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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the big 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 targeted nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been dwelling in her place of birth of Christchurch, New Zealand, while the town was once struck by way of a importance 6. three earthquake, in basic terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had brought on harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become the last word horror tale: complete 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 battle. leading Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded via 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 a huge 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 international struggle reports by means of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified obstacles and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside broader, extra advanced 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 crimson go employees, the resonances of abroad occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.