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Adam Ward (Author), Sanctuary Publishing (Author)

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Publication Date: March 2004 | Series: Everything You Didn't Need to Know Series

The pitfalls of throwing a boomerang, the world’s first feature film (1906), the largest coral reef in the world — these are just some of the subjects in this lively fact book sampling every aspect of Australian culture. Answers to such pesky questions as "Who holds the Australian Test Cricket team in-flight beer drinking record?" and "How do you play a didgeridoo?" provide hours of fun for tourists and armchair travelers.

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Product Details

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd.; illustrated edition edition (March 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1860745989
ISBN-13: 978-1860745980
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #979,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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You will often hear Australians - usually men - talking about a character called Blind Freddy. Read the first page

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New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, Ned Kelly, World Cup, World War, New Zealand, Mardi Gras, Aussie Rules, Melbourne Cup, Phar Lap, Advance Australia Fair, Australian Capital Territory, Australian of the Year, Labor Day, Sydney Olympics, Alice Springs, Australian Venom Research Unit, Botany Bay, Prime Minister John Howard, Victoria Cross, Allan Border, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Blind Freddy

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