History: Recent submissions
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Profits Over Patriotism: Black Market Crime in World War II Sydney
Published 2011-01-01This thesis examines the multi-faceted phenomenon of black market crime in World War II Sydney. Using previously classified archives, coupled with oral sources and newspaper articles I provide a complete survey of this ...Open AccessThesis -
Greeting the Stranger: Examining the (un)familiar in Australia’s detention history
Published 2011-01-01Despite the contemporary explosiveness of asylum seekers and their treatment in Australia, the complex vicissitudes of its history have been glossed over. Focusing specifically on the evolution of detention legislation, ...Open AccessThesis -
A Misunderstood Power China, the US, and a year of deteriorating relations, 2010.
Published 2011-01-01The year 2010 witnessed a dramatic decline in the US-China relationship, primarily over issues related to the Chinese currency, geopolitics, and human rights. Beijing’s apparent intransigence over these issues led to the ...Open AccessThesis -
Inspiring Womanhood: A re-interpretation of The Dawn
Published 2011-01-01This thesis explores the diversity of content and ideas found in Louisa Lawson’s The Dawn, Australia’s first successful magazine ‘by women and for women’, showing that every element of the journal promoted a womanhood ideal ...Open AccessThesis -
THE RUINS OF EMPIRE: British Responses to Ruins in Colonial India
Published 2011-01-01The different and changing meanings of the ruined form in the European consciousness point to its position as a discursive space, expressed in ideas of a ‘ruin motif’. However, most historical investigations into ruins ...Open AccessThesis