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A Concise History of New Zealand
 

A Concise History of New Zealand (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd edition)

By Mein Smith, Philippa

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The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

ISBN 9781107402171
Published 1 December 2011 by Cambridge University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Cambridge Concise Histories
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The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines
  

The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Shortland, Edward

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This 1851 publication recounts Edward Shortland's experiences among the South Island Maori during an official tour in 1843.

ISBN 9781108040631
Published 1 February 2012 by Cambridge University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
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The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony
 

The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Buick, T. Lindsay

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This 1914 work, reissued in its second edition (1933), examines how New Zealand joined the British Empire in 1840.

ISBN 9781108039963
Published 1 January 2012 by Cambridge University Press
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Series Cambridge Library Collection - History
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Australians at War in New Zealand
 

Australians at War in New Zealand (Hardback)

By Glen, Frank

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There are many memorials to Australias war dead; among them are two permanent reminders to the Australian participation in the New Zealand Wars. The entrance to the Anglesey Barracks in Hobart is dominated by a tall column memorial to the members of the 99th Regiment that sailed ...

ISBN 9781877427398
Published 13 October 2011 by Willson Scott Publishing
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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire

Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

By Thomas, Nicholas

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Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploita ...

ISBN 9780300180565
Published 3 January 2012 by Inbooks
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On Radji Beach

On Radji Beach (Paperback)

By Shaw, Ian W.

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On 12 February 1942, Singapore was just days away from its fall to the Japanese. As the city burned, hundreds of desperate people scrambled to the docks to flee. Amongst them were 65 Australian Army nurses, who boarded a coastal freighter, the Vyner Brooke. But theirs was a doome ...

ISBN 9780330404259
Published 1 February 2012 by Pan Macmillan
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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945
  

Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 (Hardback)

By Rawson, Andrew

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The full story of one of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. U. S. Marines supported by ...

ISBN 9780752465760
Release Date 1 March 2012 by The History Press Ltd
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Resilience in the Pacific: Addressing the Critical Issues : Proceedings of a Conference Held in Wellington, New Zealand, 16-17 February 2011
  

Resilience in the Pacific: Addressing the Critical Issues : Proceedings of a Conference Held in Wellington, New Zealand, 16-17 February 2011 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

Edited by Lynch, Brian; Hassall, Graham

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On 16 and 17 February 2011 the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs and the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, co-hosted a conference that sought to bring fresh insights into the formidable array of major challenges facing New Zealand's Paci ...

ISBN 9780908772360
Published 14 July 2011 by New Zealand Institute of Inter
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Discover Australia
 

Discover Australia (Library Binding)

By Ward, Chris

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Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, with its size being only slightly less than the mainland of the United States. It got its start as a colony for prisoners, and it has some of the most poisonous and unique fauna in the world. Education, geography, climate, and ...

ISBN 9781448866205
Published 15 January 2012 by PowerKids Press
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Series Discover Countries (Library)
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Blood Brothers
    

Blood Brothers (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hopkins-Weise, Jeff

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This is a ground-breaking and sure to be controversial work that highlights, for the first time in detail, the story of how the New Zealand Land Wars of the 19th century were the true birthplace of an Australian and New Zealand military tradition that would become known as the AN ...

ISBN 9780143011187
Published 22 January 2009 by Penguin
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