History: Recent submissions
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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, Honours -
A 'metamorphosis of perspectives on the past': A Study of the Hyde Park Barracks, 1975-2012.
Published 2013-01-01This thesis is an investigation of the site history of the Hyde Park Barracks since 1975 when the decision was made to restore the historical fabric of the building for use as a museum. Paramount to this enquiry is the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
'Harry the Ninth (The Uncrowned King of Scotland) Henry Dundas and the Politics of Self-Interest, 1790-1802
Published 2012-01-01The career of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville underscores the importance of individual self-interest in British public life during the 1790-1802 Revolutionary Wars with France. Examining the political intrigue surrounding ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Australia and the Palestine Question, 1947–1949: A New Interpretation
Published 2012-12-01By 1947, the conflicting national aspirations of the Arab majority and Jewish minority within Palestine had developed into an intractable problem. The responsibility for the political future of Palestine fell upon the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
'A Tale of Two Haitis: Representations of an Island Republic in the American Press
Published 2012-01-01This thesis examines the representations of Haiti in the black and white American press throughout the United States Occupation, 1915-1934, and in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. It analyses how Haiti's revolutionary and ...Open AccessThesis, Honours