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During this extensively acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the mammoth diversity 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 heritage to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our distinctive nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been dwelling in her place of birth of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town was once struck through a value 6. three earthquake, in simple terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered harm yet no fatalities, the second one turned 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. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded via Black energy 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 major 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 battle stories through exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various barriers and by way 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 warfare, nurses and pink go employees, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.