Great Australian Stories - Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales (Electronic book text)

From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country. Tall tales and true, these are the stories we tell ourselves over and over again. '"Great Australian Stories" is true to its title as it wanders from bush track to spooky hollow, follows the path of yowies and bunyips, searches for Lasseter's Reef, meets Dad and Dave and, on a different path, Henny-Penny, and then rambles into the cities where just as many entertaining characters are ready to tell "their" stories.' - "From the foreword by Warren Fahey"
Australia has a rich tradition of storytelling that reflects our unique history and experience. "Great Australian Stories" gathers some of the best of our stories from colonial times to the present, with bush yarns, tall stories, urban myths, and tales of the mysterious and downright weird.
With ten new stories, this second edition of the bestselling "Great Australian Stories" is the most representative collection available of the stories we tell about ourselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.