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Great Australian Outback Teaching Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: Australian Culture | Series: Great Australian Stories
From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher. Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus t ...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 Shearing Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian S.
A selection of stories from shearers in South Australia New South Wales and Queensland. In late 1999 Bill 'Swampy' Marsh began to collect shearing stories. When he was interviewed by ABC Radio broadcaster Colin Munro on SUMMER ALL OVER dozens of people phoned in with their own tales. This book is a coll ...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 Dog Stories by Angela Goode
Category: No Category | Series: GREAT AUSTRALIAN STORIES
Uncomplaining, tough and loyal, they are the only workers that never go on strike or hit the grog. Working dogs deserve every bit of praise they get! With infectious enthusiasm, they leap on to the back of the ag bike to start the day's work. You'll get no argument from people on the land that these t ...Show more
Great Australian Working Horse Stories by Angela Goode
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Great Flying Doctor Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian S.
Dr Flynn and his nurses could never have imagined when they founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service that it would become such an enduring symbol of Australian life. Author Bill 'Swampy' Marsh brings us the voices of Australians from all walks life and their stories of the saviours of the air. These tale ...Show more
Green Armour by Osmar White
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
Journalist Osmar White's gripping story of the Australian and American forces' struggle against the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in 1942-43 is stark, vivid, chilling.
Halliday Wine Companion 2020: The Bestselling and Definitive Guide to Australian Wine by James Halliday
Category: Wine | Series: Best Selling Guide to Australian Wine
For over thirty years James Halliday has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion is the go-to guide for wine ratings, regions, best varietals, winery revie ...Show more
Henry Lawson: Favourite Poems and Stories by Henry Lawson
Category: No Category | Series: An\Australian Collection
Henry Lawson deserves a place alongside Banjo Pateron as Australia's best known poet and storyteller. This text contains his much loved favourite poems and prose.