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Australia's involvement in East Timor from 1999-2000 was this nation's largest mission conducted under United Nations auspices, the single largest deployment of ADF personnel since the Second World War and an instrumental part of Timor-Leste gaining its independence. Critically, it was also one not nestled within a larger or lead nation's logistics and administrative support, and also the first time Australia had led such a large multi-national force. In short, International Force East Timor was the most complex politico-strategic challenge Australia had faced, at least since the 1940s. Written from classified government sources and buttressed by hundreds of interviews with veterans and stakeholders, this first volume in the landmark Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor - Born of Fire and Ash - is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999-2000 East Timor crisis and Australia's response to it. It tackles the good alongside the bad, successes and failures, to chart a complex 'truth' unknown to most Australians, then and now.

In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and writer Louis Nowra author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo expands his gaze to explore the dynamism and pulsating sense of self importance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through profiles of people high and low a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers artists, writers, thieves and visionaries. Along with its people Nowra surveys the citys landscape, its architecture and its global identity. And as Sydneys history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond Nowra revels in its neon lights music skyscrapers sense of optimism and the many disparate elements that shape Sydneysiders view of themselves.

• The Deportation of Andres Magaña Ortiz
• Vaqueros and Paniolos
• Boricua Hawaiiana
• "Without them, I don't know what we would do"
• "Wetbacks in Racial Paradise?"
• Mixed Race Identity, Localized Latinxs and a Pacific Latinidad.

We Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich, varied and surprising as the vast landscape in which it is set. Debra Dank has created an extraordinary mosaic of vivid episodes that move about in time and place to tell an unforgettable story of country and people. There is great pain in these pages, and anger at injustice, but also great love, in marriage and in family, and for the land. Dank faces head on the ingrained racism, born of brutal practice and harsh legislation, that lies always under the skin of Australia, the racism that calls a little Aboriginal girl names and beats and rapes and disenfranchises the generations before hers. She describes sudden terrible violence, between races and sometimes at home. But overwhelmingly this is a book about strong, beloved parents and grandparents, guiding and teaching their children and grandchildren what country means, about joyful gatherings and the pleasures of eating food provided by the place that nourishes them, both spiritually and physically.Dank calibrates human emotions with honesty and insight, and there is plenty of dry, down-to-earth humour. You can feel and smell and see the puffs of dust under moving feet, the ever-present burning heat, the bright exuberance of a night-time campfire, the emerald flash of a flock of budgerigars, the journeying wind, the harshness of a station shanty, the welcome scent of fresh water. We Come with This Place is deeply personal, a profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs, but it is much more than that. Here is Australia as it has been for countless generations, land and people in effortless balance, and Australia as it became, but also Australia as it could and should be.

• 1. Une colonie pénale ultra-marine
• Le temps de la justice légale
• Les régimes pénitentiaires
• L'acheminement des condamnés
• Transportés et déportés
• Les lieux de l'expiation
• 2. La déportation "libérale"
• Le temps de l'improvisation
• Le système concessionnaire
• Les condamnés aux travaux forcés
• La vie matérielle des déportés
• Une préoccupation landnante : le courrier
• Compagnes et enfants de déportés
• L'arrivée de la Virginie
• La vie communautaire : rancœurs et conflits
• Une question récurrente : le travail
• 3. La déportation "rigoureuse"
• La grande évasion
• L'enquête de l'amiral Ribourt
• L'éviction d'un lanceur d'alerte, Le Prévost
• Le dur classement du régime de la déportation
• Une correspondance sous contrôle
• Les réactions des déportés
• Un "rapport d'étape" à la presqu'ile Ducos
• Les décisions du gouverneur de Pritzbuêr
• Une nouvelle évasion collective
• Mélancolie et déchéance
• La triste vie des compagnes des déportés
• Les résistances à l'encadrement religieux
• 4. La déportation "organisée"
• Contrastes entre les lieux de la déportation
• Les espoirs placés dans l'amnistie
• Le temps des grâces
• LES remises de peines
• Repentis et intransigeants
• 5. Les derniers temps de la déportation
• Presque et le dans l'attente
• L'irlsurredion kanak
• Le sort des forpts
• La nature néo-calédonienne
• Les douleurs de l'exil
• Amnisties et retours massifs
• Renaissances et désillusions
• Ceux qui restèrent
• Ceux qui se sont fixés ou sont revenus
• Le devenir des lieux.

"Le sesquicentenaire de la Commune de Paris a laissé dans l'ombre les condamnés à un exil perpétuel en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Si le nom de Louise Michel n'était indûment associé au bagne, il ne serait plus guère question des 4000 insurgés que les conseils de guerre ont envoyés aux antipodes pour expier trois types de peine en trois lieux distincts : les travaux forcés à l'île Nou, la déportation en enceinte fortifiée à la presqu'île Ducos et la déportation simple à l'île des Pins. Après le temps des grâces individuelles parcimonieusement accordées, il leur fallut attendre, pour la grande majorité d'entre eux, l'amnistie partielle de 1879 et l'amnistie plénière de 1880 pour retrouver le sol métropolitain qu'ils avaient parfois quitté neuf années plus tôt. Les témoignages largement inédits de quelque 500 d'entre eux nous permettent de mesurer les difficultés d'une existence quotidienne confrontée à la misère matérielle, au manque de travail ou à l'intermittence du courrier; les inquiétudes suscitées par la situation de leurs familles demeurées à Paris ou venues partager leur sort incertain ; les aléas de la vie communautaire, animée par les oppositions entre "intransigeants" et "repentis", blanquistes et "internationalistes", voire "éléments sains" et délinquants de la "Tierce", ou simplement aigrie par le "lancinant passage des jours"; les relations conflictuelles avec l'administration pénitentiaire et les aumôniers, défavorablement prévenus à l'encontre de révolutionnaires ayant défié le gouvernement légal et mis à mort l'archevêque de Paris; l'indifférence à l'égard des Kanak, qu'ils les côtoient ou non, jusqu'à l'insurrection de 1878 dont ils espèrent, très majoritairement, qu'elle sera réprimée; s'y ajoute un intérêt distant porté à la nature tropicale par ces citadins, sinon à l'occasion des tempêtes cycloniques qui balaient leurs fragiles paillottes; reste enfin la conviction, solidement partagée, qu'ils ne devaient pas désespérer de l'avenir. Après leur retour, la Commune étant d'évidence passée de mode, ils reprirent, le plus souvent obscurément, leur place parmi leurs concitoyens, tandis que la trace de leur présence finissait par s'effacer en Nouvelle-Calédonie, où ne demeurèrent qu'une cinquantaine d'entre eux."--Page 4 of cover.

• The Deportation of Andres Magaña Ortiz
• Vaqueros and Paniolos
• Boricua Hawaiiana
• Working Maui Pine
• "Wetbacks in Racial Paradise?"
• Mixed Race Identity, Localized Latinxs and a Pacific Latinidad

"Aloha Compadre: Latinxs in Hawaiʻi is the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawaiʻi. This study reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawaiʻi is not a recent event. In the national memory of the United States for example, the Latinx population of Hawaiʻi is often portrayed as recent arrivals and not as long-term historical communities with a presence that precedes the formation of statehood itself. Historically speaking Latinxs have been voyaging to the Hawaiian Islands for over 190 years. From the early 1830s to the present, they continue to help shape Hawaiʻi's history, yet their contributions are often overlooked. Latinxs have thus been a part of the cultural landscape of Hawaiʻi prior to annexation, territorial status, and statehood in 1959. Aloha Compadre also explores the expanding boundaries of Latinx migration beyond the western hemisphere and into Oceania"-- Provided by publisher

• Of Hawaiian words and a note on money
• Sailing to paradise
• Flying air paradise : the evolution of flight to Hawaii
• The hula : taking America by dance
• Sliding into paradise : the Hawaiian steel guitar
• Ring my bell : music from the paradise of exotica
• Passing the tiki torch
• A twisted tale : the emergence of rattan furniture
• The shirt heard 'round the world
• If it swells, ride it : a surfin' tsunami surges to the California coast
• Breeding a hope for the future : interracial romance embarks for the mainland
• Appendix A: Bigger, better and braver : why the world's largest flying boat ever made never flew a commercial route to Hawaii
• Appendix B: The Zenith Trans-Oceanic: bringing Hawaii to your living room via shortwave.

"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? It began with mainland hula and musical performances in the late 19th century, rose dramatically as millions shipped to Hawaii during the Pacific War, then made big leap with the advent of low-cost air travel. By the end of the 1950s, mainlanders were hosting tiki parties, listening to exotica music, lazing on rattan furniture in Hawaiian shirts and, of course, surfing. The author describes how this cultural conquest came about and the people and events that led to it"-- Provided by publisher

• Cover ; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Australia's Alps
• the Brindabellas, the Snowy Mountains and Victoria's High Country; The Australian Alps National Parks; The Alps: their physical features; The Australian Alps: important for the nation and the world; Significance of the Australian Alps; Past and future for the Alps; Endnotes; Chapter 2 Alpine weather and climate; Features of alpine climates; How climate changes from valleys to peaks; Weather and climate patterns; Past climates; Future climates; Fire and the mountains; Endnotes.

• Chapter 3 The shape of the Alps
• geology, landform and soilSpecial features of the Australian Alps; How the rocks of the Alps were formed; The shape of the land; Glacial landforms; Limestone landforms; Weathering and erosion; Soils; Endnotes; Chapter 4 Alpine vegetation
• what grows where?; Going up the mountain; The subalpine zone; Above the treeline: looking around the alpine zone; How do plants live in the alpine zone?1; Where did our alpine vegetation come from?; Pressures on alpine plants; Endnotes; Chapter 5 Alpine animals; Where do the animals go in winter?; Seeing wildlife.

• What lives where?Endnotes; Chapter 6 Aboriginal life in the Alps; Early observation and recording; Why did the Aborigines use the mountains?; Archaeological reconstructions of seasonal events; Archaeological work continues; Inch by inch: recognition and inclusion; Endnotes; Chapter 7 Settlement and land use in the Alps
• pastoralism; Explorers: early journeys, early impressions; The spread of the first pastoralists; Pastoral use of the Alps; Settlers and Aborigines; Damage to the land; Endnotes; Chapter 8 Science in the Alps; Nineteenth century description and documentation.

• Twentieth century ecological investigationsTowards the present; Endnotes; Chapter 9 Gold mining in the Alps
• then and now; Early gold rushes; Where was the mining?; How was the mining done?; Life on the Kiandra goldfield; The decline; Effects on the Alps; Endnotes; Chapter 10 Source of the rivers
• alpine water resources; Why are the Alps so effective for catchment?; How do we use the water resource of the Alps?; The 'Snowy Scheme'; The 'Kiewa Scheme' and ACT storages; The state of the alpine catchments; Endnotes; Chapter 11 The road to conservation; Early days of conservation.

• NSW national parksVictorian national parks; ACT national parks; Nature conservation today; Endnotes;
• Chapter 12 Visiting the parks; Visiting Namadgi National Park; Visiting Kosciuszko National Park; Visiting Alpine National Park; Endnotes;
• Appendix 1: Websites;
• Appendix 2: Further reading; Index.

A fascinating, illustrated guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history.

• Introduction: The origins of Australia's Army
• Part 1. From Vietnam to East Timor, 1972-99
• The last years of the Cold War, 1972-1989
• The post-Cold War experience to the late 1990s
• Part 2. Land force operations in East Timor and Solomon Islands
• East Timor, 1999-2000
• Operations with the UN in East Timor, 2000-04
• Operations in the Solomon Islands from 2000
• Operation Astute in Timor-Leste, 2006 and beyond
• Part 3. The Middle East area of operations
• Operations in Afghanistan, 2001-02
• War in Iraq, 2003-07
• Return to Afghanistan, 2005-06
• Part 4. Asia-Pacific engagement and adaptation at home
• Aid and other assistance since 2000
• Operations everywhere
• the Army in 2006 and 2007
• Adaptation early in the twenty-first century
• Conclusion: An adaptive Army
• Appendix: Operations, 1972-2007.

The first critical examination of Australia's post-Vietnam military operations and the 'casualty cringe' felt by political leaders following the war.

• Foreword
• Reflecting on Australia's Muslim cameleer heritage / Philip Jones
• Australia's early Muslim settlements / Anna Kenny
• Who were the cameleers?
• To Australia, with camels. The idea of camels ; The first cameleers arrive for the Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860 ; Beltana and Umberatana stations
• With the explorers. Saleh Mahomed ; Elder Expedition, 1891-1892 ; Horn Scientific Exploration Expedition, 1894 ; Calvert Expedition, 1896-1897 ; Strzelecki Expedition, 1916 ; Madigan Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939
• Working with camels. Nose-pegs, hobbles and bells ; Branding and licensing ; Saddle-making ; Pack-saddles ; Riding saddles ; Tying on the load ; Contractors to entrepreneurs ; Carrying wool ; Carrying water ; Stations, townships and mines ; Other trades: hawkers ; Other trades: miners ; Other trades: herbalists
• The cameleers and Aboriginal people
• Life in camel camps and townships
• Pioneers or aliens?
• Representation and memory. The 'last Afghans' ; Remembering the cameleers
• Acknowledgements
• References
• A biographical listing of Australia's Muslim cameleers.

"Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia's vast expanses. Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and the book contains a biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers." -- Booktopia.