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All Aboard: Tales of Australian Railways by Jim Haynes and Russell Hannah
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Great Australian S.
With eighty plus evocative black and white photographs peppered throughout the text, the book includes stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Handel Richardson and Henry Lawson, as well as some character pieces by Russell Hannah and Jim Haynes. Also gives accounts of major i ...Show more
Great Australian Ambos Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Great Australian Droving Stories by Bill Marsh
$10.00 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | 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 Outback Teaching Stories by Bill Marsh
$15.00 AUD
$29.99 (49% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | 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 Racing Stories by Jim Haynes
$10.00 AUD
$29.95 (66% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
A collection of the best literature about the Australian racetrack, this volume of stories and verses, by some of our greatest writers, is all about the Aussie love affair with the Sport of Kings, from bush picnic races to the Melbourne Cup.The stories and verses in this collection are not just anecdote ...Show more
Great Australian Railway Stories by Bill Marsh
$12.00 AUD
$22.95 (47% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | 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 Railway Stories by Bill Marsh
$12.00 AUD
$27.95 (57% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
With his passion for times past and his famous ear for a good yarn, Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has compiled stories from the men and women who worked on the railways, creating a collection of adventures that tell in authentic voice, the dramatic, moving and hilarious stories from the Australian railways.
Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs by Bill Marsh
$12.00 AUD
$19.99 (39% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
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Great Australian Working Dog Stories by Angela Goode
$32.99 AUD
Category: AUSTRALIANA | 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