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From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific Australiana authors, comes a collection of classic Australian stories, yarns and furphies ...all of them unknown. Things are not always as they seem, or as we've been told. Was the Ghan really named after the Afghan traders, and do we really know what the Ashes are? From the remote outback and cattle stations to coastal towns, Jim introduces us to the liars and larrikins, the bushies and the stockmen to tell the funniest, the most amazing and the eccentric stories that capture the heart of the Australian spirit.
From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific Australiana authors, comes a collection of classic Australian stories, yarns and furphies ...all of them unknown. Things are not always as they seem, or as we've been told. Was the Ghan really named after the Afghan traders, and do we really know what the Ashes are? From the remote outback and cattle stations to coastal towns, Jim introduces us to the liars and larrikins, the bushies and the stockmen to tell the funniest, the most amazing and the eccentric stories that capture the heart of the Australian spirit.
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.
The son of British migrants, Jim attended Sydney Boys’ High and
Sydney Teachers’ College, taught in schools and universities in NSW
and Britain, has two masters’ degrees in literature, from New
England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is
the author of 33 books. Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict
Australia, made the top 10 best seller list for
history/non-fiction.
Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on
Sydney Radio Station 2GB. A professional entertainer since 1988, he
has written many songs, recorded for Festival, Sony, EMI and ABC,
had a national hit with ‘Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga’ and is the
Australiana expert on 2GB. He was awarded the Order of Australia
Medal in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, 'for service to
the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and
historian'. The son of British migrants, Jim Haynes attended Sydney
Boys High and Sydney Teachers College, taught in schools and
universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters degrees in
literature from New England University and the University of Wales
in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Jim currently presents
three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station
2GB. He was also awarded an OAM in the Australia Day Honour's List
in 2016, for ‘service to the performing arts as an entertainer,
author, broadcaster and historian'.
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