Dimensions
153 x 234 x 16mm
'The Prince Of Australia' introduces a motley group of colourful Australian characters from the nineteenth century. These are people – cheeky, outrageous, daring – who did extraordinary things and who helped to forge the national character.
Among the personalities readers will meet are: John Piper, called 'The Prince of Australia', who lived like a king, went bust, tried to stage his suicide at Sydney Heads, and survived as a bush magistrate; Madame Brussels, the brothel keeper who reigned during the most scandalous event that ever took place in an Australian parliament, the stealing of the mace; Tommy Bent (Bent by name and bent by nature), a less than straight Victorian politician and land speculator, said by some to have been the founder of Brighton's fortunes; Billy Midwinter, the Bendigo Infant, who played cricket for England and Australia; Captain Freddie Standish, Police Commissioner, who supplied prostitutes to visiting Prince of Wales, thought up the Melbourne Cup and was involved in hunt for Ned Kelly; and more besides.
Many of these people have slipped through the cracks of our nation's story. 'The Prince Of Australia' introduces an amazing array of figures whose lives will amaze and astound you!
