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Australia's Best Unknown Stories

and tales you thought you knew...
By Jim Haynes
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In Australia's Best Unknown Stories, Jim Haynes delves into the lesser-known tales of Australia's past, uncovering forgotten heroes, surprising facts, and quirky anecdotes. This collection challenges widely held beliefs and reveals the true stories behind iconic moments, exploring the lives of nation builders, artists, poets, and other captivating characters who helped shape Australian history.
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Ideal for readers intrigued by Australian history and culture, fans of storytelling, and those who enjoy discovering unexpected and amusing insights about the nation's heritage.

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From remote outback and cattle stations to coastal towns comes a collection of amazing, eccentric and funny Australian stories, yarns and furphies - most completely unknown along with some you thought you knew.

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'Not only are there many things we don't know, we should never be too sure about the things we are sure we do know.'

From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this collection of classic Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising.

Jim reminds us that things are not always as they seem, or as we've been told. Was the Ghan really named after the Afghan cameleers? Does that urn that represents that greatest of all sporting clashes between Australia and England really contain the ashes of a burnt cricket bail? And who really is the most important Australian who ever lived?

Australia's Best Unknown Stories introduces us to the forgotten nation builders, artists, poets and great unknown characters of Australian history. Jim Haynes tells the funniest, the most amazing, and the quirkiest stories that capture the heart and soul of the Australian spirit.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760291075

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 336g

Pages: 384

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Jim Haynes Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jim Haynes has travelled far and wide to meet and interview the people whose stories make up his books. Before becoming a professional entertainer, song writer and verse writer in 1988, Jim taught writing, literature, history and drama in schools and universities from outback NSW to Britain and back again. He is the author of many Great Australian titles, including books on railways, aviation and horse racing. His is one of the country's most prolific and successful Australian authors.

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