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During this generally acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the enormous variety 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 background to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our specific 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, while town used to be struck via a significance 6. three earthquake, merely 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had brought on 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 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. 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 purchasers, patches and ridgies, shades and sophistication: for 5 a long time gangs have had a big influence on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

This e-book contributes to the worldwide flip in First international battle experiences via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout different barriers and via situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This varied and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of battle, nurses and crimson move staff, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.