Wright - Australia & Oceania 1

What really happened in the Bermuda Triangle? For decades, this stretch of ocean has inspired stories of vanished ships, missing aircraft, and unexplained radio silence. Some call it a curse. Others……続きを見る

Norfolk Island is small, remote, insular. And yet its literature is expansive and its culture is rich, while its people continue to inspire with their brave and touching stories. Beginning in 1856, ……続きを見る

In 1955 the United States-owned ship Joyita mysteriously disappeared while sailing between Apia, Samoa, and Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean. The ship was discovered in poor condition near Fiji five wee……続きを見る

The Echo of Things is a compelling ethnographic study of what photography means to the people of Roviana Lagoon in the western Solomon Islands. Christopher Wright examines the contemporary uses of p……続きを見る

An detailed examination of this bloody Pacific battle, featuring maps, artwork and archive photography. The island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll was defended by the elite troops of the Special Naval ……続きを見る

A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again. When Marion Barter disappeared in 1997, police initially dismissed it as the actions of a ……続きを見る

Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter……続きを見る

An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significan……続きを見る

From hero to zero, coal has taken New Zealand on a rollercoaster ride since its glory days as the hero fuel of colonial-age New Zealand.Coal was the fuel on which the colony grew the stuff that mad……続きを見る

When the railways finally came to Australia, they created new towns and alleviated the isolation of the outback. In the cities they enabled the growth of commuter belt suburbs. Railways reached thei……続きを見る

This book is a comparison of the history and politics of two sister societies, comparing Canada with Australia, rather than, as is traditional, with the United Kingdom or the United States. It is re……続きを見る

The FJ Holden. It's an unmistakable, much loved and unique symbol of Australia - right up there with the pavlova, Don Bradman's baggy green, or Christmas on the beach. But how did it get this way? E……続きを見る

New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace. In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting p……続きを見る

The Methodists tells the story of Methodism in New South Wales from the establishment of the first class meetings in the colony until the inauguration of the Uniting Church in 1977. No mere chronicl……続きを見る