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During this commonly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the great diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and infantrymen, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it truly 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 distinctive nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been dwelling in her homeland of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst town used to be struck by way of a importance 6. three earthquake, simply 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 energy participants on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P purchasers, patches and ridgies, shades and sophistication: for 5 a long time gangs have had an enormous impression on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

This ebook contributes to the worldwide flip in First international warfare stories by means of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various obstacles and via situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This different and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of battle, nurses and purple move employees, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.