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The rise and fall of Middle Island Separation

Kerse, Jocelyn M (Thesis, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1973)

PREFACE: This study looks at the topic of Otago Separation, or Middle Island Separation as it came to be called after the formation of the Middle Island Separation League, in its early stage. It leaves the topic at the end ...
Railways and the reunion of Otago and Southland, 1867-1870

Innes, R S (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, 1976)

PREFACE: In this essay I have attempted to provide an adequate explanation of the causes of the reunion of Southland and Otago in 1870. In particular, I have examined the importance of attitudes towards the problems of ...
F**k off : an examination of the relationship between art and politics in the practice of Ai Weiwei

Holt, Briar (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2012)

The relationship between art and politics has been prevalent throughout art history. However, few artists have been so explicit in relating their work to a political situation as Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei's ...
John Roberts, man of business : an account of John Roberts and the establishment of Murray, Roberts and Company Ltd.

Harraway, Helen C (Thesis, Master of Arts, 1967)

PREFACE It seems to me that justice has not been done to the part played by John (later Sir John) Roberts in the business community of Otago. Little, if any, reference is ever made to him in local history books, or to ...
Black boots and pinafores : childhood in Otago, 1900-1920

Goodyear, Rosemary K (Thesis, Master of Arts, 1992)

This study focuses on the world of the child in Otago, during the period 1900-1920. While there has been much written on the family, the world of the child has been ignored till fairly recently. Childhood, though praised ...
"A goodly heritage" : Queen's Gardens, Dunedin, 1800-1927 : an urban landscape biography

Gilmore, Helen F (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2004)

This work is a landscape study of the Queen's Gardens Public Reserve in Dunedin from the early nineteenth century to the end of the First World War. Originally the 'gateway' to Dunedin, this historic precinct is a good ...
The Canterbury Society of Arts, 1880-1996 : conformity and dissension revisited

Feeney, Warren F (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)

Established in 1880 the Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA) dominated the arts in Canterbury for nearly a century and was the most significant art society in New Zealand. This thesis examines the CSA's history from 1880 to ...
The Whalemen of Foveaux Strait, 1829-1850

Irwin, Cecil H (Thesis, Master of Arts, 1948)
"The slowly-dying cause": a study of Otago provincialism after the abolition of the provinces, 1875-1884.

Cook, Alan H (Thesis, Master of Arts, 1969)
Improvements in New Zealand's overseas communications, 1866-1880, and their relation to the country's development

Walter, Ian M (Dissertation, Master of Arts, 1969)
Strange company : cultural interaction in Foveaux Strait, 1826-1856

Schofield, Geremy S (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 2005)

Introduction: The three decades between 1826 and 1856 comprise a significant period in the history of Foveaux Strait. This phase of southern social evolution featured the collision and intermingling of a variety of ...
The Lebanese community in Dunedin before 1936

Sanders, M C (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1980)

INTRODUCTION: This study of the Lebanese community in Dunedin has been undertaken partly in response to the need for further knowledge of immigrant groups for their own sake, and partly because of the light it casts on ...
Maori prisoners in Dunedin, 1869-1872 and 1879-1881: Exiled for a cause

Reeves, Jane (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1989)

Introduction: The exile of Maori prisoners to Dunedin in 1869 and again in 1879, was due to the Northern wars and the confiscation of land in Taranaki by the Government. Maori never accepted the 'justice' imposed on ...
Dancing at the auld Cale : a history of highland dancing in Dunedin between 1863 & 1900

O’Donnell, Shiobhan Alice (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1998)
The introduction and impact of electric household appliances in New Zealand, 1935-1956

O'Donnell, Jean-Marie (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1988)

Introduction: "A sweeping change is nowadays rapidly taking place in the equipment of houses, a change that makes any house, old or new, into a real home, and that is, its complete electrification. Women's work under ...
'Married with Children': Perceptions of New Zealand Women's Lives in the 1950s. A Social and Literary Study

Bishop, Susan (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1991)
Activities of New Zealand women during World War I

McLeod, Jan Catherine (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1978)
A history of the campaign for the 1972 Equal Pay Act

Cook, Megan (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1994)
Letters from Kalimpong : a British tea planter's journey towards home with his Anglo-Indian children

McCabe, Jane Marie (Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, 2009)

Introduction: In November 2007 I visited the small town of Kalimpong in Northeast India. I had reason to believe that my grandmother, Lorna Birdie Peters, had attended a school there known as Dr Graham's Homes. My family ...
Medical malversations : quacks, the Quackery Prevention Act 1908, and the orthodox medical profession's push for power

May, Louise (Dissertation, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1994)

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