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The Best Australian Yarns and Other True Stories is a substantial and definitive work collected from memory, mates, word of mouth and decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history. This collection includes tall stories from the bush, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips, yowies and many things you never knew about our amazing history as well as the characters who made it ? and whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love. While the stories range from poignant to hilarious many simply describe unusual coincidences and strange occurrences with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character.
The Best Australian Yarns and Other True Stories is a substantial and definitive work collected from memory, mates, word of mouth and decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history. This collection includes tall stories from the bush, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips, yowies and many things you never knew about our amazing history as well as the characters who made it ? and whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love. While the stories range from poignant to hilarious many simply describe unusual coincidences and strange occurrences with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character.
From the bestselling author of 'The Best Australian Trucking Stories' and 'The Best Australian Bush Stories'.
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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