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.