Bill Wannan Bill Wannan i(A23297 works by) (a.k.a. William Fielding Fearn-Wannan; William Fielding Wannan)
Born: Established: 28 May 1915 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Apr 2003 Prahran, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 Folklorists Passing :1 Wannaniana J. S. Ryan , Ronald George Edwards , Bill Wannan , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Folklore , November no. 18 2003; (p. 1-9) Collection of items relating to Bill Wannan, including correspondence, a tribute by Ron Edwards and reprints of J. S. Ryan's review of Wannan's The Australian and his obituary in the Age on Wannan's death.
1 These Are My People : Selected Short Stories, by Alan Marshall Bill Wannan , 2002 extract criticism (These Are My People : Selected Short Stories)
— Appears in: Australian Folklore , November no. 17 2002; (p. 6-7)
1 Thunderbolt i "Thunderbolt came from the Hawkesbury River,", Bill Wannan , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Twelve Australian Yarns : A Workshop for Readers and Writers 1985; (p. 21)
1 The Gallant Captain Thunderbolt Bill Wannan , 1985 single work short story
— Appears in: Twelve Australian Yarns : A Workshop for Readers and Writers 1985; (p. 15-20)
1 2 y separately published work icon Australian Horror Stories Bill Wannan (editor), South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1983 Z404339 1983 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon Classics of Australian Humour Bill Wannan (editor), South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1982 Z463322 1982 anthology short story prose humour
1 y separately published work icon The Folklore of the Irish in Australia Bill Wannan (editor), South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1980 Z555865 1980 anthology poetry short story humour
1 y separately published work icon Chronicles of Boobyalla Bill Wannan , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z1499249 1979 short story satire

'This lively and entertaining excursion into a mock-heroic Australian past blends modern wit with fictionalised history.' (Source: Reading Habit Feed Yours website)
1 y separately published work icon Bill Wannan Selects Stories of Australia's Old West Bill Wannan (editor), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1979 Z123415 1979 anthology short story
1 Untitled Bill Wannan , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 14 October 1978; (p. 42)
— Review of Alan Marshall Talking Alan Marshall , 1978 selected work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Bill Wannan's Great Book of Australiana Bill Wannan (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z1854923 1977 anthology short story prose
1 Untitled Bill Wannan , 1976 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 March 1976; (p. 18)
— Review of The Life and Times of Steele Rudd : Creator of On Our Selection, Dad and Dave Eric Drayton Davis , 1976 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Bill Wannan's Come In Spinner : A Treasury of Popular Australian Humour Bill Wannan (editor), South Yarra : Currey O'Neil , 1976 Z556185 1976 anthology poetry short story humour
1 y separately published work icon Pioneers: Verse, Ballads, Pictures Bill Wannan (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1975 Z429406 1975 anthology poetry
1 4 y separately published work icon Legendary Australians Bill Wannan , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z19883 1974 single work
1 1 y separately published work icon Dictionary of Australian Humorous Quotations and Anecdotes Bill Wannan , Macmillan , 1974 Z19775 1974 reference
1 4 y separately published work icon With Malice Aforethought : Australian Insults, Incentive, Ridicule and Abuse Bill Wannan , Sydney : Lansdowne , 1973 Z16725 1973 single work
1 2 y separately published work icon Folklore of the Australian Pub Bill Wannan , Melbourne : Macmillan Australia , 1972 Z19455 1972 single work
1 3 y separately published work icon Robust, Ribald and Rude Verse in Australia Bill Wannan , Sydney : Lansdowne , 1972 Z17040 1972 single work
1 6 y separately published work icon Australian Folklore : A Dictionary of Lore, Legends, and Popular Allusions Bill Wannan , Sydney : Lansdowne , 1970 Z19256 1970 reference
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