Australasian and Pacific history

A fascinating cultural studies account of the "e;afterlife"e; of Leichhardt, revealing both German entanglement in British colonialism in Australia, and in a broader sense, what happens when we maintain an open stance to the ghosts ofthe past.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the military importance of the Hawaiian Islands became clear.

Masters and servants explores the politics of colonial mastery and domestic servitude in the neighbouring British colonies of Singapore and Darwin.

Examines the career of Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman, one of the most important, yet relatively unknown officers in the history of the Australian Army.

Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV?

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Between 1700 and 1850 the Church of England was the among the most powerful and influential religious, social, and political forces in Britain.

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies.

By the time the Americans began their aerial bombardment of Japan in 1944, both the JAAF and IJNAF were spent forces.

This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines' ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces.

'[Mat McLachlan's] knowledge of the front is comprehensive' - Sydney Morning HeraldA complete guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western Front 1916-18.

With its closest neighbor some 1,200 miles away, New Zealand is one of the most geographically isolated countries in the world.

Comprehensive study of Australia''s role in the peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War.

A study of one imposter and his influential vision for British control over the nineteenth-century Pacific Ocean.

Freedom''s Captives offers a compelling, narrative-driven history of the gradual abolition of slavery in the majority-black Colombian Pacific.

Anzac Battlefield is an important contribution to our understanding of Gallipoli and its landscape of war and memory.

The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.

In See How We Roll Melinda Hinkson follows the experiences of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the Central Australian desert, as she struggles to establish a new life for herself in the city of Adelaide.

The bomber pilot whose bravery in the Battle of Midway changed the course of WWII recounts his story in this extraordinary memoir: "e;An instant classic"e; (Dallas Morning News).

Between 1845 and 1872, various groups of Maori were involved in a series of wars of resistance against British settlers.

Imperial spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire - the Irish and the Scots - and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes of its farthest reaches, the Australian colonies of Victoria and New South Wales.

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australias frontier warsDavid Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier.

Through an in-depth biographical study of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hutton, this book investigates imperial land defence prior to 1914.

A revised edition of this highly illustrated account of the day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared, that would "e;live in infamy"e;.

A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920sIn June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Aboriginal people near the Forrest River Mission in the Kimberley.

The story of grog is the story of Australia.

The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notions of nation-building, multiculturalism and internationalization.

A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture What is The Dreaming?

This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present.

This book explores the emergence of 'Australasia' as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region.

Oceania was the last region on earth to be permanently inhabited, with the final settlers reaching Aotearoa/New Zealand approximately AD 1300.

1864 was a tough year for the fledgling town of Brisbane as it struggled to throw off the shackles of its origins as a harsh penal settlement.

Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii's Molokai island over a thousand-year period of repeated settlement.

A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when Australia's highest court discarded a doctrine that had stood for two hundred years, that the country was a terra nullius - a land of no one - when the white man arrived.

Species acclimatization - the organized introduction of organisms to a new region - is much maligned in the present day.

Despite remarkable similarities, little attempt has been made to compare the political development of colonial-era Australia and Canada.

In The Purpose of Futility, Clare Rhoden surveys Australian Great War narratives, demonstrating their particularly Australian features which help to explain the unique and disputed position of the Great War in Australian history.

In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the colourful history of Australia''s capital.

In Remote Avant-Garde Jennifer Loureide Biddle models new and emergent desert Aboriginal aesthetics as an art of survival.

Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.

The hard-hitting history of the Pacific War's 'forgotten battle' of Peleliu a story of intelligence failings and impossible bravery.

From Barton to AlbaneseUpdated editionSince 1901, thirty-one different leaders have run the national show.

The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it.