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During this generally 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 squaddies, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it's from their lives and their tales that he has woven a colourful historical past 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 residing in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town was once struck via a value 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 last 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 warfare. top Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded through Black energy individuals 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 many years gangs have had an enormous 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 warfare reviews by way of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diverse limitations and by means of situating Australian voices and views inside broader, extra advanced contexts. This assorted 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.