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A wide-ranging and detailed investigation of folk heroes, both fictional and historical, from the earliest times to the present, taken from societies ...
Legends, yarns and tall tales
From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country, and this?new ...
The Digger and National Mythology
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This book is an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roma...
The Complete Guide to Australian Rhyming Slang
A comprehensive collection of Australian rhyming slang, in all its fascinating (and bawdy) glory. It's much more fun to say 'What's the John Dory?' in...
This comprehensive collection of folk hero tales builds on the success of the first edition by providing readers with expanded contextual information ...
A Cultural Tradition in Britain, America and Australia
Highwaymen, badmen and bushrangers, both mythical and historical, have been part of folklore for centuries. Remembered and recreated through song, sto...
The Lost Lives of Myra and William Sykes
A historical detective story for lovers of Colonial Australian history. With deftness and superb storytelling Graham Seal uses his own scholarly resea...
Revised Edition The Cane Toad High
We like to think that we live in an age of reason and rationality, that uncertainty and the unknown have largely been eliminated by technology and sci...
Trench Journals in the First World War
Through the first comprehensive investigation and analysis of the English language trench periodicals of the First World War, The Soldiers' Press pres...
The Legend of Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly did not say Tell 'em I died! But well he might have -- and many people believe he did. Graham Seal's classic study of the Ned Kelly legend s...
Australiaโs Submariners are a group with an extremely strong sense of identity that goes well beyond occupational comradeship or the esprit de corps...
Two of Graham Seal's bestselling collections of stories from around Australia, now in one volume. 'Aussies know how to spin a good yarn, and Graham Se...
The Transported Men, Women and Children Who Built Britain's Empire
A powerful account of how coerced migration built the British Empire In the early seventeenth century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its un...
The Cane Toad High
Headless bikers on the highways; tummies exploding at work; garden gnomes taking international holidays. In this edition, the author tracks down over ...
Folklore in Australian Society
This is the first book to investigate Australian folklore as a topic of serious study. It provides a framework from which a coherent view of social de...
Traditional humour from the bush and the outback
Whatever the circumstances, Australians have always found something to laugh about, laugh at or laugh off. Graham Seal has been gathering traditional ...
An anthology of 100 popular stories transmitted by rumour, in chapters on horrors in the home, terrors on the road and on holidays, shopping shocks, s...
Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery
Originial edition has subtitle: extraordinary stories of survival and tragedy from the early voyages of discovery to Australia....
The men and women who created the digger legend
Stories of heroism, suffering and endurance, and humour, from the main wars in which Australians have fought. Includes stories from WWI, WWII, Korean ...
Gripping stories of intrepid explorers, dramatic escapes and foolhardy adventures
'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' - Warren Fahey AM Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disap...
True Tales, Legends and Larrikins
Tall tales and colourful characters, from ancient times to today; these are the stories that reveal what makes us distinctively Australian. Some of th...
Spine-tingling tales of disappearances, secrets, unsolved crimes and lost treasure
Australia's master storyteller Graham Seal brings to life the enigmas and puzzles behind famous unsolved crimes, long-held secrets, buried loot and st...
Colourful yarns and true tales from life on the land
Tales from life on the land and outback adventures continue to intrigue, puzzle and entertain us. This collection is Graham Seal at his best. 'Graham ...
Gripping stories of bold heists, clever scams and mysterious murders
Page turning stories of inventive scams, dramatic escapes and captures, and vile deeds of our most infamous criminals. 'Graham Seal finds and writes r...
Dramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years
Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' Warren Fahey AM Graham Seal takes us back to Australia's ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child cou...
From Ned Kelly to Aeroplane Jelly
An alphabetically arranged list of terms, allusions, characters, events and places that constitutes the folklore of Australia, past and present....
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Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery to Australia
The search for the great south land began in ancient times and was a matter of colourful myth and cartographical fantasy until the Dutch East India Co...
An Annotated Anthology
A Report on the Folklore of Race and Ethnicity in Australia
Funny, Curious and Downright Astonishing Stories from Across a Big Country
Australia's master storyteller takes us all around the country, uncovering tales of unsolved crimes, early exploration and military exploits, fascinat...
Commemoration in Western Australian Communities
A Humorous Collection of Colourful Yarns and True Tales from Life on the Land
Australians traditionally like their humour irreverent, crude and with very sharp teeth. Perhaps you've heard of the vicious drop bears that fall on u...