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GREAT AUSTRALIAN STORIES

 By Bill 'Swampy' Marsh & Ian Mannix

GREAT AUSTRALIAN DROVING STORIES

 

In this book we hear of the men (and women) who travelled vast distances along Australia's stock routes. Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled throughout Australia to make sure the voices and stories of these wry, tough men are not lost forever.

Laminated paperback cover. 344 pages, Aprox.197mm x 127mm, ISBN 9780733323782 (2007) Out of Stock

Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories

GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES

These tales are by turn frightening, hilarious, wonderful, tragic and poignant and through them we come to understand why the Royal Flying Doctor Service stands as a unique Australian cultural icon.

Laminated paperback cover. 320 pages Aprox.197mm x 127mm, ISBN 9780733320071 (2007) Out of Stock

MORE GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES

In 'More Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories', Bill Swampy Marsh reveals the heart and soul of outback Australia. These yarns are about life, death, fear, courage, tragedy, comedy, craziness, and everything it takes to live and work beyond the black stump.

 

Soft laminated cover. 282 pages. approx. 235mm X 152mm.ISBN 9780733322372  (2008). Out of Stock

   

Great Australian Railway Stories

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY STORIES

With his passion for the olden days worn on his sleeve and his famous ear for a good yarn well pricked, Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has found stories from drivers and gangers, stokers and crossing guards, their families and everyone in between, to create a collection of adventures that tell in their authentic voices of the funny, dramatic and hilarious times of a world long past.

Laminated paperback cover. 320 pages Aprox.197mm x 127mm, ISBN 9780733323782  (reprint.2006) Out of Stock

Great Australian Shearing Stories

GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHEARING STORIES

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 collection of those yarns.

Laminated paperback cover. 320 pages Aprox.197mm x 127mm, ISBN 9780733322310  (reprint.2008) Out of Stock

Great Australian Bushfire Stories

By Ian Mannix

Great Australian Bushfire Stories is a collection of remarkable stories from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire.

Farmers, landowners, fire-fighters and city dwellers recount their experiences of fire. Some stories are funny, some tragic and some courageous but all the storytellers exhibit tenacity and grit in their fight to save their homes, their animals, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.
Stories are filled with courage, tenacity, sorrow and humour.

Soft laminated cover. 216 pages. approx.230mm X 152mm. APN 9780733323973.  (2008). RRP $29.95

 

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