TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seal,Graham
TI  - Larrikins, bush tales & other great Australian stories
SN  - 9781743319963 (paperback)
U1  - 994 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Crows Nest, NSW
PB  - Allen & Unwin
KW  - Country life
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Miscellanea
N1  - Author is a resident of W.A; Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299); 1. Wide brown land -- 2. Upon the fatal shore -- 3. Plains of promise -- 4. A fair go -- 5. How we travel the land -- 6. Doing it tough -- 7. Home of the weird -- 8. Romancing the swag -- 9. After the Kellys -- 10. The child in the bush -- 11. Larger than life -- 12. Working for a laugh
N2  - Yarns, legends, myths, jokes and anecdotes are our national lifeblood. The home-grown and borrowed tales, told and re-told over generations, offer an insight into the larger national story of which every Australian has a part. Was Breaker Morant the Gatton murderer? What happened to Sniffling Jimmy and Black Mary? We revisit some of the most colourful characters in Australia's past, and the stories that have grown around them. We go looking for the real illywhacker and find out what happened after the execution of our most famous outlaw, Ned Kelly. It takes a certain character to make a living in the Australian bush. In the most difficult situations, laughter often comes to the rescue. Here are pioneers and battlers, convicts and settlers' children, and a land that tests them with fire, flood and drought, all in stories resonant with Australia's distinctive wry humour. Dip into Larrikins, Bush Tales and Other Great Australian Stories for a taste of Australia's rich history and traditions
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