Gelignite Jack Murray

Gelignite Jack Murray
Author: Phil Murray
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2022-07-04
Genre: Automobile racing
ISBN: 9781760794361

At the mere mention of the name 'Gelignite' Jack Murray, any Australian from the Baby Boomer era or older can't help but to crack a smile. Murray was best known as the rally driver who in 1954 won the REDEX Round Australia Reliability Trial without the loss of a single point; but Jack's sporting interests and achievements were eclectic and far-ranging. In his own words, at different times throughout his life he was 'engaged in various sports with various successes' cycling; VFL schoolboy football; stock car racing; hill climbing motor races; circuit car racing; car endurance events; Australian and NSW Grand Prix racing; international and Australian rally driving; wrestling; boxing; crocodile, kangaroo and buffalo hunting; ocean boat racing and waterskiing--to name most, but not all. Oh yes--Jack even raced a bathtub once, plug in. Jack Murray died in 1983. Encounters with those who met him, knew him and loved him now grow fewer and fewer, as the years pass and the Reliability Trials of the 1950s drift into Australian history and folklore. Jack's personal and nonpublic life, showing the man behind the derring-do, has never been fully explored or written about.

Jack’S Journey

Jack’S Journey
Author: Jack H Garven
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524593931

Jacks childhood and formative years on the family farm in Scotland during World War II are recounted here. This is followed by an account of Jack and Pats journey from marriage at an early age to retirement, including many poems and stories from events along the way. A keen interest in things mechanical became a passion and a driver for Jack in the fields of construction and commissioning. Various projects and locations are discussed, including working in the Middle East deserts to Alaska and the North Sea, together with the effects on family life. Pivotal moments occur almost in an unplanned way but formed a cohesive picture through time.

In Search of the Never-Never

In Search of the Never-Never
Author: Ann McGrath
Publisher: ANU Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1760462691

Mickey Dewar made a profound contribution to the history of the Northern Territory, which she performed across many genres. She produced high‑quality, memorable and multi-sensory histories, including the Cyclone Tracy exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and the reinterpretation of Fannie Bay Gaol. Informed by a great love of books, her passion for history was infectious. As well as offering three original chapters that appraise her work, this edited volume republishes her first book, In Search of the Never-Never. In Dewar’s comprehensive and incisive appraisal of the literature of the Northern Territory, she provides brilliant, often amusing insights into the ever-changing representations of a region that has featured so large in the Australian popular imagination

Motor Sport

Motor Sport
Author: William Boddy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1272
Release: 1968
Genre: Automobile racing
ISBN:

After Love

After Love
Author: Subhash Jaireth
Publisher: Transit Lounge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1921924403

Vasu, a young Indian student of architecture, arrives in Moscow in the late 1960s. He falls in love with Anna, an archaeologist and an accomplished cellist, yet his romanticism about the Soviet Union clashes with her experience. He goes back to India to design a village for a co-operative of coffee farmers, but he cannot forget Anna and on his return they marry. Anna wants to leave Moscow but isn’t keen to go to India. They decide to go to Venice where Vasu has been offered a teaching position. In Italy their life unravels when Anna mysteriously disappears without a trace. Years later, Vasu discovers a painful but wonderful truth. A beautifully written story full of music and emotions that moves with ease across continents,After Love is destined to touch the hearts of readers everywhere

Australian Books

Australian Books
Author: National Library of Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1967
Genre: Australia
ISBN: