{"id":28810,"date":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/peter-fitzsimons-has-zero-time-for-anyone-who-reckons-aussie-history-is-boring\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","slug":"peter-fitzsimons-has-zero-time-for-anyone-who-reckons-aussie-history-is-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/peter-fitzsimons-has-zero-time-for-anyone-who-reckons-aussie-history-is-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter FitzSimons Has Zero Time For Anyone Who Reckons Aussie History Is Boring"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Author Peter FitzSimons says he\u2019s stunned Australian history will no longer be a subject in SA schools from next year due to lack of interest.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fitzsimons.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cPeople that say Australian history is dull have no clue,\u201d Peter told FIVEAA on Tuesday.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cAustralian history is fabulous, starting with the Dreamtime, then you go to the first Dutch exploration, and the first Dutch shipwreck\u2026 amazing stories: sexual slavery, murder, revenge, redemption, rescue &#8212; the whole the thing.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cAfter the Dutch, Captain Cook comes.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Peter\u2019s latest book tells the story of doomed explorers Burke and Wills.<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/358693310&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Peter FitzSimons says he\u2019s stunned Australian history will no longer be a subject in SA schools from next year due to lack of interest. \u201cPeople that say Australian history is dull have no clue,\u201d Peter told FIVEAA on Tuesday. \u201cAustralian history is fabulous, starting with the Dreamtime, then you go to the first Dutch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[245,260],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-28810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show","tag-news","tag-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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