Download or read book The Controversial Bernborough written by William Stokes and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Bernborough is an uplifting one, decked with highs and lows, focused around the life of a phenomenal Australian racehorse. Played out from the beginning of World War II, the story includes several colourful characters along the way. Bogus records, a ring-in, massive betting coups, suspense, controversy and intrigue all feature around Bernborough. The racing stewards in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle repeatedly banned him from competing at their racetracks. Only in postwar Australia was he allowed to perform on the metropolitan racecourses. Then, within months, this amazing galloper set the nation agog. An enigmatic hero, Bernborough rapidly became a household name without anyone ever knowing all that was involved. When he was later booked for stud in Kentucky, his sale to Louis B. Mayer from MGM studios was also loaded with never-ending controversy.
Download or read book The Bernborough Phenomenon written by Zeb Armstrong and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bernborough Phenomenon tells the tale of the emergence of a champion racehorse from the small Australian country town of Toowoomba that went on to become perhaps Australia's greatest thoroughbred since Phar Lap. The Bernborough story would not be out of place in a Nat Gould or Banjo Patterson bush racing yarn, yet the story of Bernborough is true even if it still has a few loose ends...
Download or read book The Riddle Exposed written by William Stokes and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1973 the firebombing of the Whiskey Au-Go-Go nightclub grabbed the headlines in Brisbane unlike any other disaster beforehand. 15 people were killed amid the inferno, the worst mass-murder ever in Australia. Rumours were rife. Detectives were forewarned, but was the firebombing part of an implausible notion to embark on an extortion racket? Or was it a scheme for insurance purposes? Perhaps it was the act of a disgruntled customer, a former employee, or someone owed money? Politicians from all sides of Parliament demanded quick answers. Unbeknown to but a few, early in the morning after the fire, Billy McCulkin was the first person interviewed by detectives while his wife and young daughters fled from their Highgate Hill house; and they only returned to their house after the arrests of John Stuart and Jim Finch. Later, Mrs McCulkin confided to her co-worker, as well as a neighbour, and her brother that she feared for her safety because she knew her husband and his associates were involved in both the Torino and Whiskey Au-Go-Go nightclub fires. During the months of anxiety for Mrs McCulkin, the courtroom appearances of Stuart and Finch heard repeated outbursts from them asserting that detectives had concocted a false verbal confession. The subsequent wire-swallowing protests by Stuart and Finch were extraordinary. Finch even whacked off a piece of his finger, but the self-mutilating efforts from both achieved nothing. The trial, being the longest and costliest staged in Queensland, proceeded without Stuart, or any legal representative for him, while he lay handcuffed to a hospital bed - a first for any Australian court when a life imprisonment term is mandatory. Not long after the Whiskey murder trial, and the fifth reported wire-swallowing protest from Stuart, Mrs Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters disappeared, murdered by Vince O’Dempsey and Gary Dubois, though they were not then brought to stand trial because the case was far too riddled with the standard 1970s police corruption. Interwoven around the Waterside Workers Union journal, Port News, as its publisher William Stokes’ account of his acquaintanceship with everyone concerned - including the bizarre Clockwork Orange gang and a nympho wife who believed she was demoniacally possessed - leads to a harrowing tale. Expect the unexpected.
Download or read book Saint Peter V Nero 666 written by William Stokes and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nero: for thousands of years his name has stood synonymous with the Roman Empire. But why? What was it about this enigmatic personality that catapulted him into becoming Emperor as a 16-year-old? It was at a time when Rome not only ruled the world, but also managed to house 1 million inhabitants - a population achievement not reached for almost a further 2,000 years when Queen Victoria reigned in London. In his heyday, pagan priests proclaimed that Nero was a living god, whilst hundreds of years after his death the Christian Church branded him as the Antichrist who would one day return to wreak havoc and destruction upon the planet. Throughout the many historic books published about Nero not even the historians are in total agreement with what happened during his lifetime, though the theologians do agree that the biblical number 666 is the Apostle Peter’s code-number for Nero. He certainly fiddled while Rome burned and then sentenced hundreds of Christians to a hideous death before banning any further worship of this religion. Forgetting his many murderous acts, games, extravagant parties and building projects, above all else, Nero believed that the god, Apollo, had blessed him with a divine voice, as well as the theatrical talents to entertain an audience.
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Download or read book Horses in Australia written by Nicolas Brasch and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the horse in Australia past and present. From Cobb & Co to Black Caviar, from the Walers of World War I to The Man from Snowy River, it showcases our best historical and contemporary images. The horse has been an integral part of Australian history since the First Fleet brought the first horse to our shores. From the resilient workhorses of colonial Australia and the determined stockhorses rounding up cattle, to the thoroughbreds that capture the country’s imagination at every Melbourne Cup, horses have contributed to many of the great human feats in our history. Here, alongside 180 stunning images, Nicolas Brasch shows why we love horses – and how they have been captured so strikingly by our photographers and artists.
Download or read book Controversial Bernborough written by W. STOKES and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Hardy written by Jenny Hocking and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bridge of Clay written by Markus Zusak and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family’s experience in the most profound way." —The Washington Post "Mystical and loaded with heart, it's another gorgeous tearjerker from a rising master of them." —Entertainment Weekly “Devastating, demanding and deeply moving.” —Wall Street Journal The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome? Written in powerfully inventive language and bursting with heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is signature Zusak.
Download or read book The Great Grand Final Heist written by Ian Heads and published by Stoke Hill Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balmain's shock defeat of Souths in the 1969 Grand Final has been called the biggest boilover in rugby league history. The true story of the Tigers' upset win has remained untold for almost 50 years, so it has kept its sense of mystery. Until now ...They were coached by Leo Nosworthy, a savvy operator who'd grown up around the Balmain docks. His team was full of character and characters, but lacked big names. The star-studded Rabbitohs were the two-time defending premiers. Famous names such as Provan, Churchill, Beetson and Sattler were prominent. Shady figures with links to organised crime lurked in the background; this was Balmain in the late '60s. The relationship between the two clubs had an edge that had simmered for 60 years. Huge sums were bet on the match. Tigers players were accused of faking injury, to slow the game down. The referee's integrity was questioned.It needed a master researcher to sift through all the intrigue. Ian Heads, the author of many acclaimed sports books, trawled through archives and interviewed a vast range of participants -- players, officials, fans and media -- to discover what really happened.The memories, scrapbooks and wisdom of Nosworthy, now well into his 80s, are a treasure trove. He becomes the central character of a unique sporting fable.The Great Grand Final Heist is a classic underdog story. It reads like a thriller. There has never been a league book like it.
Download or read book APAIS 1994 Australian public affairs information service written by and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Controversial Bernborough written by Billy Stokes and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life with Rosie written by Helen Thomas and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was born in the wind, on a farm not too far from home, and on an unusually warm Sunday morning. In no time at all, we saw that this was a foal who wouldn't need much nudging, or urging, or hurrying along. Within half an hour, she was up and tottering across the straw on unsteady pirate's legs, making her way straight for the safety webbing, even before she had taken her first all-important gulp of milk. Her already steady gaze taking in her new world. And so life with Rosie began.' Helen Thomas has long had a passion for race horses. As a teenager, her first high school overlooked Melbourne's most picturesque racecourse; she clipped tales of racing courage from the newspapers and dreamt of being part of the racing world. When she finally becomes the proud owner of Poetic Waters, the broodmare repays her leap of faith with a little foal called Rosie. A foal Helen hopes will one day make the grade as a race horse. But it's a tough, winding road from paddock to track and, despite the attention of stellar trainer Robbie Griffiths, Rosie's trek is marked by frustration as much as triumph. Life With Rosie charts the blossoming of a young thoroughbred - and Helen's rite of passage as one of thousands of owners across Australia hoping that all the hard work, and just a little bit of luck, will lead her horse to racetrack success.
Download or read book APAIS Australian Public Affairs Information Service written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1963 includes section Current Australian serials; a subject list.
Download or read book Phar Lap written by Geoff Armstrong and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book studies the many mysteries of Phar Lap's career, including the infamous shooting that occurred just days before his great triumph in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. The book examines the way an emerging media played its part in building the legend. The authors provide an analysis of his previously unexplained death in North America and explain why Phar Lap is much more than a racehorse.
