Larrikins, bush tales and other great Australian stories / Graham Seal.
Larrikins, bush tales and other great Australian stories / Graham Seal.
Larrikins, bush tales and other great Australian stories / Graham Seal.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Crows Nest, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Date
2016.
Call Numbers
H 2015/4552 , G 2016/1512
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The great Australian storyscape -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Wide brown land -- Eaglehawk and crow -- Great floods -- Firestick farming -- 'The landscape looked like a park' -- Captain Cook's law -- The corners -- 2. Upon the fatal shore -- Leaden hearts -- The ring -- The melancholy death of Captain L...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Crows Nest, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2016.
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Literature & literary studies
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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 colo...
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Full title
Larrikins, bush tales and other great Australian stories / Graham Seal.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2014.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2015/4552 , G 2016/1512
Record Identifier
74VKzpX6A2ZM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzpX6A2ZM
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1760290432
9781760290436 (paperback)
DDC
398.0994
MMS ID
991023347829702626
