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During this greatly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the monstrous diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and squaddies, 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 were dwelling in her homeland of Christchurch, New Zealand, while the town was once struck by means of 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 grew to become 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 struggle. best Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by means of Black energy contributors 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 many years gangs have had an immense effect on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

This e-book contributes to the worldwide flip in First global struggle reviews via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various obstacles and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside broader, extra complicated contexts. This varied and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of conflict, nurses and pink pass staff, the resonances of abroad occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.