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During this greatly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the mammoth 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 heritage to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our distinct nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been dwelling in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town used to be struck by means of a significance 6. three earthquake, simply 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had prompted harm yet no fatalities, the second one turned the last word horror tale: complete 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. best Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded via Black strength individuals 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 a big influence on New Zealand existence.

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

This ebook contributes to the worldwide flip in First global conflict stories through exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various barriers and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This various and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of warfare, nurses and pink move employees, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the warfare via remembrance and illustration.