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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the massive variety 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 heritage to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our specified 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, while the town was once struck through a importance 6. three earthquake, basically 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become the final word horror tale: whole 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 struggle. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by way of Black strength contributors on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P buyers, patches and ridgies, colors and sophistication: for 5 a long time gangs have had a huge 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 conflict experiences via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified barriers and through situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This different and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the studies of prisoners of warfare, nurses and pink move staff, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.