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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the monstrous diversity 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 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 residing in her native land of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst town used to be struck via a importance 6. three earthquake, purely 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered 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 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 strength contributors 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 big impression 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 via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout assorted obstacles and by means of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This varied and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reviews of prisoners of battle, nurses and crimson pass employees, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.