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During this extensively acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the titanic variety 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 heritage to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our precise nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were residing in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst town used to be struck through a importance 6. three earthquake, in simple terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered harm yet no fatalities, the second one turned the last word horror tale: complete suburbs have been decimated, homes collapsed, hillsides fell away, and other people 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 battle. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by means of Black strength participants on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P buyers, patches and ridgies, shades and sophistication: for 5 many years gangs have had an enormous influence on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

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