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Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories

Jim Haynes Jim Haynes

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English
ABC Audio
01 January 2017
Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000 ... emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost?

From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising, the truly weird and the completely inexplicable.

Told with a refreshing understatement, Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories vividly evokes a vanishing Australia when anything was possible, when characters were larger than life and the bizarre and strange were normal.

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Imprint:   ABC Audio
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Simultaneous Release
Dimensions:   Height: 122mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   68g
ISBN:   9781489376558
ISBN 10:   1489376550
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

The son of British migrants, Jim attended Sydney Boys’ High and Sydney Teachers’ College, taught in schools and universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters’ degrees in literature, from New England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, made the top 10 best seller list for history/non-fiction. Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station 2GB. A professional entertainer since 1988, he has written many songs, recorded for Festival, Sony, EMI and ABC, had a national hit with ‘Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga’ and is the Australiana expert on 2GB. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, 'for service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian'. The son of British migrants, Jim Haynes attended Sydney Boys High and Sydney Teachers College, taught in schools and universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters degrees in literature from New England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is the author of 33 books. Jim currently presents three Australian history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station 2GB. He was also awarded an OAM in the Australia Day Honour's List in 2016, for ‘service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian'.

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