Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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A “Foreign” Country? Australia and Britain at Empire’s End.
Published 2011-01-01This thesis explores the process by which Australia came to view Britain as a “foreign” country. Firstly, it examines the introduction of the 1962 United Kingdom Commonwealth Immigrants Act, and the implications that this ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
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, Honours -
Much Ado About Nothing: British Non-Intervention During The American Civil War
Published 2011-01-01During the American Civil War the Federals and Confederates believed that Britain was likely to intervene. This belief is pervasive in current historiography, which argues that Britain was constantly on the threshold of ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
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, Honours -
‘All sorts and conditions of men’: Beckett’s Budget, masculinity and sensational working-class journalism in inter-war Australia
Published 2011-01-01This thesis closely analyses John Sleeman’s sensational newspaper Beckett’s Budget, a notorious commercial and political publication in Sydney’s inter-war press market. It considers the paper’s role in working-class, ...Open AccessThesis, Honours