Australian Heist: … Australia’s Largest Gold Robbery - James Phelps Audiobook

Written by James Phelps
Read by Peter Hosking
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

· Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
· Release date: 02-20-19
· Publisher: HarperAudio

Australia’s number one true-crime writer on Australia’s greatest gold robbery.

On June 15, 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 recreation 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.

“A real cracker of a story that makes you question how on earth you’d not heard more about it. Frank Gardiner & his band of jolly swagmen may have pulled the most lucrative heist in Australian History - But it is the truly remarkable story of before & after that gloomy 1862 , that make it a drama most enjoyable!”

“Easy read. The court transcripts do well to show illuminate the times back then- how people spoke etc. could have gone into more descriptions of places, but to set the times. Overall really good. Did think it finished in a hurry (sources were less?).”