nations.
Written by: Martha Warren Beckwith
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The Last Bushrangers
- Written by: Mike Munro
- Narrated by: Mike Munro
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the bushranging Kenniff gang, fast gaining notoriety as Queensland's equivalent of the Kelly gang. Yet the murders are a bold escalation from the petty fraud, horse stealing and cattle duffing the gang is known for. Starving and exhausted after three long months on the run, the brothers are finally captured, and so the wheels of justice start to turn.
Written by: Mike Munro
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Where Soldiers Lie
- The Quest to Find Australia's Missing War Dead
- Written by: Ian McPhedran
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Over thirty five thousand Australian soldiers and airmen are still listed as Missing In Action from the wars of the 20th Century. Telling the moving story of the determination and skill of the searchers who apply old-fashioned detective work and cutting-edge science to solve the mysteries of the missing and bring peace of mind and solace to their families and to all those who serve, Where Soldiers Lie follows these investigators and scientists on their mission to locate and identify unrecovered war casualties and to unlock their secrets.
Written by: Ian McPhedran
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Tough Country
- Written by: Mike Bellamy
- Narrated by: Christopher Brown
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1970s and 80s, Barry Bellamy was a fair old bushman, traversing the back-country from Hawke's Bay to the far north in a blue ex-airforce Land Rover. His son Mike would join him as he took up work, wherever he could get it. Tough Country is Mike's story, about a bygone era of bushmen, scrub-cutters, hunters and shepherds. Later, Mike forged his own life working on the land, and his stories of the characters of the 1980s and 90s, from tradies to digger-drivers, are as hilarious as they are quintessentially Kiwi.
Written by: Mike Bellamy
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Australian Code Breakers
- Our Top-Secret War with the Kaiser's Reich
- Written by: James Phelps
- Narrated by: James Saunders
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers.
Written by: James Phelps
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Flinders
- Written by: Grantlee Kieza
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead – a premature, tragic end to one of the world’s greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and mapped the famed Great Southern Land, and whose naming of the vast continent would become its modern title: Australia.
Written by: Grantlee Kieza
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Hawaiian Mythology
- Written by: Martha Warren Beckwith
- Narrated by: Sarah Kempton
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In this now classic text, Martha Beckwith skillfully navigated an expansive collection of books, articles, and manuscripts to compile the definitive collection of mythological narratives of the native Hawaiian peoples. In addition to its importance for Hawaiian folklore and ethnology proper, Beckwith situates these stories within their broader regional context, offering comparisons to the traditions of Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and other island nations.
Written by: Martha Warren Beckwith
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The Last Bushrangers
- Written by: Mike Munro
- Narrated by: Mike Munro
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the bushranging Kenniff gang, fast gaining notoriety as Queensland's equivalent of the Kelly gang. Yet the murders are a bold escalation from the petty fraud, horse stealing and cattle duffing the gang is known for. Starving and exhausted after three long months on the run, the brothers are finally captured, and so the wheels of justice start to turn.
Written by: Mike Munro
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Where Soldiers Lie
- The Quest to Find Australia's Missing War Dead
- Written by: Ian McPhedran
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Over thirty five thousand Australian soldiers and airmen are still listed as Missing In Action from the wars of the 20th Century. Telling the moving story of the determination and skill of the searchers who apply old-fashioned detective work and cutting-edge science to solve the mysteries of the missing and bring peace of mind and solace to their families and to all those who serve, Where Soldiers Lie follows these investigators and scientists on their mission to locate and identify unrecovered war casualties and to unlock their secrets.
Written by: Ian McPhedran
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Tough Country
- Written by: Mike Bellamy
- Narrated by: Christopher Brown
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1970s and 80s, Barry Bellamy was a fair old bushman, traversing the back-country from Hawke's Bay to the far north in a blue ex-airforce Land Rover. His son Mike would join him as he took up work, wherever he could get it. Tough Country is Mike's story, about a bygone era of bushmen, scrub-cutters, hunters and shepherds. Later, Mike forged his own life working on the land, and his stories of the characters of the 1980s and 90s, from tradies to digger-drivers, are as hilarious as they are quintessentially Kiwi.
Written by: Mike Bellamy
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Australian Code Breakers
- Our Top-Secret War with the Kaiser's Reich
- Written by: James Phelps
- Narrated by: James Saunders
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers.
Written by: James Phelps
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Flinders
- Written by: Grantlee Kieza
- Narrated by: Peter Houghton
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead – a premature, tragic end to one of the world’s greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and mapped the famed Great Southern Land, and whose naming of the vast continent would become its modern title: Australia.
Written by: Grantlee Kieza