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The Big Book of Australian Yarns

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The Big Book of Australian Yarns

By: Jim Haynes
Narrated by: Jim Haynes
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The Big Book of Australian Yarns is master storyteller Jim Haynes's comprehensive collection of factual and fascinating stories and humour. The yarns range from the poignant to the hilarious, from the ridiculously Australian to the unexplained and spooky. There are heroic and inspiring characters, as well as larrikins and crooks, and everyday humorous events told with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia.

There are tall stories from the bush, yarns from our colourful colonial past and more modern times, railway stories, sporting legends and many other things you never knew about our amazing history and the people who made it – men and women whose astonishing lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit.

The result of decades of research into popular culture and history from all parts of the country, unearthing little-known facts and tales long-buried, The Big Book of Australian Yarns will have you smiling for days and spinning yarns to all your mates.

©2024 Jim Haynes (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Cultural & Regional Historical World Literature Funny Witty

Critic reviews

'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades.' (The Courier Mail)
'It's fair to say that Jim certainly knows how to pull together a collection of ripping good yarns.' (Australian Rural & Regional News)
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