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

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were dwelling in her native land of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst town used to be struck by way of a importance 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 turned the final word horror tale: whole 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 conflict. top Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded through Black strength 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 a long time gangs have had a tremendous impression 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 warfare stories via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified limitations and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This assorted and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reviews of prisoners of conflict, nurses and crimson move staff, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.