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During this commonly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the giant diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and infantrymen, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it really is from their lives and their tales that he has woven a colourful background to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our specified nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been residing in her native land of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town used to be struck via a importance 6. three earthquake, in basic terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had prompted harm yet no fatalities, the second one turned the final word horror tale: whole suburbs have been decimated, homes collapsed, hillsides fell away, and folks have been killed or trapped in rubble and raging fires.

Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand

The Devil's Henchmen throwing Molotov cocktails on the Epitaph Riders in Christchurch's first gang conflict. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by way of Black strength participants on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P purchasers, patches and ridgies, colors and sophistication: for 5 a long time gangs have had an immense influence on New Zealand existence.

Australians and the First World War: Local-Global Connections and Contexts

This publication contributes to the worldwide flip in First international conflict reviews via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout different limitations and through situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This diversified and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the stories of prisoners of struggle, nurses and pink pass employees, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.