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(W) Holly & Matthew Soall (CA) Ignacio de Meglio
In this volume:
Drop Bears
Play School
The Sydney Cliff Murders
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Catholic Mafia
And more…
WCIA is a show that was originally envisioned as exploring the stereotypical weird of Australia – the yowie sightings, the aliens, the weird lights that zoom off over the horizon if you try and chase them. But since we’ve started working on this series, we’ve come to realise that Australia is just about the strangest place on earth, and not because of the Big Cats living out near Toowoomba.
Did you know an exorcism took place in Victoria in 1993 that led to the death of a woman? And that her attackers were convinced she would be resurrected?
Did you know that there’s a monster very similar to a Tasmanian Tiger stalking the Gippsland bushland? Did you know that the Claremont Killer has more than one name? And that his hunting grounds crossed that of the murder couple, David and Catherine Birnie, in Perth?
Did you know that there was a communist scare in Sydney in 1949? And that the victim claimed two communists assaulted him on a ferry and threw him into Sydney Harbour?
There’s a lot of history when it comes to this country – even just in the last 200 years – and very little of it is taught in our school systems. We feel that, in order to preserve the past, we have to get it out there into the minds of the present, and hopefully apply those lessons to the future. If you agree, we’d love you to join us.
Softcover / 451pgs / Prose / 13 & up
