6 must-read history books like The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country by Adam Courtenay

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The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country

By: Adam Courtenay

4.27

Format: 320 pages, ebook

By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buc…

If you liked the history plot in The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country by Adam Courtenay , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Fortunate Life

By: Albert B. Facey , A.B. Facey

4.23

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook

2. A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

By: Evelyn Waugh , Eric Newby

3.85

Format: 128 pages,

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3. Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1)

By: David Hunt

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2014 Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Nonfiction Girt. No word… read more

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4. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

By: David Marr

4.39

Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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5. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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6. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

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  • historical
  • australia
  • audiobook
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7. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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8. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

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  • historical
  • australia
  • audiobook
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9. Sister Viv

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.65

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to s… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.03

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary story of Mary Reibey - immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia's first… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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11. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) by Margaret Hickey

12. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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13. The Roadhouse

By: Kerry McGinnis

3.74

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When aspiring actress Charlie Carver learns that her cousin Annabelle has died, she immediately lea… read more

Similar categories in Kerry McGinnis's The Roadhouse book and Adam Courtenay's The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country

  • australia
  • audiobook
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14. State of Fear (John Bailey #2)

By: Tim Ayliffe

4.19

Format: 400 pages, ebook

SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything t… read more

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  • australia
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15. The Greater Good (John Bailey #1)

By: Tim Ayliffe

4.04

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything t… read more

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  • australia
Cover of The Queen's Tiger (The Colonial Series #2) by Peter Watt

16. The Queen's Tiger (The Colonial Series #2)

By: Peter Watt

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of Australia's best historical fiction authors' Canberra WeeklyPeter Watt brings to the fore a… read more

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17. The Queen's Colonial (The Colonial Series #1)

By: Peter Watt

4.21

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the fate for which you are destined is not your own...1845, a village outside Sydney Town… read more

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18. Macquarie

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.38

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history. … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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19. Banks

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Lust, science, adventure - Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery The extraordinary life of one… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • audiobook
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20. The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country

By: Adam Courtenay

4.27

Format: 320 pages, ebook

By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buc… read more

Similar categories in Adam Courtenay's The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country book and Adam Courtenay's The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook

12 must-read audiobook books like The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country by Adam Courtenay

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Albert B. Facey , A.B. Facey

4.23

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Margaret Hickey

4.06

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The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

Amanda Hampson

3.79

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Margaret Hickey

3.97

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Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Garry Disher

3.99

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Glenna Thomson

3.97

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Audrey's Gone AWOL

Annie de Monchaux

4.05

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