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From the tale of One Tree Hill and a mysterious suicide to the wreck of the HMS Orpheus, the personalities, feuds, and dramas of 19th-century Auckland are brilliantly brought to life in this charmin……続きを見る

'We have always owned the water . . . we have never ceded our mana over the river to anyone', King Tuheitia Paki asserted in 2012. Prime Minister John Key disagreed: 'King Tuheitia's claim that Maor……続きを見る

An authoritative demographic history of the New Zealand family from 1840–2005, this reference is a collection of statistics that interprets the changing role of the family and its members. Using det……続きを見る

Compiling a rich, accessible introduction to the people and the land of Taikokerauーa northern region of New Zealandーthis collection of proverbs offers traditional wisdom from the oral record of an……続きを見る

Drawing on oral histories of the indigenous Maori peoples of the area, archaeological evidence, and early missionaries' diaries and histories, this model of local history provides a comprehensive co……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die verborgenen Schätze des sächsisch-böhmischen Erzgebirges! „Wegweiser durch das sächsisch-böhmische Erzgebirge“ von Bruno Berlet ist mehr als nur ein Reiseführer – es ist eine Einla……続きを見る

Signposts to the Past explores the fascinating ways places and streets have acquired their names within the Bouddi Peninsula, a coastal region bordering Broken Bay in New South Wales. Associated sto……続きを見る

Para un aborigen australiano, su país es como una inmensa partitura musical: allí donde pisa puede cantar canciones inmemoriales que hacen surgir el paisaje, otorgan derechos territoriales, posibili……続きを見る

Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accompl……続きを見る

Who are the greatest Australian race horses? And what qualifies them for this honour? Racing enthusiast and award-winning writer Andrew Rule has the answers. They are the greatest Australian and New……続きを見る

Forging The Will To Fight is more than a memoirーit's a raw and unfiltered journey through the life of Heston Russell, an Australian Special Forces Officer who faced the extremes of combat and the c……続きを見る

It was not just the men who lived on the brink of peril when under sail at sea. Lucretia Jansz, who was enslaved as a concubine in 1629, was just one woman who endured a castaway experience. Award-w……続きを見る

Love, War and Crocodiles is an account of the many adventures and loves of Arvids Blumentals, aka Crocodile Harry, one of the most unusual migrants to arrive in Australia after WW2. Harry was a Latv……続きを見る

This book contains a series of essays based on previously published articles but all revised and updated. One on the founding of the university of Sydney has been totally re-written. They deal with ……続きを見る

The Pacific's pirate history ranks among its stories ship-attacking treasure hunters, human traffickers called blackbirders, and other brutal maritime criminals of all sorts. This volume contains a ……続きを見る

"Indonesia History Unveiled" takes readers on an extraordinary journey through centuries of cultural, political, and social transformations that have shaped this remarkable archipelago. From the anc……続きを見る

A tough but true tale of an 18-year-old travelling through outback Australia in the late sixties "I was enjoying a joke told by Greg when Gazza tapped my arm and nodded with a grimace. I looked in t……続きを見る

Traditional methods of studying the past have always given greater importance to nationalist, religious and moral interests, which subordinated the historical fact to the System point of view. That'……続きを見る

Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feedi……続きを見る

This book examines a significant part of New Zealand history through a critical analysis of the Muslim community in Christchurch, a neglected but important aspect of wider New Zealand social and rel……続きを見る

The Early Pacific and European Narratives of Abel Tasman's 1642 Voyage In this important book, Rüdiger Mack seeks to rebalance our perspective by focusing upon the expedition led by Abel Tasman, in ……続きを見る

McGregor offers a holistic interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the middle four decades of the twentieth century. Combining the perspectives o……続きを見る

This book is the first to draw extensively on the recently released highly classified notes of the cabinet room discussions of successive Australian Governments from 1950 to the mid-1970s and detail……続きを見る

“The Reporting of Australian Bushrangers” is a compilation of Book 1 to 3 of the Australian Bushrangers in Print series. This compilation includes the reporting of Ben Hall, Frederick Wordsworth War……続きを見る

The Reporting of Ben Hall the Brave Bushranger, is a compilation of newspaper articles published from 1862 to 1866, which tell the story of the life and death of Ben Hall and his gang in intricate d……続きを見る

The Reporting of Captain Moonlite the Loyal Bushranger, is a compilation of newspaper articles published from 1869 to 1880, which tell the story of the life and death of Andrew George Scott, and his……続きを見る

The Reporting of Captain Thunderbolt the Gentleman Bushranger, is a compilation of newspaper articles published from 1856 to 1941, which tell the story of the life and death of Frederick Wordsworth ……続きを見る

The Reporting of Harry Power the Notorious Bushranger, is a compilation of newspaper articles published from 1856 to 1903, which tell the story of the life and death of Harry Power in intricate deta……続きを見る

The Reporting of Ben Hall the Brave Bushranger, is a compilation of newspaper articles published from 1862 to 1866, which tell the story of the life and death of Ben Hall and his gang in intricate d……続きを見る

Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co……続きを見る