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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the gigantic diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and squaddies, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it truly 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 detailed nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been residing in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, while town used to be struck by way of a significance 6. three earthquake, simply 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: 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. top Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded through Black strength individuals 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 a long time gangs have had a major effect on New Zealand existence.

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

This booklet contributes to the worldwide flip in First international struggle stories via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout assorted limitations and by means of 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 in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the warfare via remembrance and illustration.