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During this generally acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the substantial 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 background to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our specified nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron were residing in her place of birth of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town was once struck by way of a significance 6. three earthquake, merely 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had brought on 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 struggle. leading 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 buyers, patches and ridgies, shades and sophistication: for 5 a long time gangs have had an enormous 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 global warfare experiences by means of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout different obstacles and via situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This various and multifaceted assortment comprises chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the reports of prisoners of warfare, nurses and pink pass employees, the resonances of in another country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the warfare via remembrance and illustration.