Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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The Formation of Right-Wing Anti-Elitist Discourse Amongst Australian Intellectuals: 1972 - 1988
Published 2008-01-22This thesis analyses the historical development of anti-elitist discourse amongst Australian right-wing intellectuals. Examining Quadrant magazine and neo-liberal think tanks between 1972 and 1988, this thesis argues that ...Open AccessThesis -
A Change in Cirumstance : Individual Responses to Colonial Life
Published 2008-01-22In order to understand how integral the European conception of property was to the first settlers of Australia, this thesis explores the everyday experience of five unique individuals from the colonial setting and their ...Open AccessThesis -
Prior to Bolingbroke : How a ‘minor’ poet and diplomat shaped the greatest events of his day
Published 2008-01-22My thesis is an attempt to adjust the historical record in reference to one who has been for a long time considered a minor figure, and to indicate the supreme political and commercial influence of Matthew Prior (1664-1721) ...Open AccessThesis -
Psychotic victims: Risk, compassion and blame in mental health discourses
Published 2007Recent theories of evaluative language, such as Appraisal theory, aim to use fine-grained qualitative analysis to look at the way social reality is constructed and reflected in text, and how we are aligned through the use ...Open AccessThesis -
An exploration of a student string quartet as a model of cooperative learning
Published 2008-01-08This descriptive case study explores the functioning of a student string quartet during rehearsal. Through the theoretical lens of social constructivism, this study seeks to develop a meaningful interpretation of the ...Open AccessThesis