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During this greatly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the monstrous variety 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 the town used to be struck by way of a importance 6. three earthquake, in simple terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had prompted 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 by way of Black strength participants 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 many years gangs have had an incredible impression on New Zealand existence.

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

This e-book contributes to the worldwide flip in First international struggle reports via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified barriers and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This diversified and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the stories of prisoners of battle, nurses and purple pass staff, the resonances of abroad occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the battle via remembrance and illustration.