Table of Contents

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

HOW TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN

TEN SIGNS YOU LIVE IN A SHIT TOWN

QUEENSLAND
Cairns
Townsville
Mackay
Mount Isa
Rockhampton
Bundaberg
Fraser Island
Sunshine Coast
Caboolture
Brisbane
Toowoomba
Ipswich
Logan
Gold Coast

NEW SOUTH WALES
Nimbin
Byron Bay
Lismore
Casino
Grafton
Coffs Harbour
Armidale
Tamworth
Port Macquarie
Broken Hill
Dubbo
Newcastle
Central Coast
Orange
Bathurst
Lithgow
Penrith
Sydney
Wollongong
Nowra
Wagga Wagga
Albury-Wodonga

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Canberra

AUSTRALIA'S WORST 'BIG THINGS'

VICTORIA
Mildura
Shepparton
Bendigo
Ballarat
Melbourne
Geelong

TASMANIA
Launceston
Queenstown
Hobart

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mount Gambier
Adelaide
Port Pirie
Port Augusta
Coober Pedy

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Alice Springs
Katherine
Darwin

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Broome
Kalgoorlie
Perth
Fremantle
Mandurah
Tuggabugga

About the Author

Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole are two of Australasia's leading self-appointed experts on sociology, travel and culture. After cutting their teeth as investigative reporters for regional newspapers such as the Asbestos Times and the Gawler Growler, Furphy and Rissole released their bestselling debut Sh*t Towns of New Zealand, which won the Poolitzer Prize, the Poobody Award and the Nobel Prize for Shiterature. The pair's work has attracted controversy - including one district mayor suggesting they be shot - but in the spirit of other true Aussie rebels like Ned Kelly, the Eureka diggers and Swino the pig, Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole refuse to let naysayers deter them from their vital work.