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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence 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 really 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 distinctive 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 town used to be struck by means of a significance 6. three earthquake, purely 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered 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 battle. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded through 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 important effect 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 warfare reviews by way of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout assorted obstacles and through situating Australian voices and views inside of 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 warfare, nurses and pink move employees, the resonances of abroad occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.