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Tindall, Alexis. "Creating Australia : cultural representations and national identity in contemporary Australian literature /." Title page, contents and conclusion only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09art588.pdf.
Full textMaher, Simon. "The 'citizens' and 'citizenship' debates 'vernacular citizenship' and contemporary Australian politics and society /." Access electronically, 2006. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20070821.160030/index.html.
Full textRadermacher, Ulrike. "Containerdeutsche : contemporary German immigration to Australia and Canada." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31156.
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Luckman, Susan Heather. "Party people : mapping contemporary dance music cultures in Australia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16686.pdf.
Full textBlackmore, Ernie. "Speakin' out blak an examination of finding an "urban" Indigenous "voice" through contemporary Australian theatre /." Click here for electronic access to document: http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080111.121828/index.html, 2007. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080111.121828/index.html.
Full text"Including the plays Positive expectations and Waiting for ships." Title from web document (viewed 7/4/08). Includes bibliographical references: leaf 249-267.
Tumarkin, Maria M. "Secret life of wounded spaces : traumascapes in the contemporary Australia /." Connect to thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000329.
Full textMcLennan, Bruce Clark. "Contemporary maritime pressures and their implications for naval force structure planning." Access electronically, 2006. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20070315.111709/index.html.
Full textWhitehouse, Denise Mary 1947. "The Contemporary Art Society of NSW and the theory and production of contemporary abstraction in Australia, 1947-1961." Monash University, Dept. of Visual Arts, 1999. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8387.
Full textTzavaras, Annette. "Transforming perceptions of Islamic culture in Australia through collaboration in contemporary art." Faculty of Creative Arts, 2008. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/120.
Full textDunne, Catherine Margaret. "An ado/aptive reading and writing of Australia and its contemporary literature." Connect to full text, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2320.
Full textTitle from title screen (viewed 29 Apr. 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2008; thesis submitted 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.
O???Connor, Patricia Mary School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences UNSW. "The multiple experiences of migrancy, Irishness and home among contemporary Irish immigrants in Melbourne, Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/23071.
Full textMann, Simon T. E. "The contemporary crustal stress field of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbm2823.pdf.
Full textHo, Christina. "Migration as feminisation Chinese women's experiences of work and family in contemporary Australia /." Connect to full text, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/615.
Full textTitle from title screen (viewed 8 May 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Economics and Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Business. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.
Ellis, Jennifer Michelle. "The Gap on the Block: Aboriginality, Subjectivity, and Agency in Contemporary Urban Australia." W&M ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550153901.
Full textStanford, Jon D. "An economic analysis of the contemporary visual art market in Australia, 1972-1989." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35524.
Full textde, Somer Gregory John Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The Redefinition of Asia : Australian Foreign Policy and Contemporary Asian Regionalism." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38666.
Full textHo, Christina. "Migration as feminisation: Chinese women�s experiences of work and family in contemporary Australia." University of Sydney. Political Economy, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/615.
Full textHughes, Caitlin Elizabeth. "Overcoming obstacles to reform : making and shaping drug policy in contemporary Portugal and Australia /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00003215.
Full textByrne, Katrana Helen, and n/a. "The Face of Public Relations in Australia An inquiry into academic and practitioner perceptions of practice, power, and professionalism in contemporary Australian public relations." University of Canberra. Professional Communication, 2008. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20091215.092833.
Full textMildren, Scott. "The contemporary stress field of Australia's North West Shelf and collision=-related Tectonism /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm641.pdf.
Full textXu, Jun 1969. "A framework for site analysis with emphasis on feng shui and contemporary environmental design principles." Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2004. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10172003-101905.
Full textKirker, Marjorie Anne. "Printmaking as an expanding field in contemporary art practice : a case study of Japan, Australia and Thailand." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29746/.
Full textWiese, (né Neuberger) Lorenz [Verfasser]. "Refugees welcome? : How Germany, Canada, and Australia respond to contemporary migration / Lorenz Wiese (né Neuberger)." Konstanz : KOPS Universität Konstanz, 2019. http://d-nb.info/120201271X/34.
Full textGriffiths, Joanne. "Curriculum contestation : analysis of contemporary curriculum policy and practices in government and non-government education sectors in Western Australia." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0178.
Full textHammond, Susan J. "Psalms, Hymns, And Spiritual Songs For The Use Of The People Called Christians." Costa Mesa, CA : Vanguard University of Southern California, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.034-0051.
Full textHanafford, John, and res cand@acu edu au. "Two Australian Pilgrimages." Australian Catholic University. School of Arts and Sciences, 2001. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp5.19072005.
Full textSheppard-Simms, Shannon Field Art College of Fine Arts UNSW. "Terror Australis: being a fictionalised extract from the journal of Matthew Flinders, concerning a series of conversations regarding masculine identity as located in contemporary Australia." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Art, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/42194.
Full textCain, Lara Anne. "Reading Culture: the translation and transfer of Australianness in contemporary fiction." Queensland University of Technology, 2001. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15785/.
Full textBickford, Sophia Anastasia. "A historical perspective on recent landscape transformation: integrating palaeoecological, documentary and contemporary evidence for former vegetation patterns and dynamics in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb583.pdf.
Full textMorris, Brian John. "Journeys in extraordinary everyday culture : walking in the contemporary city /." Connect to thesis, 2001. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002256.
Full textRoss-Smith, Anne. "Women who manage women's experience as managers in contemporary Australian organisations : implications for the discourse of management and organisation(s) /." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/26116.
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Introduction and thesis overview -- A clarification of how common terms and key concepts within managerial and organisational discourse are interpreted within the thesis -- Theoretical and philosophical concerns: gender and the discourse of management and organisation(s) -- Contextualising the research: an overview of social, political, economic/business organisational conditions in contemporary Australia and review of literature germane to the empirical research studies -- Research methodology, judgement criteria and framework for analysis and representation -- Women managers: day to day managerial work and behaviour: ethnographic/participant observation studies -- Women's perceptions of their experience as managers: the interview studies -- Conclusions and thesis summary.
This thesis investigates the managerial experience of senior women in contemporary Australian public and private sector organisations and explores the implications this investigation has in relation to the discourse of management and organisation(s). -- The thesis proposes that although women have gained a presence in the ranks of senior management in the last twenty years, they continue to remain marginal to the discourse of management and organisation(s). The reason for this, it is argued, is because of the preoccupation this discourse has with conceptions of rationality and masculinity. This proposition is elaborated in the thesis by tracing the philosophical and sociological interpretations of reason and rationality from ancient Greek philosophy to its embodiment in the contemporary discourse of management and organisation(s). -- Whether for biological, social or psychological reasons, it can be argued that men and women are 'different'. A further proposition, therefore, is that they will have a 'different' experience as managers. On the basis of this proposal, the thesis evaluates contemporary theories of gender and sexual difference, but stops short of defining 'difference' specifically with regard to women's experience as managers. Instead, it allows the empirical research to determine what it is that constitutes 'difference' in such a context. -- The empirical component of the thesis seeks to develop an understanding of how senior women managers in contemporary Australian organisations both experience and interpret their experience in management. This is achieved by the use of two different, but complementary studies. Using an ethnographic/participant observation case study approach, the first of these investigates the day to day managerial activities, over time, of two senior women managers, one from the private and one from the public sector. The second component of the empirical research involves as series of in depth interviews with forty senior women managers in Australian public and private sector organisations, together with a small number of interviews with their immediate superiors and subordinates, and observation, by the researcher, of their workplaces. The location of the empirical research in the late 20th century, some twenty years or so after women started to enter the ranks of management in Australia, allows for a reflection on women's progress in management in this country during this period. It also allows for contemporary social and organisational conditions in Australia to be a consideration in evaluating the research participant's managerial experience. The thesis, therefore, links the empirical research findings to Australian literature and research on women and management, current social trends in this country, characteristics of the Australian business culture, Australian managementand the Australian manager.
The research framework utilised in the thesis is informed by critical, feminist and postmodern approaches to organisational analysis. For this reason the Deetz (1994) schema, which defines organisational reserch from the perspective of four differing discursive spaces - dialog, critical, interpretive and normative is utilised to locate the research orientation of the empirical studies. This schema recognises that overlap between the four discursive spaces is possible and thus can accommodate insights from each of the above mentioned approaches, as well as areas of overlap between them. -- The principal research findings suggest, in summary, that women in senior management in Australia largely conform to the traditional (masculine) norms that are deeply embedded in the discourse of management and organisation(s) and in managerial practice, yet at the same time, they consider themselves to be 'different'. A feminist interpretation of Social Contract theory, together with a feminist analysis of Foucault's (1988) notion of an 'ethics' of the self and the link between this notion and non essentialist feminist theory are used in the discussion of the empirical research findings to construct an interpretation of 'difference' as it applies to women's managerial experience. -- The contribution to knowledge in the field of organisational analysis that the thesis seeks to make includes: adding new grounded empirical research whcih uses alternative approaches to organisational understanding; providing a comprehensive analysis of the philosophical and sociological underpinnings of the relationship between management, rationality and masculinity; providing a platform for future policy development and organisational practice, and adding a perspective on contemporary managerial practice and organisation conditions against which to gauge classical studies of managerial work and behaviour. -- Finally, the thesis can also be seen to provide additional insights into recent critiques of essentialist feminsit theory and the 'feminisation of management'/female advantage literature.
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Saleam, Jim. "The other radicalism an inquiry into contemporary Australian extreme right ideology, politics and organization, 1975-1995 /." Connect to full text, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/807.
Full textTitle from title screen (viewed Apr. 22, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Government and Public Administration, Faculty of Economics & Business. Degree awarded 2001; thesis submitted 1999. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
Harrison, Stuart, and stuart harrison@rmit edu au. "Designing Appropriately - Design projects to examine how contemporary civic buildings can be distinguishable in suburban and regional Australia." RMIT University. Architecture and Design, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080428.122307.
Full textHaydon, Kirsten, and kirsten haydon@rmit edu a. "Antarctic landscapes in the souvenir and jewellery." RMIT University. Art, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090227.115157.
Full textHowlett, May Catherine. "The production of a contemporary chamber opera (The boy who wasn't there)." Thesis, Electronic version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/769.
Full textDissertation, libretto and score of the opera.
Thesis (MA)--Macquarie University (Division of Humanities, Dept. of Contemporary Music Studies), 2005.
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Introduction -- Historical background and literature review -- Structural and philosophic changes -- Chamber opera: a genre in evolution -- Chamber opera: its potential for the future -- The personal experiment -- Conclusion..
From its origins as chamber opera just over four hundred years ago, Opera developed through the 18th and 19th centuries, in length and complexity, to attain the status of 'grand', a term that most people associate with opera to this day ... At the beginning of the 20th century, radical innovations in the arts influenced by movements such as the Bauhaus phenomenon, added to the aftermath of a world war that shattered existing socio-political structures and artistic sentiments turned from extroverted displays of grandeur to the creation of more cerebral, introverted styles. ... On the threshold of a new millennium, small, often experimental companies, passionately convinced of the relevance of, and excited by the artistic potential inherent in this revitalized form of opera, formed a loose consortium of creative artists internationally, similar in spirit to the original Camerata of the 16th century, making use of current technologies. Whether these newer works may be styled 'chamber opera' or 'music theatre', they represent a form in evolution, capable of further development into a new genre, a vital nexus of traditional skills applied to current issues, peculiarly suited to integration with electronic modes such as television.
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au, k. hudson@murdoch edu, and Kim Leanne Hudson. ""Spiritual But Not Religious" A Phenomenological Study of Spirituality in the Everyday Lives of Younger Women in Contemporary Australia." Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070711.105502.
Full textHudson, Kim Leanne. "Spiritual but not religious: a phenomenological study of spirituality in the everyday lives of younger women in contemporary Australia." Hudson, Kim Leanne (2007) Spiritual but not religious: a phenomenological study of spirituality in the everyday lives of younger women in contemporary Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/80/.
Full textHudson, Kim. ""Spiritual but not religious" : a phenomenological study of spirituality in the everyday lives of younger women in contemporary Australia /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070711.105502.
Full textSeran, Justine Calypso. "Intersubjective acts and relational selves in contemporary Australian Aboriginal and Aotearoa/New Zealand Maori women's writing." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21999.
Full textHall, Margaret, and N/A. "Todays Song for Tomorrows Church: The Role Played by Contemporary Popular Music in Attracting Young People to Church." Griffith University. School of Popular Music, 2007. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070912.141700.
Full textRichards, Alison 1951. "Bodies of meaning : issues of field and habitus in contemporary Australasian theatrical performance practice." Monash University, School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies, 2003. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/7815.
Full textCarini, Giovannella, and n/a. "Effects of Contemporary and Historical Processes on Population Genetic Structure of Two Freshwater Species in Dryland River Systems (Western Queensland, Australia)." Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050113.081250.
Full textShukuroglou, Vicky, and winepony@gmail com. "Origins, procedure and artefact." RMIT University. Art, 2010. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100329.154248.
Full textShephard, Jill, and n/a. "A Multi-Scale Approach to Defining Historical and Contemporary Factors Responsible for the Current Distribution of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) in Australia." Griffith University. Australian School of Environmental Studies, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20041012.142221.
Full textSyron, Liza-Mare. "Ephemera Aboriginality, reconciliation, urban perspectives ; Artistic practice in contemporary Aboriginal theatre /." Access electronically, 2004. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20060220.155544/index.html.
Full textGibbons, Sacha R. J. "Aboriginal testimonial life-writing and contemporary cultural theory /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18737.pdf.
Full textTaylor, Christopher George. "The Good Bloke in Contemporary Australian Workplaces: Origins, Qualities and Impacts of a National Cultural Archetype in Small For-Profit Businesses." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1566171729886909.
Full textAz-Zubaidy, Thamir Rashid Shayyal. "Multiculturalism in contemporary Australian drama." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/43029.
Full textBeaton, Hilary. "Millennium bridge: a contemporary Australian history." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16435/.
Full textGrace, Sandra. "Integrative Medicine in Contemporary Australian Health Care." Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4048.
Full textABSTRACT Integrative medicine (IM) is a dynamic and increasingly prevalent model of primary health care that combines complementary and alternative medicine with mainstream medicine. This research is about the practice of IM and its value to primary health care in Australia. It locates IM within Australian health care by revealing its processes and outcomes in terms of: practice styles, interactions between practitioners and clients and among practitioners, range of diagnostic and treatment options, and health benefits. In this research I examine the nature of integrative medicine (IM) in co-located primary health care practices and consider the influence that integrating mainstream medicine and CAM can have on the perceived quality of primary health care in Australia. My goal was to contribute the knowledge of the phenomenon of IM through a deeper understanding and interpretation of IM gained by investigating the perceptions of core stakeholders, in this case clients and practitioners of IM. This research was situated in the interpretive paradigm and used two research methodologies: hermeneutics (to interpret the value of IM as reported in the literature) and hermeneutic phenomenology (to understand meanings and significance that clients and practitioners attach to their experiences of IM). Data collection involved the collation of existing literature texts and by cumulative case studies (using semi-structured interviews and observation), focus groups, and key informant interviews. Using a blend of methodologies provided a rich and powerful means of understanding the processes and outcomes of IM through the interpretations of its core stakeholders’ lived experiences. In particular I sought perceptions of clients and practitioners of IM about their health and health care including assessment and treatment options, health outcomes, congruence with beliefs and values, collaborative practices and power sharing. Data analysis was conducted concurrently with and subsequent to data collection so that questioning, observation and textual interpretation were progressively guided by the data. A set of meta-themes emerged from the fusion of findings from all phases of the research. These meta-themes represented answers to key research questions. They are: • Power/authority • Mutual respect • Professionalism • Ontological perspectives • Duty of care. This thesis identifies IM practice styles according to different levels of client agency and degrees of power sharing that exist among CAM and mainstream medical practitioners. A theorised model based on the research findings which depicts quality of health care as a variable consequence of diverse practice styles of IM is produced in two parts: Part 1 acknowledges that IM is a variable phenomenon in practice with different levels of collaboration, power-sharing and quality of health care; Part 2 presents an optimum mode of IM practice. Authentically client-centred health care is at the core of all of these practice styles. This thesis has significant implications for the way IM is practised and for primary health care delivery more broadly. IM that is mutually respectful and genuinely collaborative is flexible, inclusive, and socially relevant and has a substantial and far-reaching contribution to make to the quality of primary health care.