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During this largely acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to lifestyles the great 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 historical past to do complete justice to the wealthy and vibrant nature of our precise 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 town was once struck by way of a value 6. three earthquake, in basic terms 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had triggered harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become the last 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 conflict. major Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by means of Black strength individuals 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 effect on New Zealand existence.

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

This booklet contributes to the worldwide flip in First international warfare stories via exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diversified obstacles and by way of situating Australian voices and views inside broader, extra advanced 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 abroad occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.