School of Humanities: Recent submissions
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PASSING BY: THE LEGACY OF ROBERT MENZIES IN THE LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA A study of John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and John Howard
Published 2012-11-01This thesis considers the legacy of Robert Menzies in the Liberal Party of Australia, as articulated by Liberal party prime ministers, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and John Howard. It challenges the prevailing assumption ...Open AccessThesis -
The End of the White Australia Policy in the Australian Labor Party; a discursive analysis with reference to postcolonialism and whiteness theory.
Published 2012-11-01Labor leaders ended their commitment to a White Australia in response to the experience of the Second World War and societal changes brought about by post-war non-British migration. Previous scholarship erroneously credits ...Open AccessThesis -
Lone White Faces: Australian Foreign Policy & the Nixon Doctrine
Published 2012-11-01On 25 July 1969, President Richard Nixon would announce a new direction in American foreign policy towards Asia that would have far reaching implications for its ANZUS partner in Australia. This study aims to map out the ...Open AccessThesis -
FROM PANACEA TO PROBLEM: THE DEMONISATION OF OPIUM IN LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN
Published 2012-11-01This thesis considers the multivalent role of opium in the last decades of the nineteenth century in Britain. It traces the not insignificant changes to the perception of the safety and suitability of opiate use in medical ...Open AccessThesis -
“A TEST OF LOYALTY”: A HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY AND THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE 1960 – 1967
Published 2012-11-01During the 1950s and 1960s Australian foreign policy was focused on ensuring the presence of the United States in South East Asia and the consequent protection of Australia under the ANZUS Treaty. For the Australian Labor ...Open AccessThesis