Moteatea (sung laments) are at the heart of matauranga Maori or Maori cultural knowledge. They are the central strand of Maori poetry and song, a source of knowledge about tribal history and whakapapa (genealogy), and a living art form. Nga Moteatea: An Introduction / He Kupu Arataki is a short, accessible introduction to Apirana Ngata's classic collection of moteatea and to the power and meaning of traditional Maori song. After outlining the origins of Ngata's four volume NgaMoteatea collection...
True Believers: The Story of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party
by Professor Stuart Macintyre and John Faulkner
Crazy Creatures of Australia and New Zealand (Cover-To-Cover Books)
by Joanne Mattern
Maconochie's Gentlemen (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
by Norval Morris
In 1840, Alexander Maconochie, a privileged retired naval captain, became at his own request superintendent of two thousand twice-convicted prisoners on Norfolk Island, a thousand miles off the coast of Australia. In four years, Maconochie transformed what was one of the most brutal convict settlements in history into a controlled, stable, and productive environment that achieved such success that upon release his prisoners came to be called "Maconochie's Gentlemen". Here Norval Morris,...
No Gravestones in the Ocean: The emigrant ship Scimitar 1873-1874
by Mike Beith
Our New Colony Fiji; Its History, Progress and Resources
by H Stonehewer Cooper
A Country To Be Reckoned With (Pitt Family in Australia, #2)
by Patsy Trench
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822 (Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822 2 Volume Set, Volume 2) (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 1)
by Phillip Parker King
This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and la...
Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple: the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to an ancient symbol of power and social inequality. Even today, an invitation to meet a member of the royal family remains a pinnacle of social achievement. What is the magic the royals hold over Australians? Since Captain James Cook first claimed New South Wales for King George III in 1770, the pulse of the nation can be measured by the strength of its attachment to an aristocra...
'The insights are truthful, harrowing and shocking, for this Gallipoli is not the drama seen through the military censorship of journalistic despatches, but the views of a thoughtful man communicating with himself.' - The Bulletin Probably no person saw more of the Anzacs in battle on Gallipoli than C.E.W. Bean. After sailing with the first convoy, he landed with them on that fateful first morning of 25 April, and remained on Gallipoli until the evacuation despite being wounded. He was unique...
Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
by Royal Society of Tasmania