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During this broadly acclaimed quantity, bestselling writer Thomas Keneally brings to existence the gigantic 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 origin of Christchurch, New Zealand, whilst the town used to be struck by means of a importance 6. three earthquake, simply 5 months after a 7. 1 earthquake. whereas the 1st quake had prompted harm yet no fatalities, the second one turned the last 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 battle. top Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by way of Black energy 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 an incredible effect on New Zealand existence.

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

This e-book contributes to the worldwide flip in First international struggle reviews by way of exploring Australians’ engagements with the clash throughout diverse obstacles and by means of situating Australian voices and views inside of broader, extra complicated contexts. This different and multifaceted assortment contains chapters at the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial strength, the studies of prisoners of warfare, nurses and purple move staff, the resonances of out of the country occasions for Australians at domestic, and the cultural legacies of the conflict via remembrance and illustration.