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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the giant 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 heritage 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 have been dwelling in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town used to be struck by way of a significance 6. three earthquake, basically 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 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. best 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, shades and sophistication: for 5 many years gangs have had a major influence on New Zealand lifestyles.

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

This booklet contributes to the worldwide flip in First global battle reports via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diverse barriers and by means of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This various and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of struggle, nurses and crimson pass employees, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.