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Great Australian Ambos Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Yeah, while some of my stories are quite gory, others can be very enlightening. Though, in hindsight, the best outcomes are when the patient pulls through. It's then that you know you've done your job, and you get a bit of a buzz out of that. Put the sirens on and get ready to hit the road, because fact ...Show more
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin We're nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust' bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a bea ...Show more
Great Australian Bush Priests Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Great Australian Droving Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
the world of the Australian drover is almost forgotten. In this book we hear of the men (and women) who travelled vast distances along Australia's stock routes. Bill 'Swampy' Marsh travelled around Australia gathering their stories.Before utes, planes and helicopters, mustering and droving were done by ...Show more
Great Australian Ghost Stories by Richard Davis
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
From gore-spattered convicts and elegant women out of our colonial past to the mysterious ghost lights of the outback and angry poltergeists that wreak havoc on modern homes, Australia seems to be teeming with the restless spirits of our ancestors. You'll meet a wide cross section of them in this far-re ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
'Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our outback truckies that criss-cross our nation - across deser ...Show more
Great Australian Railway Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Come aboard for the ride with Swampy and his larrikin-spirited railroad pioneers as you travel into Australia's wonderful and extraordinary railroading past. In these frustrating days of semi-automated electric trains, it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke, the hiss of steam, and sting of cinde ...Show more
Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
The people you'll meet will touch your heart as Swampy brings to life all the drama and delight of life in outback Australia. There's the story of Frederick Aloysius Millard, the only dog ever to become a member of a Citizens Club in Australia, thanks to the vote of a woman who was sure she'd been intro ...Show more
Great Australian Volunteer Firies Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
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Great Australian Working Horse Stories by Angela Goode
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More Great Australian Outback Police Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
More Great Australian Outback Police Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES. 'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...'Boasting the biggest beats ...Show more