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New Zealand's London

A Colony and its Metropolis

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Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi tourists—throughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and the colonial center that many New Zealanders once called home. Exploring the relationship between a colony and its metropolis from ... Read more

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Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi tourists—throughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and the colonial center that many New Zealanders once called home. Exploring the relationship between a colony and its metropolis from
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Selling Britishness

Commodity Culture, the Dominions, and Empire

by Felicity Barnes ...

From the 1920s until the Second World War, Australia, Canada and New Zealand filled British shop windows, newspapers and cinema screens with ' British to the core' Canadian apples, ' British to the backbone' New Zealand lamb, and ' All British' Australian butter. And as they sold apples and butter, these campaigns also sold a Dominion-styled British identity. Selling Britishness explores the role ... Read more

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From the 1920s until the Second World War, Australia, Canada and New Zealand filled British shop windows, newspapers and cinema screens with ' British to the core' Canadian apples, ' British to the backbone' New Zealand lamb, and ' All British' Australian butter. And as they sold apples and butter, these campaigns also sold a Dominion-styled British identity. Selling Britishness explores the role
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Selling Britishness

Commodity Culture, the Dominions, and Empire

by Felicity Barnes ...

From the 1920s until the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand filled British shop windows, newspaper columns, and cinema screens with “British to the core” Canadian apples, “British to the backbone” New Zealand lamb, and “All British” Australian butter. In remarkable yet forgotten advertising campaigns, prime ministers, touring cricketers, “lady demonstrators,” and ... Read more

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From the 1920s until the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand filled British shop windows, newspaper columns, and cinema screens with “British to the core” Canadian apples, “British to the backbone” New Zealand lamb, and “All British” Australian butter. In remarkable yet forgotten advertising campaigns, prime ministers, touring cricketers, “lady demonstrators,” and
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Code Breakers

Inside the shadow world of signals intelligence in Australia's two Bletchley Parks

by Craig Collie ...

The extraordinary untold story of the brilliant men who cracked the Japanese codes from Australia during World War II.At the height of World War II in the Pacific, two secret organisations existed in Australia to break Japan's military codes. They were peopled by brilliant and idiosyncratic cryptographers, including some with achievements in mathematics and the Classics and others who had lived or ... Read more

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The extraordinary untold story of the brilliant men who cracked the Japanese codes from Australia during World War II.At the height of World War II in the Pacific, two secret organisations existed in Australia to break Japan's military codes. They were peopled by brilliant and idiosyncratic cryptographers, including some with achievements in mathematics and the Classics and others who had lived or
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Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines

by William Jenkyn Thomas ...

This compelling collection offers a window into the rich oral traditions of the Australian Aborigines through a selection of their myths and legends. Presented with clarity and respect for the source material, the tales explore ancestral beings, the natural world, and the spiritual beliefs that have shaped Aboriginal cultures for generations.Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century ... Read more

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This compelling collection offers a window into the rich oral traditions of the Australian Aborigines through a selection of their myths and legends. Presented with clarity and respect for the source material, the tales explore ancestral beings, the natural world, and the spiritual beliefs that have shaped Aboriginal cultures for generations.Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century
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The Zealandia Drowning Debate

Did New Zealand Sink Beneath the Waves?

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Did the entire New Zealand land mass sink beneath the waves 23 million years ago?Many biologists reject the idea and insist that our native terrestrial fauna can be explained only by the continuous existence of land. But many geologists are now asserting that there is no longer any convincing geological evidence that the New Zealand section of Zealandia remained above the seas surface. But if ... Read more

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Did the entire New Zealand land mass sink beneath the waves 23 million years ago?Many biologists reject the idea and insist that our native terrestrial fauna can be explained only by the continuous existence of land. But many geologists are now asserting that there is no longer any convincing geological evidence that the New Zealand section of Zealandia remained above the seas surface. But if
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A History of Southeast Asia

Critical Crossroads

by Anthony Reid ...

Series series Blackwell History of the World
2016 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Textbook in the HumanitiesA History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day.Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest ... Read more

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2016 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Textbook in the HumanitiesA History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day.Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest
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Troubled Waters

Borders, boundaries and possession in the Timor Sea

by Ruth Balint ...

Joint winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2003.Troubled Waters tells the story of Australia's northern waters and their dramatic transformation in the twentieth century from a backwater to the most militarised and fiercely guarded region in Australia. Once a bridge between two coastlines and two cultures, the Timor Sea has become, in the last years of the twentieth century, the nation ... Read more

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Joint winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2003.Troubled Waters tells the story of Australia's northern waters and their dramatic transformation in the twentieth century from a backwater to the most militarised and fiercely guarded region in Australia. Once a bridge between two coastlines and two cultures, the Timor Sea has become, in the last years of the twentieth century, the nation
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Mining Towns

Making a Living, Making a Life

by Erik Eklund ...

A history of iconic Australian towns that have emerged as a result of mining booms—including Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie, and Kambalda—this book is a unique attempt to introduce urban readers to those communities, past and present. Unlike many mining books, this is not limited to a single material such as coal or gold, but traces the fortunes of a range of towns. ... Read more

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A history of iconic Australian towns that have emerged as a result of mining booms—including Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie, and Kambalda—this book is a unique attempt to introduce urban readers to those communities, past and present. Unlike many mining books, this is not limited to a single material such as coal or gold, but traces the fortunes of a range of towns.
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Town Life in Australia

Enriched edition. Exploring the Vibrant Cultural Tapestry of Late 19th Century Australian Towns

by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny, Ryan Holloway ...

In "Town Life in Australia," Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny offers a meticulous examination of urbanization and community dynamics within Australian towns during the late 19th century. Written in a vivid and engaging prose style, Twopeny employs a combination of personal observations, statistical data, and anecdotal experiences to portray the prevailing social, economic, and cultural conditions of ... Read more

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In "Town Life in Australia," Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny offers a meticulous examination of urbanization and community dynamics within Australian towns during the late 19th century. Written in a vivid and engaging prose style, Twopeny employs a combination of personal observations, statistical data, and anecdotal experiences to portray the prevailing social, economic, and cultural conditions of
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Law Breakers and Mischief Makers

50 Notorious New Zealanders

by Bronwyn Sell ...

New Zealand was supposed to be a model society at the end of the world, a utopia for 'men and women of good character' who were willing to work hard for a better life. And, for most, so it proved. But this book is about the others - the misfits, the swindlers, the fallen women, the love rats, the escaped convicts, the hoaxers, the charlatans, the highwaymen, the mass murderers - from the earliest ... Read more

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New Zealand was supposed to be a model society at the end of the world, a utopia for 'men and women of good character' who were willing to work hard for a better life. And, for most, so it proved. But this book is about the others - the misfits, the swindlers, the fallen women, the love rats, the escaped convicts, the hoaxers, the charlatans, the highwaymen, the mass murderers - from the earliest
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'The Most Dangerous Moment of the War'

Japan's Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942

by John Clancy ...

"A well-detailed account of the [World War II] raid, which badly stung the Royal Navy but which the Japanese failed to exploit to a strategic advantage" ( Seapower).In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II took place. Said by Sir Winston Churchill to be "the most dangerous moment of the war," the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. As ... Read more

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"A well-detailed account of the [World War II] raid, which badly stung the Royal Navy but which the Japanese failed to exploit to a strategic advantage" ( Seapower).In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II took place. Said by Sir Winston Churchill to be "the most dangerous moment of the war," the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. As
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