Australasian and Pacific history

In the 1930s, a series of crises transformed relationships between settlers and Aboriginal people in Australia's Northern Territory.

This book documents the lives of twenty-one women on soldier settler blocks in New South Wales after World War II.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a revered legend of the development of Australia as a caring nation.

Legends of Maui (1910) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths anthologized by W.

The author of Treasure Island shares true stories of his travels in the Pacific in these portraits of nineteenth-century Tahiti, New Zealand, and beyond.

From its rise in the 1830s to its pinnacle in the 1930s, the opium trade was a guiding force in the Chinese political economy.

"e;In sparkling, seamless prose, Risky Shores offers fresh insights into the cultural encounters between the British and the Melanesians.

The popularization of radio, television, and the Internet radically transformed musical practice in the Asia Pacific.

The popularization of radio, television, and the Internet radically transformed musical practice in the Asia Pacific.

How did scientists, artists, designers, manufacturers and amateur enthusiasts experience and value the sea and its products?

How did scientists, artists, designers, manufacturers and amateur enthusiasts experience and value the sea and its products?

The Petrov Affair: Politics and Espionage is a memoir of the Petrov Affair, a historical event that involves the defection of Vladimir Petrov, a colonel in the Soviet intelligence service in Sydney, and the announcement of his defection ten days later by Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

The nineteenth-century spread of democracy in Britain and its colonies coincided with an increase in alcohol consumption and in celebratory public dinners with rounds of toasts.

Family history research has been one of Brendas passions for the past twenty years.

The Old British Tales of the Bush gathers five of E.

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.

A Primer for Teaching Pacific Histories is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching Pacific histories for the first time or for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses.

Notorious, numerous and varied, serial murderers from Australia have an eclectic record of crimes, methods and trademarks.

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Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations.

How did Hawaiian and Polynesian culture come to dramatically alter American music, fashion and decor, as well as ideas about race, in less than a century?

In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev.

In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean' is Edward Hamilton Currey's most famous work.

This vintage book contains the thirteenth edition of "e;First Lessons in Maori"e;, a practical and comprehensive coursebook for learning the Maori language.

This vintage book contains an detailed account of the Kelly Gang and their various exploits, painstakingly composed by the author from official documents, contemporary newspapers, and other sources of information.

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On 28th April 1789 a small and unremarkable merchant vessel became one of the most famous ships in maritime history.

On 28th April 1789 a small and unremarkable merchant vessel became one of the most famous ships in maritime history.

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

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

The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness 'the bush' in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania.

The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness 'the bush' in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania.

Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack.

Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack.

Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect.

Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect.

A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942 the first attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.

A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942 the first attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.

Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.

The South African and Vietnam Wars provoked dramatically different reactions in Australians, from pro-British jingoism on the eve of Federation, to the anti-war protest movements of the 1960s.

The South African and Vietnam Wars provoked dramatically different reactions in Australians, from pro-British jingoism on the eve of Federation, to the anti-war protest movements of the 1960s.

The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WW1.

Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived.

If only these walls and this land could talk .

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

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's great epics - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.

First there was Girt.