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1 y separately published work icon Indigenous Law Bulletin 1981 Sydney : University of New South Wales , Z1623635 1981 periodical Indigenous Law Bulletin has led the way with accessible, accurate and timely information about Australia's Indigenous peoples and the law. We write for everyone with an interest in Indigenous legal issues including legal practitioners, advocates, policy makers, researchers and students. We cover legislation and government policy, case law, parliamentary proceedings, international developments, local activism and the work of Indigenous communities and organisations. Source: Indigenous Law Bulletin
1 y separately published work icon Representations of Memory and Identity in Chinese Australian English Novels Supervisor Beibei Chen , Canberra : 2015 18594841 2015 single work thesis

'This thesis argues that one of the main characteristics of contemporary Chinese Australian literature in English language is its heavy focus on memory and identity. In order to prove this claim, the thesis analyses five English-language novels written by Chinese Australian writers from the period 1990-2010.'

Source: Thesis abstract.

1 y separately published work icon Petitions from Indigenous Australians: Emergence and Negotiations of Indigenous Authorship and Writings Chiara Gamboz , Sydney : Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW , 2012 6123743 2012 single work thesis

'This research discusses the negotiations instantiated by Indigenous petitions in Australia. It does so by conceptualising petition writing and reading, by considering the endorsement and commemoration of petitions, and by chronologically canvassing published and previously unpublished petitions addressed by Indigenous peoples from across Australia to government representatives and international bodies before and after Federation, from the mid 1840s to the early 1960s. Drawing on the theoretical contractarian framework developed by Charles W. Mills and Carole Pateman, the dissertation examines petition writing as a way of intervening in a domination (settler) contract and in an exclusionary and dominating white public sphere. This framework accounts for the collective dimension of petitions and for their nature as political instruments of negotiation within relations of domination and subordination. This cross disciplinary study is located within the scholarly work undertaken in Australian historical and literary studies which, especially since the 1990s, have highlighted the value of petitions as documents which record Aboriginal perspectives, and as forms of early Aboriginal writings deserving of critical attention. More broadly, it can also be contextualised within studies of the emergence of an Indigenous political voice and of processes of identity formation. It shares post-colonial studies’ interest in the relationship between the coloniser and the colonised and it replies to Spivak’s question of whether the subaltern can speak. The analysis of the petitions is historically contextualised and it reflects on the venues of the petitions’ creation (penal system, reserves and missions, urban and rural settings). It highlights the narratives and requests the petitions convey as well as the argumentative strategies employed by the petitioners. It considers the rhetoric of contemporary discourses (political, racial, humanitarian etc) visible in the petitions and the responses to these discourses put forward by the petitioners. The thesis outlines also some features which petitions and Aboriginal protest literature share and the aspect of “testimony” or “memorial” these petitions possess. An Appendix collects a sample of the Indigenous Australian petitions upon which the discussion is based. ' (Source: TROVE)

1 y separately published work icon The Politics of Drama : The Relationship Between the Communist Party of Australia and New Theatre Writers 1932-1980s Gabriela Zabala , Sydney : 2012 11301114 2012 single work thesis

'One of the longest running theatre companies in Australia, New Theatre began life as the Workers' Art Club in Sydney in 1932 as a Communist Party of Australia initiative. It was one of the first theatres in Australia with an orientation to working class audiences. By 1936 it had become the New Theatre and by the 1950s there were, in addition to Sydney, New Theatres in Adelaide, Melbourne, Western Australia, Newcastle and Brisbane. The New Theatre movement's social mission was inextricably linked to the political perspectives of the Communist Party of Australia which were influenced by ideas and theories of socialist realism and proletarian culture that had been decreed by Zhdanov in 1934 in the Soviet Union. Of particular interest to New Theatre were the innovations in theatre such as agit-prop and dramatic reportage typical of workers' theatre in the Soviet Union and the United States. This thesis demonstrates how the party's prescriptive views on art and literature often found expression in the plays of New Theatre writers Oriel Gray, Betty Roland and Mona Brand. It will demonstrate that in order to prevent ideological heterodoxy within New Theatre, management and production committees were comprised solely of Communist Party members, whose work for New Theatre constituted their work for the Communist Party of Australia. This thesis also draws attention to a gap in the literature about the contribution of New Theatre writers, and the scholarly analysis of some of their unpublished material. Three authors whose work has been underplayed are analysed, and critical responses to them which have escaped examination are brought to light. Through the use of original, previously unpublished documents, this thesis will demonstrate the way in which the Communist Party of Australia intervened to censor or exclude plays and writers to ensure ideological orthodoxy. It will also explore in detail previously unpublished work by neglected writers, as well as addressing criticism of these writers by internal committees of New Theatre, but mining the New Theatre archives, and Communist Party and ASIO files, enabling a richness of reference to original material not previously studied.' (Source : abstract)

1 2 y separately published work icon Time and Memory in the Novels of Eleanor Dark Helen O'Reilly , Kensington : 2009 Z1596660 2009 single work thesis

'In this thesis I will demonstrate that Eleanor Dark's over-riding themes are time and memory. Time informs the structure of her novels, she juxtaposes past and present. Memory in all its aspects, personal, cultural, racial dominates both her contemporary novels and The Timeless Land trilogy. The thesis considers Dark's fiction in sequence to chart her treatment oftime and memory.

'Simultaneously Dark was reaching into her own reservoir of memory and transfiguring her own experience in the characters, events and locations of her novels. In this oblique way, and through this unique form of modelling, Dark reveals little known areas of her life. Biographically Dark remains elusive; the surface events of her life are well documented but do not account for the drama of her character portrayals, the immediacy of her perceptions of the natural world, her deep intellectual responses to art, literature and politics, as well as her preoccupation with time.

'It is my contention that Dark's creative thrust was inwards; she developed the inner processes of memory and imagination. Time and memory cohere in her novels; under scrutiny they bring new interpretations to her work, and new insights into her life.' (Author's abstract)

1 y separately published work icon Empowering and Disempowering Indigenes : Staging Aboriginal Experience Khairul Chowdhury , 2008 Z1838221 2008 single work thesis

'This study offers an exploration of the drama which contains Aboriginal people's effort to attain a visible reality based on cultural and political rights. It is also a deeper understanding of the empowering and disempowering Indigenes in the discursive domain as well as in the existential reality.

'Though the study considers a large number of playtexts written by the Indigenous playwrights from 1970s to the present, it explores playtexts written by non-Indigenous playwrights as well. Here, the chief concern is to explore the discursive features of the texts, the items both linguistic and dramatic that tend to place or exclude Aboriginal people from discourses. Such a consideration may very well go beyond the periodic consideration of the plays.

'The Aboriginal theatre movement started in the 1970s serves as the complete reconceptualisation of Aboriginality in terms of centering Aboriginal Identity and culture in the dominant discursive domain. Such an intervention may involve the recovery of Aboriginal history from the dominant history of Australia and infusing positive attributes to Indigenes' identity. It also provides force in their existential reality. Freed from submission to the dominant's prescription, the drama appears as an alternative formula, but a rigorously vibrant medium of contestation in which history, identity, culture, politics and reality are endlessly expressive and persuasive.

'Keeping with the need to expose the complexity of the process of empowering and disempowering Indigenes, I read the discursive strategies employed in a selection of playtexts. The empowering drama adds dignity to Aboriginal people's gesture of friendship and goodwill and contrasts with the representation of aggressive colonial one. The drama exposes the encounter between negative and positive features in the representation of Aboriginality, thereby suggesting fighting against the authoritative design involves the representation of Indigenes in their terms.

'The most significant element the empowering drama contributes is its ability to capture the experience of the struggle of Indigenes to survive since colonisation. Aboriginal drama focuses more on the strategies to unsettle the dominant system than on the social order and the context.

'The final paradox is the act of inclusion and exclusion of Indigenes to/from the dominant theatrical discourses that indicate a fine line between empowerment and disempowerment.'

1 y separately published work icon The Unpublished Plays of Miles Franklin Joss Hedley , Sydney : 2007 16913171 2007 single work thesis

'With the publication of her novel, My Brilliant Career, in 1901, Miles Franklin became the darling of the Sydney literati. Great things were expected of the little girl from the bush. But five years later, nothing had eventuated; her talent, Miles thought, was barely recognised in Australia. In the hope of gaining greater writing opportunities, she shipped to Chicago where she became involved in social reform. It was hard work and ill paid, and though she bewailed the fact that it sapped her writing energy, she nonetheless felt a commitment to the cause such that she remained for almost a decade. In her spare time, though, she continued to write – and not just prose. More and more she wrote for the theatre, attempting to push into a world of which she had always dreamed. Blessed with a beautiful singing voice, she had long desired to be on the stage. This was impossible, though; her voice, she believed, had been ruined by bad training in her youth. To write for the stage, then, though a poor substitute, was at least in the field of her original ideal. Miles’ plays, though, are not remembered today, and are little thought of in scholarship, are considered, in fact, to have failed. This gives the false impression that they were always little thought of. Her correspondence, however, reveals that at least five of the plays were produced, indicating a certain level of success. Miles Franklin’s theatrical work, then, is surely worthy of further examination. This thesis looks at five of the plays in the light of Miles’ life and in the light of the society in which she found herself. In turn, it uses the plays to reveal something of the nature of the playwright herself and to show that Miles Franklin’s theatrical writing did not fail as once thought. In addition, it provides a complete bibliography of the plays (inclusive of locations), lists the duplications as they appear under alternate titles and provides synopses of a large number. This will make up for a gap in Miles Franklin scholarship and will facilitate other scholars in accessing the plays. This thesis, then, is an introduction to a new facet of Miles Franklin scholarship.'

Source: Abstract.

1 y separately published work icon History of Bookplate Collecting in Australia, 1890-1953 Mark J. Ferson , 2004 Z1546988 2004 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon The Articulate Earth : Ecological Visions and Australian Poetry Gary Clark , 2004 Z1356309 2004 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon Diversions in a Tented Field : Theatricality and the Images and Perceptions of Warfare in Sydney Entertainments, 1879-1902. Ailsa McPherson , Sydney : 2001 Z1914235 2001 single work thesis This thesis examines the theatricality which accompanied the establishment, development and deployment of the colonial army in New South Wales during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. It investigates the transfer to the colony of the military ethos of the Imperial power, and explores the ways in which performances of military spectacle, in both theatrical and paratheatrical contexts, were interpreted by the colonists.
1 y separately published work icon For Art and Money: A Textual History and Scholarly Edition of Joseph Conrad's 'Under Western Eyes' Roger Osborne , 2000 Z1297513 2000 single work thesis This thesis examines the composition, revision and publication of Conrad's Under Western Eyes.
1 y separately published work icon Unsettling Postcolonial Representations of the White Woman Fiona Probyn , 1999 Z941103 1999 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon Refractory Girl and Scarlet Woman: Contributions to Counter-Hegemonic Feminism Sue Williamson , Sydney : 1998 Z1307149 1998 single work thesis This comparative study of Refractory Girl and Scarlet Woman documents the history of these key feminist journals from commencement until the early 1990s when Scarlet Woman closed. Using the theory of Antonio Gramsci, it examines how the journals contributed to and reflected the 'second wave' of feminism, resulting in the women's movement becoming a powerful counter-hegemonic force in Australian society. The study identifies trends in the journals' content and ideologies, and assesses the development of social, liberal and radical feminisms as presented by each. The thesis includes a useful discussion of feminist publishing within a socialist political theory framework.
1 y separately published work icon Shut Out of Mine Own Heart : Reading Christopher Brennan Justin Lucas , Sydney : 1998 (Manuscript version)x401494 Z1225530 1998 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon Theorising Creative Processes in the Writing of the Neo-Historical Fiction Watermarks Louise Wakeling , Sydney : 1998 Z1124061 1998 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon The Culture of Thriller Fiction in Britain, 1898-1945: Authors, Publishers and the First World War Nilan Maxwell Grant Voykovic , Sydney : 1997 Z1307135 1997 single work thesis This thesis considers the relationship between authors, publishers and the First World War and the role they played in the development of mass thriller culture in Britain between 1898 and 1945. As a result of the First World War, the publishing trade altered the way readers consumed mass thriller fiction; in turn, this laid the basis for modern mass media. In the vanguard of these changes was Hodder Stoughton, a foremost British publisher of thriller fiction with its well known Yellow Jacket novels. An analysis of the publishing, sales and advertising records of Hodder Stoughton, and of the novels of its three principal authors, reveals the emergence of distinct genres of fiction and an aggressive approach to advertising that focused on the 'star novelist'. Notably, these thriller novels also had a huge circulation in Australia.
1 y separately published work icon Angus & Robertson as Publishers, 1880-1900: A Business History Jennifer Alison , Sydney : 1997 Z1294802 1997 single work thesis This thesis critiques the business history of the early publishing activities of Angus & Robertson, Australia's longest running and most successful publishing firm. The study investigates the firm as publisher, examining in particular the role of George Robertson. A model of a successful publisher is constructed from the writings of British and US publishers who flourished about the time of Robertson, and Robertson's performance is measured against this model. The study concludes that while Robertson benefitted from publishing in the favourable cultural conditions of the 1890s he also brought unique personal qualities to Australian publishing.
1 y separately published work icon Liminality in the Novels of Janette Turner Hospital Johnathan Redenbach , 1995 Z1038734 1995 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon Gender Ideology and Narrative Form in the Novels of Henry Handel Richardson Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1994 Z539981 1994 single work thesis
1 y separately published work icon Catherine Helen Spence : From a Colonist of 1839 to 'the Grand old Woman of Australia' Lesley Durrell Ljungdahl , 1992 Z970208 1992 single work thesis
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