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'It seemed like a good idea … at the time.' – the lament of many a morning after
Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history has been punctuated with stories of booze and boozing. From Cook's voyages and the First Fleet to the Rum Rebellion, the mutiny of the 99th Regiment, the soldiers' riot of 1916, six o'clock closing and beyond, we've been a nation that likes a drink.
With the eye of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes has collected the best yarns, verses, stories and anecdotes of our boozy history. He uncovers the good and the bad of our national character and its relationship with grog. He celebrates the social gift of alcohol and riotous moments of mateship and camaraderie, but he also offers salutary tales of its consequences – the hangovers, the suffering, the recriminations and the grave occasions subverted by drink.
Amusing, wry, tragic and surprising, Best Australian Drinking Stories asks you to grab a glass of your favourite beverage, get comfy and enjoy this fascinating collection of stories about Australia's love affair with booze.
'It seemed like a good idea … at the time.' – the lament of many a morning after
Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history has been punctuated with stories of booze and boozing. From Cook's voyages and the First Fleet to the Rum Rebellion, the mutiny of the 99th Regiment, the soldiers' riot of 1916, six o'clock closing and beyond, we've been a nation that likes a drink.
With the eye of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes has collected the best yarns, verses, stories and anecdotes of our boozy history. He uncovers the good and the bad of our national character and its relationship with grog. He celebrates the social gift of alcohol and riotous moments of mateship and camaraderie, but he also offers salutary tales of its consequences – the hangovers, the suffering, the recriminations and the grave occasions subverted by drink.
Amusing, wry, tragic and surprising, Best Australian Drinking Stories asks you to grab a glass of your favourite beverage, get comfy and enjoy this fascinating collection of stories about Australia's love affair with booze.
The story of Australia's almost-250-year love affair with alcohol told with yarns, verse, anecdotes and surprising historical narratives.
The son of British migrants, Jim attended Sydney Boys’ High and
Sydney Teachers’ College, taught in schools and universities in NSW
and Britain, has two masters’ degrees in literature, from New
England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is
the author of 33 books. Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict
Australia, made the top 10 best seller list for
history/non-fiction.
Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on
Sydney Radio Station 2GB. A professional entertainer since 1988, he
has written many songs, recorded for Festival, Sony, EMI and ABC,
had a national hit with ‘Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga’ and is the
Australiana expert on 2GB. He was awarded the Order of Australia
Medal in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, 'for service to
the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and
historian'. The son of British migrants, Jim Haynes attended Sydney
Boys High and Sydney Teachers College, taught in schools and
universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters degrees in
literature from New England University and the University of Wales
in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Jim currently presents
three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station
2GB. He was also awarded an OAM in the Australia Day Honour's List
in 2016, for ‘service to the performing arts as an entertainer,
author, broadcaster and historian'.
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