Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Exposing Indecency: Censorship and Sydney's Alternative Press 1963-1973
Published 2012-11-01The ‘alternative press’ arose in the Sixties as a medium of protest that gave voice to the concerns of the emergent youth revolt. This thesis uses these magazines as a lens through which to analyse how censorship was ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
‘It’s Mabo, It’s the Constitution, It’s the Vibe’: Debates over the ‘active citizen’ and Aboriginal history in the NSW History Syllabus in the 1980s and 1990s
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The Australian Post-War Utopia: Reconsidering Herbert Evatt’s human rights contribution in the 1940’s
Published 2012-11-01This thesis contests the assumption that Herbert Evatt’s 1940’s career was devoted to the promotion of a universal post-war human rights regime. As Australian Minister for External Affairs, Evatt developed an independent ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
For the State or for the Student: Changes in Career Advice in New South Wales Secondary Schools in the Twentieth Century David Hugh Southwood A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of B.A. (Hons) in History. University of Sydney October
Published 2012-11-01This thesis looks at how changes in the Australian Federal Government’s economic policy have affected career advice practices in New South Wales Secondary Schools. From 1927 – 75, career advice practices were primarily ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
To maintain order amongst a disreputable people: The case of Captain Armstrong, colonial governance and scandal at the antipodes, 1878-1887
Published 2012-11-01On 4 April 1882, the New South Wales government steamer Thetis arrived at Lord Howe Island bearing J. Bowie Wilson, recently appointed commissioner of an inquiry into the conduct of the Island’s resident magistrate, Captain ...Open AccessThesis, Honours