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Part title; Title page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Telling tales; 1. Stories in the heart; Wirreenun the rainmaker; Mau and Matang; Ungulla Robunbun; Ooldea Water; The woolgrum; 2. Pioneer traditions; The lost colony; The battle that was a massacre; The White Woman of Gippsl...

Lasseter's ReefThe carpet of silver; The dead horse treasure; The silver reef; Black Jack's booty; 5. The haunted land; Fisher's ghost; The ghost on old Pinjarrah Bridge; A Vice-Regal haunting; The Black Lady of Mount Victoria; The Murdering Sandhill; The rabbi and the roseate pearl; The ghosts of G...

The sex life of an electronDo not break the chain; 8. Heroes; Wungala and the wulgaru; Aftermath of the Eureka Stockade; Ben Hall; Thunderbolt; Grace Bussell; Diggers; Sportsmen; Racehorses; 9. Characters; The drongo; Snuffler Oldfield; Tom Doyle; The widow Reilly's pigs; Dad, Dave and Mabel; Cousin...

The world's greatest whinger11. Working people; Crooked Mick and the Speewah; Slow trains; Bushies; The wharfie's reply; The union dog; The Dimboola Cat Farm; A farmer's lament; The little red hen; The airline steward's revenge; The boss; Picture credits; Sources and selected references.