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Fitzroy by Jim Main
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Founded in 1883, the Fitzroy Football Club won eight VFL premierships and probably produced more champions than any other club Jack Moriarty, Percy Parratt, Jim Freake, Haydn Bunton, Wilfred Smallhorn, Dinny Ryan, Allan Ruthven, Alan Gale, Kevin Murray, Bernie Quinlan, Paul Roos and many others. Then, w ...Show more
Hanged - Executions in Australia by Jim Main
Category: True Crime
The last judicial execution in Australia was in 1967 when Ronald Ryan was hanged in Melbourne. Ryan was the last of hundreds who all paid the supreme penalty. This book covers dozens of the most sensational and controversial of Australia's executions, all by hanging.There are crimes of murder, rape and ...Show more
In the Blood: South Melbourne-Sydney Swans Football Club by Jim Main
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: Main Jim
There are few football clubs, of any code in the world, older than the Sydney Swans. The club was born as South Melbourne in 1874 and the Swans over this period have experienced both heartache and jubilation. It has seen lean times and richly rewarding eras. It has always worn the red and white with pri ...Show more
Micky O: My Life Story by Michael O'Loughlin with Jim Main
Category: Sports and Hobbies
When Michael O'Loughlin was drafted by the Sydney Swans at just 17 years of age, he was the no. 40 selection and the last player picked. Back then he could not have imagined the extraordinary future that awaited him. That future included numerous awards and accolades, the respect and admiration of fello ...Show more
Rot in Hell: Peter Dupas, the Mutilating Monster by Jim Main
Category: True Crime
This is the Dupas story, of how a quiet, pudgy schoolboy became one of the most evil predators in Australian criminal history. This book is also a tribute to the relentless pursuit of justice by Victoria police officers who followed the creed: we never forget that murdered people have families that need ...Show more
The Encyclopedia of AFL Coaches: Every AFL/VFL Coach Since 1904 by Jim Main
Category: Sports and Hobbies
The Encyclopedia of AFL Coaches is the natural follow-up to the enormously popular The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. This new addition to the history of football's personnel details the careers of the men who have been senior club coaches over more than a century of VFL/AFL competition. This encyclop ...Show more