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.
By:
Jim Haynes
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 128mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781760632410
ISBN 10: 1760632414
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 June 2018
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Part 1. Stranger Than Fiction A Few Ghosts and Some Colonial Corruption When The End of the World Was Nigh . . . Perhaps The Act That Brought the House Down Two Incredible 'All-rounders' The Woman Who Murdered His Wife The Overland Mail The Girl With Peculiar Dark Eyes The Tumultuous, Triumphant and Tragic Life of Tom Wills The Lonely Ghost of Lady Elliot Island Part 2. Royal Visitors Beware! The Prince's Braces, the Irish Madman and the Nurses The Convict King of Iceland The Princes Who Saw a Ghost The Nazi 'Digger' Prince Part 3. Lest We Forget Private Leak, the Larrikin Fighting Our Friends-the Battle of Brisbane Turning the Tide The Most Confused Battle Area in World History The Enemy We Simply Didn't Understand Part 4. Those Magnificent Women And Men Some Aussie Ups and Downs The Scandalous Flying Tassels The Boy Who Watched the Ibis The Girl from Hull Acknowledgements
Jim Haynes has travelled far and wide to meet and interview the people whose stories make up his books. Before becoming a professional entertainer, song writer and verse writer in 1988, Jim taught writing, literature, history and drama in schools and universities from outback NSW to Britain and back again. He is the author of many Great Australian titles, including books on railways, aviation and horse racing. His is one of the country's most prolific and successful Australian authors.
