History: Recent submissions
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'The Proper Use of History': Statues, Colonialism and Nationalism in Modern Singapore
Published 2022-01-13In a time when statues of colonial figures are debated, vandalised or torn down, Singapore appears to be an anomaly in erecting new statues. This thesis interrogates Singapore’s postcolonial condition by analysing the Civic ...Open AccessThesis -
Edmund Blacket, Medievalism and the Gothic in the Colony
Published 2021-04-20Edmund Blacket (1817-83) was an English-born Gothic Revival architect. This thesis uses the critical framework of medievalism to identify the function of multiple timeframes, real and imagined, within the Gothic style. ...Open AccessThesis -
Passions of the Pope: Analysing emotional rhetoric in Pope Gregory VII’s letters
Published 2020In recent years, emotions have become a popular lens for historical analysis. Building on existing scholarship, this thesis explores the emotions of Pope Gregory VII, an eleventh-century pope notable for his reform efforts ...Open AccessThesis -
Gender, Insanity and Moral Obligation: Widows and the Action for Testamentary Incapacity in Late-Colonial New South Wales
Published 2021-04-13The enactment of a Testator’s Family Maintenance Act in 1916 is rightly remembered as a signature achievement of New South Wales’ early feminists, providing protection against the destitution that a cruel will could inflict ...Open AccessThesis -
"Contact - Wait Out": The Search for a Unique Australian Counterinsurgency.
Published 2021-03-02Between 1962 and 1972 Australia was involved in a counterinsurgency war in Vietnam. Counterinsurgencies emerged as the definitive style of warfare during the Cold War. Many prominent nations employed their own unique ...Open AccessThesis