This book traces the life and times of Eric Worrell, the original reptile danger man and naturalist, and the iconic tourist attraction he established, The Australian Reptile Park, which continues to be a leader in wildlife tourism, conservation, education and research.

Newcastle's most notorious riot lives on in the lyrics of Cold Chisel's 1980 song Star Hotel, grainy YouTube videos and Novocastrian mythology. To understand the whole story of the Star Hotel riot, it should be seen alongside other moments of resistance. Radical Newcastle brings together short essays from academics, local historians, journalists and radicals to document the region's radical past.