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Australian Heist: The True Story Behind Australia's Largest Gold Robbery by James Phelps is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Australia's Number 1 True Crime Writer on Australia's Greatest Gold Robbery. On 15 June 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes, NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million today. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history. In this riveting re-creation of the events, James Phelps finally tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John O'Meally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery - and what happened to all that gold. Australian Heist is a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the most extraordinary episodes in the nation's history, by Australia's number-one true-crime writer.

Who reads Australian Heist: The True Story Behind Australia's Largest Gold Robbery?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
James Phelps
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9781460710234
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Memoir, Biography, Humanities

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