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Great Australian Ghost Stories by Richard Davis
Category: Australian History | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
From gore-spattered convicts and elegant women out of our colonial past to the mysterious ghost lights of the outback and angry poltergeists that wreak havoc on modern homes, Australia seems to be teeming with the restless spirits of our ancestors. You'll meet a wide cross section of them in this far-re ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Police Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian History | Series: Great Australian Stories
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES. 'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...' Boasting the biggest beat ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Police Stories (Audio CD) by Bill Marsh
Category: Audio Books | Series: Great Australian Stories
Bestselling author Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh. 'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...' Boasting the biggest beats in the world - some as large as France - Australia's outback police have s ...Show more
Great Australian Outback School Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian History | Series: Great Australian Stories
Fabulous yarns and memories of going to school and teaching in the Outback. If your teacher commuted to school in a plane; if you had to watch out for rogue bulls rather than traffic; if your daily pick-up was done by a horse - you probably went to an outback school. this collection of more than sixty s ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Teaching Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian History | Series: Great Australian Stories
From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher. Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus t ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Biography | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
'Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our outback truckies that criss-cross our nation - across deser ...Show more
Great Australian Racing Stories by Jim Haynes
Category: Sport | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
A collection of the best literature about the Australian racetrack, this volume of stories and verses, by some of our greatest writers, is all about the Aussie love affair with the Sport of Kings, from bush picnic races to the Melbourne Cup.The stories and verses in this collection are not just anecdote ...Show more
Great Australian Railway Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australiana SPECIALS | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
With his passion for times past and his famous ear for a good yarn, Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has compiled stories from the men and women who worked on the railways, creating a collection of adventures that tell in authentic voice, the dramatic, moving and hilarious stories from the Australian railways.
Great Australian Railway Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Come aboard for the ride with Swampy and his larrikin-spirited railroad pioneers as you travel into Australia's wonderful and extraordinary railroading past. In these frustrating days of semi-automated electric trains, it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke, the hiss of steam, and sting of cinde ...Show more
Great Australian Shearing Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian History | Series: Great Australian S.
A selection of stories from shearers in South Australia New South Wales and Queensland. In late 1999 Bill 'Swampy' Marsh began to collect shearing stories. When he was interviewed by ABC Radio broadcaster Colin Munro on SUMMER ALL OVER dozens of people phoned in with their own tales. This book is a coll ...Show more
Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs by Bill Marsh
Category: Biography | Series: Great Australian Stories
The people you'll meet will touch your heart as Swampy brings to life all the drama and delight of life in outback Australia. There's the story of Frederick Aloysius Millard, the only dog ever to become a member of a Citizens Club in Australia, thanks to the vote of a woman who was sure she'd been intro ...Show more
Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs by Bill Marsh
Category: History | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
The people you'll meet will touch your heart as Swampy brings to life all the drama and delight of life in outback Australia. There's the story of Frederick Aloysius Millard, the only dog ever to become a member of a Citizens Club in Australia, thanks to the vote of a woman who was sure she'd been intro ...Show more