TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seal,Graham
TI  - Great Australian stories: legends, yarns and tall tales 
SN  - 9781458716811
U1  - 398.20994 22
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - [Sydney, N.S.W.]
PB  - Read How You Want
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Australia
KW  - Large type books
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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; Large Print; Australian; Folklore
ER  -