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Shudders and Shakes
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Anon., Ghost in the Ashes
Nan Chauncy, A Voice From the Past
Chamber’s Journal, The Fires on King’s Plains
George Farwell, The Twilight Zone
Bill Beatty, Ghosts From the Deep
Henry G. Lamond, The Min-Min Light
Chamber’s Journal, The Cooee Hut
Bill Beatty, Wailing at the Wilga Waterhole
Mrs Campbell Praed, The Bunyip
Ernestine Hill, Ghosts Along the Cooper
Chamber’s Journal, The Trotting Cob
Colin Thiele, The Ancient Dancers
Patricia Wrightson, The Stone Axe
Anon., The Black Ghost of Yarralumla
Anon., A Phantom of the Opera
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Ivan Southall, The Dream of Gold
Chamber’s Journal, The Apparition
Joan Phipson, A Night to Remember
Bernard Cronin, The Road that Runs Backwards
Anon., The Ghosts of Two Sawyers
H.F. Brinsmead, The Spirit of the Mist
Lance Skuthorpe, The Champion Bullock-Driver
Anon., The Black Horse of Sutton
Anon., The White Bull
Elyne Mitchell, A Horse of the Desert
Anon., The Guyra Poltergeist
Anon., Some Haunted Houses
Anon., Ghost in the Ashes
Nan Chauncy, A Voice From the Past
Chamber’s Journal, The Fires on King’s Plains
George Farwell, The Twilight Zone
Bill Beatty, Ghosts From the Deep
Henry G. Lamond, The Min-Min Light
Chamber’s Journal, The Cooee Hut
Bill Beatty, Wailing at the Wilga Waterhole
Mrs Campbell Praed, The Bunyip
Ernestine Hill, Ghosts Along the Cooper
Chamber’s Journal, The Trotting Cob
Colin Thiele, The Ancient Dancers
Patricia Wrightson, The Stone Axe
Anon., The Black Ghost of Yarralumla
Anon., A Phantom of the Opera
A Pioneer, Mirage
Ivan Southall, The Dream of Gold
Chamber’s Journal, The Apparition
Joan Phipson, A Night to Remember
Bernard Cronin, The Road that Runs Backwards
Anon., The Ghosts of Two Sawyers
H.F. Brinsmead, The Spirit of the Mist
Lance Skuthorpe, The Champion Bullock-Driver
Anon., The Black Horse of Sutton
Anon., The White Bull
Elyne Mitchell, A Horse of the Desert
Anon., The Guyra Poltergeist
Anon., Some Haunted Houses
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160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
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January 6, 2022
Over 30 stories about the supernatural associated with Australia. Some are extracts taken from novels and others are purportedly true stories. They vary from 1 paragraph descriptions to 14 pages. And range from the stereotypical ghost stories to some much more unusual, intriguing and in a couple of cases well-written stories.
The outback stories are probably the most Australian sounding ones and often centre around the lack of people, noises at night and the reliance that outback people had on uncorroborated word-of-mouth reports. People getting lost and violent and unexplained deaths.
The book is probably aimed at children, but obviously, many of the stories were originally for adults.
The outback stories are probably the most Australian sounding ones and often centre around the lack of people, noises at night and the reliance that outback people had on uncorroborated word-of-mouth reports. People getting lost and violent and unexplained deaths.
The book is probably aimed at children, but obviously, many of the stories were originally for adults.
November 19, 2022
I was disappointed with these stories when I read this as a child. Not memorable or really scary. More a curiosity really.
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