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During this extensively acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the great variety 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 distinctive nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been residing in her homeland of Christchurch, New Zealand, while town was once struck by way of a value 6. three earthquake, in basic terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered 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 energy contributors 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 incredible impression on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

This publication contributes to the worldwide flip in First international battle stories through exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified barriers and via situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This assorted and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of battle, nurses and crimson pass staff, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.