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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



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A hilarious and unusual tour of Australia and its history -- Troy Lennon * The Daily Telegraph *
Overall though, this is a fun, sometimes shocking... but mostly quite amusing foray into Australian place names, and on the side, Australian history. -- Bruce Gargoyle * The Bookshelf Gargoyle *

Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else The stories behind

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      Publisher Hachette Australia
      Published 25 October 2016
      ISBN-13 9780733635588
      978-0733635588
      ISBN-10 073363558X
      Also in:
      Australasian and Pacific history General and world history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Trade Review
      A hilarious and unusual tour of Australia and its history -- Troy Lennon * The Daily Telegraph *
      Overall though, this is a fun, sometimes shocking... but mostly quite amusing foray into Australian place names, and on the side, Australian history. -- Bruce Gargoyle * The Bookshelf Gargoyle *

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