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Great Australian stories : legends, yarns and tall tales / by Graham Seal.

By: Seal, Graham, 1950-Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Read How You Want, [2011]Edition: EasyRead large print edDescription: xiii, 284 p. (large print) ; 26 cmISBN: 9781458716811Subject(s): Folklore -- Australia | Large type books | Australia -- HistoryDDC classification: 398.20994 Summary: Great Australian Stories gathers some of the best of our stories from colonial times to the present, with bush yarns, tall stories, urban myths, and tales of the mysterious and downright weird. This is an Australia of down-to-earth realism, tragedy and heroism, dry humour, an unexpectedly wide supernatural streak, and a strong sense of place. Stories feature cocky farmers, numbskulls like the drongo, bunyips, famous tricksters like Jacky Bindi-I and the world's greatest whinger, as well as larger than life real characters like the sad Eliza Donnithorne. With favourite yarns from around the country, Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories we tell about ourselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.Summary: Large Print.Summary: Australian.Summary: Folklore.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Wundowie Wundowie Adult Non Fiction	398.0994 SEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		al42100053805b

Originally published: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Great Australian Stories gathers some of the best of our stories from colonial times to the present, with bush yarns, tall stories, urban myths, and tales of the mysterious and downright weird. This is an Australia of down-to-earth realism, tragedy and heroism, dry humour, an unexpectedly wide supernatural streak, and a strong sense of place. Stories feature cocky farmers, numbskulls like the drongo, bunyips, famous tricksters like Jacky Bindi-I and the world's greatest whinger, as well as larger than life real characters like the sad Eliza Donnithorne. With favourite yarns from around the country, Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories we tell about ourselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.