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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 really is 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 certain nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were residing in her homeland of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst town used to be struck by means of a significance 6. three earthquake, basically 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had brought on harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become the final 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. best Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded via Black energy 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 a tremendous 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 international struggle reviews through exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified obstacles and through situating Australian voices and views inside broader, extra advanced contexts. This different and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the stories of prisoners of conflict, nurses and purple move staff, the resonances of in a foreign country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the warfare via remembrance and illustration.