Dr David Waldron is a lecturer in History and Anthropology at Federation University with a research focus on folklore and community identity. He is the author of Sign of the Witch: Modernity and the Pagan Revival, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay: a Case Study in Local Folklore and Snarls from the Tea-Tree: Victoria’s Big Cat Folklore.
Author email: d.waldron@federation.edu.au
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