From remote outback and cattle stations to coastal towns comes a collection of amazing, eccentric and funny Australian stories, yarns and furphies – most completely unknown along with some you thought you knew.
Jim Haynes is the bestselling author of more than 30 books as well
as an entertainer, historian, songwriter and verse-writer. His
wildly popular books include Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and
Ratbags; Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia; Great
Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts and The Big Book of Australian
Yarns among many others. He currently presents three Australian
history segments a week on Sydney Radio Station 2GB.
Haynes was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2016 'for
service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author,
broadcaster and historian'. His most recent book is Great
Australian Odysseys (2025). 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 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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