History: Recent submissions
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Making Trauma Visible: Representations of Shell Shock and War Trauma in Films about the First World War
Published 2010-01-01Mental illness has historically been stigmatised as something associated with a weakness of character and ‘femininity.’ During the First World War, doctors began to encounter large numbers of soldiers exhibiting hitherto ...Open AccessThesis -
A Wish for More Archers: Archers at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415
Published 2015-01-01A knight expressed the desire to his king that he would add to their small army ten thousand of the best archers in England. This thesis utilizes archaeology evidence, financial records, iconographic depictions, literary ...Open AccessThesis -
The idea of ‘genocide’ in the Australian context 1959-1978
Published 2015-01-01This study attempts to trace the meaning of the word ‘genocide’ in its use in the Australian context. Adopting an historical contextualist approach. the study finds that ‘genocide’ emerged in 1959, in the assimilation ...Open AccessThesis -
Queensland's Bible in State Schools Referendum 1910: A Case Study of Democracy
Published 2010-01-01In 1910 Queenslanders voted in a state referendum for the reintroduction of religious instruction by clergy in state schools and the reading of passages from the Bible by classroom teachers. These activities had not been ...Open AccessThesis -
The Australian National History Curriculum: Politics at Play
Published 2013-01-01In 2006, Prime Minister John Howard’s call for the root and renewal of Australian history initiated an ideologically driven process of developing an Australian national history curriculum which was completed by the Labor ...Open AccessThesis