Theses: Recent submissions
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Plato’s Imaging of Man, City and God: The Timaeus in Context
Published 2026This dissertation addresses the question of how Plato conceived of the relationship between theology, political theory, and human transformation by examining the previously underappreciated concept of the theoeikelon ...Open AccessThesis -
Phylogenetic relationships and horizontal gene transfer in panesthiine and geoscapheine cockroaches
Published 2026Cockroaches are a highly diverse and adaptable group. This thesis focuses on the wood- and soil-dwelling subfamilies Panesthiinae and Geoscapheinae, investigating their phylogeny, biogeography, morphological evolution, and ...Open AccessThesis -
Singular domain perturbation in stationary p-Laplace equations
Published 2026We aim to investigate non-linear diffusion problems on domains with shrinking holes, and study the continuous dependence of the weak solutions.Open AccessThesis -
Ill with History: Pathologising and Policing Gender Transgression in Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Century Australia
Published 2025This is a trans history, but not necessarily a history of trans people. This thesis examines gender crossing in Australia between the 1860s and 1940s, focussing on medical and carceral interactions, economic life, community ...Open AccessThesis -
Investigating receptive bilingualism through a family language policy lens: The case of Arabic-English speaking families in Australia
Published 2026Maintaining a heritage language in a monolingual society presents ongoing challenges for immigrant families, particularly when children develop receptive bilingualism—understanding the heritage language but with limited ...Open AccessThesis