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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the massive 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 historical past to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our particular nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been dwelling in her homeland of Christchurch, New Zealand, while town used to be struck via a value 6. three earthquake, in basic terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had prompted harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become 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 conflict. leading Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by way of 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 an enormous influence on New Zealand existence.

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

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