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During this generally acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the immense diversity of characters who've shaped our nationwide tale. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and squaddies, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it truly 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 precise nationwide personality.

Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake

On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron have been residing in her place of origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, while the town was once struck by means of a significance 6. three earthquake, simply 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had brought on harm yet no fatalities, the second one grew to become the last word horror tale: complete 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 battle. best Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by means of Black energy participants on the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the moms, PEP schemes and P purchasers, patches and ridgies, colors and sophistication: for 5 many years gangs have had a major impression on New Zealand existence.

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

This publication contributes to the worldwide flip in First international battle stories by means of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout various barriers and through situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra advanced contexts. This diversified and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the studies of prisoners of warfare, nurses and purple pass staff, the resonances of in a foreign country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the struggle via remembrance and illustration.