Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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The Megalomania of the National Deal: Edvard Beneš and the origins of the postwar expulsion of the Sudeten Germans, 1918-1945.
Published 2013-01-01The expulsion of the German populations of Central and Eastern Europe after the Second World War was among the largest and most brutal forced migrations in human history. It is also one of the least understood. By focusing ...Open AccessThesis -
The International Criminal Court: Mapping the Politics of Myth Construction on the "Road to Rome"
Published 2013-01-01This thesis investigates the reasons why it took seventy-four years for the International Criminal Court to be officially established in Rome in 1998 after the idea for the Court was first mooted in 1924. It is argued that ...Open AccessThesis -
The Anchor of Life: Triumphs and crises in the Australian wheat- growing, flour milling and bread industries from 1880- 1939.
Published 2013-01-01The scope of this thesis is Australia from the late nineteenth century to 1939, viewed through the lens of three interrelated industries – wheat-growing, flour-milling and bread-baking. Authoritative literature on wheat-growing ...Open AccessThesis -
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 -
Crafting Fame: Praise and Exclusion in Fifteenth Century Florence
Published 2013-01-01This thesis examines the way that celebrated craftsmen from renaissance Florence were remembered selectively by fifteenth and sixteenth century chroniclers and biographers. With an emphasis on Filippo Brunelleschi, this ...Open AccessThesis