Browsing Honours theses by publication year
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Anchorage testing of rock bolts.
Published 1964This thesis deals with the results of over 80 anchorage tests performed in various strength mortars and three different rock types, with two different rock anchores.Open AccessThesis -
A Biography of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton 1515-1571
Published 1976There is no comprehensive biography of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. This account is concerned primarily with the public world of the Throckmorton who lived under five monarchs in England and served another four abroad as ...Open AccessThesis -
An Examination of the Ideologies Underlying Nineteenth Century Scholarly Researches into the Viking Age
Published 1984-01-01This thesis concerns the (more or less) systematic rehabilitation of the Viking Period, which was undertaken by a collection of poets and philologists, scholars and amateurs, from the latter half of the eighteenth century ...Open AccessThesis -
Seductively Australian : the Australian Tourist Commission's 'imagineering' of a nation, 1967-2000
Published 2000-01-01Open AccessThesis -
Rethinking Plato’s Theory of Art: Aesthetics and the Timaeus
Published 2003-01-01The Timaeus presents a fascinating account of the cosmos. It includes a creation myth that introduces the figure known as the Demiurge who, despite the fact that he is the cause of the sensible world, is reverently attributed ...Open AccessThesis -
A Longitudinal Study of Ngarrindjeri
Published 2004This thesis aims to follow the changes that occur in Ngarrindjeri, a language from South Australia, over a period of 130 years. Over this period of time the speakers underwent great social and cultural change, with the ...Open AccessThesis -
Spiritual Tourism: Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Travel
Published 2004-01-01Tourism and pilgrimage have been said to be closely related1. However, the relationship between tourists and the religions and religious contexts they visit has been neglected. Why tourists travel to places of religious ...Open AccessThesis -
Messianic Ideas: Historical Sources, and some Contemporary Expectations of Fulfilment
Published 2004-01-01The aim of this work is to provide basic historical insights into the origins of the messianic myth and its future developments within various world religions (see our Table of contents). Issues of millenarian ideas in ...Open AccessThesis -
The Bible as a ‘pretty good political handbook’: an examination of the way that George W Bush’s evangelical faith has shaped his political agenda
Published 2004-01-01Open AccessThesis -
The Placebo Effect of Ankle Taping on Ankle Instability
Published 2005Purpose: Recurrence of ankle sprains is common among athletes. While ankle taping reduces the risk of injury, the mechanism underlying its effectiveness remains unclear. Anecdotal reports suggest a role for the athlete’s ...Open AccessThesis -
Men of Faith: Stravinsky, Maritain and the Ideal Christian Artifex
Published 2005-01-01In this paper I explore the relationship and mutual influences between Stravinsky and Maritain. Despite the connections between these two men, and the prominence which Stravinsky at least still holds, scholars have neglected ...Open AccessThesis -
In The Public Interest? : Investigative Journalism and Fourth Estate Philosophy Within the Australian Press
Published 2005-10-01The tradition of ‘investigative journalism’ has come to denote the most lauded qualities of the journalistic profession, and has an impressive history of producing social reform in Australia. However, its grounding in ...Open AccessThesis -
Topic and focus in Ngardi
Published 2005-10-21This paper examines the discourse pragmatics of the non- configurational (free word order) Australian language Ngardi. Ngardi is a Ngumbin language spoken by a small number of people east of the Kimberleys. I examine ...Open AccessThesis -
Gender and codemixing in Hong Kong
Published 2006-01-01This paper investigates the relationship of gender and codemixing behaviour in Hong Kong. Data were obtained through the use of a questionnaire and a language diary experiment from 10 young women and 10 young men who had ...Open AccessThesis -
The diachronic evolution of directional constructions in Mandarin
Published 2006-01-01This thesis investigates the diachronic evolution of directional constructions found in Mandarin and other modern varieties of Chinese. What I call directional constructions are usually called 'directional complements' ...Open AccessThesis -
Negative Evidence in Linguistics: The case of Wagiman Complex Predicates
Published 2006-01-01In this thesis I will justify the use of negative forms of evidence as a permissible means of analysing grammatical constructions. I do this by presenting a test case, a grammatical construction that is not entirely ...Open AccessThesis -
Grounding the Angels: An Attempt to Harmonise Science and Spiritism in the Celestial Conferences of John Dee
Published 2006-01-01The retrospective catechisation of largely bygone beliefs is a naturally difficult assignment. An even more slavish task attends those philosophies which are not merely antiquated but which belonged, during their time of ...Open AccessThesis -
Root turnover and microbial activity in cotton farming systems
Published 2006-05-09Open AccessThesis -
Are sand dunes of the lower Lachlan floodplain a graveyard for parna?
Published 2006-05-09Open AccessThesis