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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Grit : An Epic Journey Across the World
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Peter Wherrett tells the story of Australian overland motorist Francis Birtles who drove his modified Bean 14, known as the Sundowner, on a 281-day journey that took him from London through Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and on to Melbourne via Darwin in 1927. Birtles was the first person to complete the 26,000 kilometre trek.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ibis Publishing , 2005 .
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication due October 2005.
      ISBN: 1920923624

Works about this Work

On the Road with Barely a Bean Mark Hinchliffe , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 December 2005; (p. 5)

— Review of Grit : An Epic Journey Across the World Peter Wherrett , 2005 single work biography
On the Road with Barely a Bean Mark Hinchliffe , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 December 2005; (p. 5)

— Review of Grit : An Epic Journey Across the World Peter Wherrett , 2005 single work biography
Last amended 11 Oct 2007 11:31:06
Subjects:
  • London,
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    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Europe,
  • Middle East, Asia,
  • Asia,
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    Australia,
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  • 1927
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