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During this commonly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the huge diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and squaddies, 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 distinctive nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were dwelling in her place of birth of Christchurch, New Zealand, while town was once struck by way of a significance 6. three earthquake, simply 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 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 warfare. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded via Black energy participants on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P purchasers, patches and ridgies, colors and sophistication: for 5 many years gangs have had a major influence on New Zealand existence.

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

This booklet contributes to the worldwide flip in First global battle experiences via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout different limitations and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This various and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reviews of prisoners of struggle, 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.