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Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
epub |eng | 2017-08-23 | Author:Felix Speiser [Speiser, Felix]

We men soon withdrew to the gamal, where the men likewise had to be informed of everything relating to our doings and character. The gamal was low and dirty, and ...
( Category: Oceania March 7,2023 )
Theorist of Maritime Strategy by J.J. Widen
epub |eng | 2016-02-17 | Author:J.J. Widen [Widen, J.J.]

1 Corbett, Some Principles, pp. 16–17 and 85–87. The idea that Corbett’s theory of war primarily can be interpreted as a reaction to the Napoleonic principle of overthrow can be ...
( Category: Oceania March 7,2023 )
Struggletown by Janet McCalman
epub |eng | 2021-02-02 | Author:Janet McCalman [McCalman, Janet]

Sepsis: 1931–1934 The Depression was taking a terrible toll of political life and morale. As the Scullin and Hogan governments faltered, local government in Richmond, sank to new depths. Fearful ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 6,2023 )
Spinifex and Sand by David Wynford Carnegie
epub |eng | 2015-03-05 | Author:David Wynford Carnegie [Carnegie, David Wynford]

Not a cheerful description certainly! Every day's Northing, however, would take us further in or out of this region, as the case might be, and fervently we hoped for the ...
( Category: Oceania March 6,2023 )
Show of Justice by Alan Ward
epub |eng | 2013-10-01 | Author:Alan Ward [Ward, Alan]

Notes 1. Sewell Journal, 6 and 7 January 1865, vol. II, pp. 324-37, vol. III, p. 11; G. Hensley, ‘The withdrawal of the British troops from New Zealand, 1864-1870’, pp. ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 6,2023 )
Six Letters From the Colonies by R. C. (Robert Cooper) Seaton
epub |eng | 2019-12-06 | Author:R. C. (Robert Cooper) Seaton [Seaton, R. C.]

* * * Decorative Banner V. Tasmania. T he island of Tasmania is about 200 miles direct South of Victoria. Up to 1856 its name was Van Diemen's land. Then ...
( Category: Oceania March 6,2023 )
Women's Suffrage in New Zealand by Patricia Grimshaw
epub |eng | 2013-10-01 | Author:Patricia Grimshaw [Grimshaw, Patricia]

The Liberal Ministry introduced an Electoral Bill in 1891 which included no provision for woman’s suffrage. Clearly they hoped to avoid the issue. But their action met with the hostility ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 5,2023 )
White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
epub |eng | 2015-02-17 | Author:Frederick O'Brien [O'Brien, Frederick]

“That was what the war drums said. The sound of them rolled from the Pekia, and every man who could throw a spear or hold a war-club came to their ...
( Category: Oceania March 5,2023 )
William Massey by James Watson
epub |eng | 2011-04-19 | Author:James Watson [Watson, James]

Samoa The first issue of prime importance to New Zealand, the disposal of Germany’s colonies, came up early at the Peace Conference. Woodrow Wilson envisaged that all such colonies should ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 5,2023 )
An Old New Zealander; or, Te Rauparaha, the Napoleon of the South by Thomas Lindsay Buick
epub |eng | 2015-02-18 | Author:Thomas Lindsay Buick [Buick, Thomas Lindsay]

[76] To the ancient Maori greenstone was invaluable as a material out of which to manufacture weapons and ornaments; but after the introduction of fire-arms the mere was superseded by ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 3,2023 )
Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns by Judith A. Bennett
epub |eng | 2015-07-01 | Author:Judith A. Bennett [Bennett, Judith A.]

Weaving identities from vera In my tuhu vera around the Pacific and the world I have built layers of identities that are informed and enriched by my experiences. As illustrated ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania March 3,2023 )
The Scrap Iron Flotilla by Mike Carlton
epub, pdf |eng | 2022-08-01 | Author:Mike Carlton [Carlton, Mike]

This warning landed like a thunderbolt in Canberra but it was too late. The Australians and the New Zealanders had already begun to embark upon the ships that would carry ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand March 2,2023 )
Loving Protection? by Fiona Paisley
epub |eng | 2016-10-18 | Author:Fiona Paisley [Paisley, Fiona]

6 In the Eyes of the World FROM THE EARLY 1930S, Aboriginal conditions in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory drew growing humanitarian attention in the south. In Perth, ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania February 27,2023 )
Letters from New Zealand, 1857-1911 by Henry William Harper
epub |eng | 2020-12-08 | Author:Henry William Harper [Harper, Henry William]

I am, Yours ever, H. W. H. XII. Table of Contents Hokitika, June 1st, 1875. My dear St. John, Things are changing here; many have left for other fields in ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand February 26,2023 )
John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition by Philip Fennell Marie King
epub |eng | 2006-02-01 | Author:Philip Fennell, Marie King [Philip Fennell, Marie King]

Irish in Australia at Work And we had a plan of rescue of our own out there. Our plan was to charter a steamer, man her with our own men, ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand February 26,2023 )

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