New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori by Carwyn Jones

Over My Dead Body

Winner, 2008 IP choices most sensible Fiction AwardMarked by way of the occasions of the nice Flood of 1893 and the formation of the 1st miners’ unions, Over My lifeless physique is an Australian epic; a literary feat exemplifying a writer’s craftsmanship and commitment to bringing heritage alive. This e-book places Australia’s present resource-driven prosperity into context through displaying the everyday struggles of normal staff simply attempting to get via.

The Man Who Loved Crocodiles and Stories of Other Adventurous Australians

The lives of twelve outstanding Australians supply a desirable glimpse of a 'vanished and vanishing land' - revealing a mosaic of Australia over the last century. 'To listen the tale of somebody who has lived lengthy and good is a privilege past cost. it's a unusual and beautiful approach to delve into one other person's lifestyles; unusual simply because we frequently specialise in our personal lives, now not others, terrific simply because to find one other is to discover a treasure.

Ghost Platoon (Hachette Military Collection Book 1)

'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The sunlight HeraldAn eye-opening account of Australian wrestle background, untold . . . in the past. In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 males have been thrown jointly at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It was once so slapdash a gaggle it did not also have an officer or sergeant liable.

Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora)

Within the century among the Napoleonic Wars and the Irish Civil struggle, greater than seven million Irish women and men left their place of birth to start new lives in another country. whereas the bulk settled within the usa, Irish emigrants dispersed around the globe, a lot of them discovering their approach to one other “New World,” Australia.