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Another great installment from the four time winner of the Bush Laureate Book of the Year.

About the Author

The son of British migrants, Jim attended Sydney Boys’ High and Sydney Teachers’ College, taught in schools and universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters’ degrees in literature, from New England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, made the top 10 best seller list for history/non-fiction.

Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station 2GB. A professional entertainer since 1988, he has written many songs, recorded for Festival, Sony, EMI and ABC, had a national hit with ‘Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga’ and is the Australiana expert on 2GB. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, 'for service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian'. The son of British migrants, Jim Haynes attended Sydney Boys High and Sydney Teachers College, taught in schools and universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters degrees in literature from New England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station 2GB. He was also awarded an OAM in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, for ‘service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian'. Hugh Wade is an accomplished voiceover artist and narrator. His TV Credits include A Country Practice and Home and Away, and he is the voice of Tourism NSW. Anna Steen is a Theatre graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Anna has worked with various theatre companies across Australia, working nationally and internationally. Anna works as a regular voice over artist and has performed in a number of radio dramas and poeticas for Radio National. She has both produced and narrated over 20 novels and anthologies for Audio Books.