The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920
by John Barr and George Grahame
A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan's history. * Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars * Combines traditional perspectives with the most recent scholarly concerns * Supplements a chronological survey with targeted thematic analyses * Presents stimulating interventions into individual controversies
Defence of the nation is one of the fundamental obligations of government. For much of the first century of the Commonwealth of Australia this obligation has been tested - in two world wars, and in a series of other military engagements. The military reputation that has grown out of these defining moments in Australian history has been a significant factor in moulding Australians' views of themselves, yet service matters have not often attracted any great degree of public interest. "The Australi...
Victoria, the British El Dorado, or Melbourne in 1869
by Charles Rooking Carter
In this passionate book, Maggie MacKellar tells the stories of women on the frontier in Canada and Australia who ventured out in bonnets and petticoats to collect seeds, who abandoned sidesaddles to ride in the mountains, who risked their reputations to climb mountains - and beyond this it tells of the risky business of women who put their lives on the page to claim the importance of their experience.
If you had to sail to Australia in the early 19th century there were worse ways to travel than being transported as a convict. Your living conditions were better than those of the sailors who manned your ship. Discipline was harsher for the troops who guarded you. Disease and mutiny apart, for most of the period it was safe. The author takes the reader back to Australia's convict past to describe what life was really like on board a convict transport - and conducts an investigation into a train...
This text is about power, personality and national destiny. It is the inside story of how Australia was governed by Bob Hawke and Paul Keating during the 1980s. The decade was dominated by Hawke's victories, Keating's economics and the spectacular transition of these men from allies to enemies. The book covers the disarray within the Liberal and National Parties, the contest between Andrew Peacock and John Howard, the "Jobs-for-Canberra" push and John Elliott's dalliance with power. It explains...
Studies in Western Australian History (Studies in Western Australian History, Vol 14)