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A saga of survival, sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny hand signed by peter fitzsimons. He is the author of seventeen books, including biographies of nancy wake, nene king, john eales, steve waugh and. It also brought to light the fact that europeans came to australia before the first fleet landing in 1788. Nov 02, 2012 peter fitzsimons more a regular guest reporter for sunday night, peter fitzsimons is a respected columnist for the sydney morning herald and sunherald and television presenter on fox sports. Though dramatised, it is still hard to believe the utter evil that occurred during this disaster on the shores of western australia. While most australian school children have heard of dirk hartog and his pewter dish, few australians are familiar with the momentous events that occurred on the sinking. He has the distinction of being the only wallaby ever sent from the field against the all blacks.
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