The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.
From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going - now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book.
Australia's vast spaces and irreverent, larrikin history have given us some of the best place names in the world. Ranging from the less than positive (Linger and Die Hill, NSW), to the indelicate (Scented Knob, WA), the idiotic (Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS) to the inappropriate and the just plain fascinating, MOUNT BUGGERY TO NOWHERE ELSE is a toponymical journey through this nation of weird and wonderful places.
'A hilarious and unusual tour of Australia and its history.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
| ISBN: | 9780733635588 |
| Publication date: | 23rd February 2017 |
| Author: | Eamon Evans |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Place names and gazetteers Colonialism and imperialism General and world history Australasian and Pacific history Slang and dialect humour Humour Geography |
The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going - now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book.Australia's vast spaces and irreverent, larrikin history have given us some of the best place names in the world. Ranging from the less than positive (Linger and Die Hill, NSW), to the indelicate (Scented Knob, WA), the idiotic (Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS) to the inappropriate and the just plain fascinating, MOUNT BUGGERY TO NOWHERE ELSE is a toponymical journey through this nation of weird and wonderful places.'A hilarious and unusual tour of Australia and its history.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else features in the following genres: Place names and gazetteers, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Australasian and Pacific history, Slang and dialect humour, Humour, Geography
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Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else was written by Eamon Evans and published by Hachette Australia an imprint of Little, Brown
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else has 288 pages
£12.59, reduced from £13.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.