wired - Australia & Oceania 2

This book builds on Claudia Orange’s award-winning Treaty of Waitangi, using a wonderful range of photographs, maps and paintings to bring the Treaty’s history to life.Depictions of key players and ……続きを見る

Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with 'the highest possible scientific instruct……続きを見る

Na końcu świata – Polskie sieroty w Nowej Zelandii Na początku II wojny światowej, na rozkaz Stalina, ponad półtora miliona Polaków wypędzono ze wschodniej Polski i zesłano do oboz&oa……続きを見る

Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers……続きを見る

THE EVIDENCE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN: Police Witness Statements Inside For nearly two decades, authors and documentary-makers have given you their own versions of the Scott Watson evidence, sometimes base……続きを見る

• The story of Phillip Josephs is a quintessential representation of the importance of immigration. Jared Davidson weaves an engaging tapestry of connections and networks around Josephs, who would e……続きを見る

March 1942. Java is about to fall. An Australian military dispatch rider and a Dutch air force transport pilot embark on a frightening escape from the advancing Japanese that takes them from Bandung……続きを見る

Alan Turing saved millions of lives. But Bletchley Park wasn’t the only major code-breaking operation during World War II. Down under, there was Central Bureau. Central Bureau ー Australia’s own lar……続きを見る

This book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a range of public media, including literature, history, films, and television. T……続きを見る

Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: Jo……続きを見る

'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one l……続きを見る

Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics. Greg Patmore and Shelton Str……続きを見る

This book aims to redefine Australia’s earliest art history by chronicling for the first time the birth of the category "Aboriginal art," tracing the term’s use through published literature in the l……続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Victoria: with a Description of Its Principal Cities, Melbourne and Geelong is a history of South East……続きを見る

In the 19th century Australia went from struggling penal colony to a thriving community with a bright future. George Matcham Pitt's life spanned the greater part of this century. A larger than life ……続きを見る

L’oeuvre de Darwin comprend, outre ses travaux biologiques, trois ouvrages consacrés spécialement à la géologie. Ils ont paru sous le titre général de Géologie du Voyage du Beagle et forment comme u……続きを見る

Te Iwi Maori presents an engrossing survey of the history of the Māori population from the earliest times to the present, concentrating particularly on the demographic impact of European colonisatio……続きを見る

Adventures with Agitators is a tribute to the resilience, determination, patience and tolerance of the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders of Queensland. In a series of short yarns about ……続きを見る

A riveting story of one of Australia’s forgotten mysteries. Kosciuszko is more than just our highest mountain – unbidden, it forms part of our national sense of self. So when in 1928 two men went mi……続きを見る

In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intensions. Convict clerk James……続きを見る

The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the as……続きを見る

The author of the magnificent bestselling account of the First Fleet returns to early Sydney to tell the story of the years that followed as it's never been told before. The British plan to settle A……続きを見る

In 'A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe, readers are provided with an insightful and detailed analysis of the characters, themes, and historical context of Stowe's seminal work 'Unc……続きを見る

In 'Calumny Refuted by Facts From Liberia' by Wilson Armistead, readers are provided with an insightful and compelling account of the author's firsthand experiences in Liberia. The book serves as a ……続きを見る

In 'Die Sandwich-Inseln, oder das Inselreich von Hawaii' entführt uns der Autor Reinhold Anrep-Elmpt in eine faszinierende Welt der Pazifikinseln. Das Buch bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die……続きを見る

MARK HOLLOWAY DOESN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BLOODY HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND - BUT HE DISCOVERS THAT GOD DOES. When he least expects it, God startles Mark, author of best seller The Freedom Diaries, w……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia’s rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforest……続きを見る

I can't understand the mentality of the Australian people. One day they are in a panic about the war and the next they want more race meetings.' - John Curtin By March 1942, the Japanese had steamro……続きを見る

The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway Just after midnight on 1 March 1942, Australia's most renowned cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by ……続きを見る

Less than ten years after the establishment of the colony of South Australia in 1845, Edward John Eyre published his treatise "An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State o……続きを見る