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During this largely acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the titanic diversity 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 background to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our specific nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were residing in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town used to be struck via a significance 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 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 conflict. top Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by means of Black strength participants 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 global warfare reviews through exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various obstacles and by means of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This different and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the studies of prisoners of battle, nurses and pink pass staff, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the warfare via remembrance and illustration.