Australasian and Pacific history

JOINT WINNER OF THE 2002 NED KELLY AWARD FOR TRUE CRIME NON-FICTIONCOMMENDED FOR THE 2003 NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARDRonald Joseph Ryan was hanged in Melbourne on 3 February 1967, following his conviction for the shooting murder of a prison warder during a daring escape from the maximum-security Pentridge prison thirteen months before.

A century ago, Australia led the world in progressive social initiatives.

A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister.

I'm here already, in the bleak, awful hour on Dudley Flats in which the final dereliction of Elsie Williams will come to pass.

History has portrayed Australia's First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land.

Hundreds of Australian first-person narratives of World War I have been published, but none more riveting than this one.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIMEThe compelling story of South Australia s disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in which he became implicated.

The Asia-Pacific region has rich and unique traditions, cultural diversity and common as well as unique challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation.

The Asia-Pacific region has rich and unique traditions, cultural diversity and common as well as unique challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation.

The Asia-Pacific region has rich and unique traditions, cultural diversity and common as well as unique challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation.

What if the history you've been taught is only half the story?

A political betrayal.

Winner of the 2020 Australian National Biography Award and the 2020 NSW Premier's Non-Fiction Award.

Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer.

Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer.

Despite its difficult history in the wake of wars with the United States and China, Vietnam has not only survived, but it is developing well.

The incredible story of the special investigations unit that tracked down the Nazis who called Australia home after World War II.

The history of Australia has been written before - but not like this.

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Peasants in the Pacific: A Study of Fiji Indian Rural Society, Second Edition delves deeply into the lives and transformations of the Fiji Indian rural community.

Peasants in the Pacific: A Study of Fiji Indian Rural Society, Second Edition delves deeply into the lives and transformations of the Fiji Indian rural community.

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guineas Torricelli Mountains.

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guineas Torricelli Mountains.

What does it mean to be on land taken from others?

Der Westminster Palast, eines der berühmtesten Bauwerke der Welt, steht als Sinnbild für die politische Macht Großbritanniens und die wechselvolle Geschichte der Nation.