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The Kosovar Refugees: The Experience Of Providing Temporary Safe Haven In Australia, Robert A. Carr

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

In my thesis I evaluate the experience of Kosovar refugees evacuated to Australia in 1999 as part of the Howard Government’s ‘Operation Safe Haven’. I investigate the experience of the Kosovars in Australia alongside the role of the media in perpetuating the notion of “acceptability” in a broader debate about immigration. The plight of the Kosovar refugees provided much of the initial impetus for the introduction of the Howard Government’s temporary protection regime. My discussion and argument raise questions about Australian politics and refugee policy. These questions include asking why some refugees have been considered worthy of Australia’s charity and …

Developing And Testing New Spatio-Temporal Modelling Techniques To Explore The Dynamics Of Changing Rural Landscapes In Australia, Rohan Chandralal Wickramasuriya Denagamage

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Amenity-led counterurbanization is driving a multifunctional transition in rural lands of Australia. Fundamental to this transition is the subdivision of large farming properties as traditional farmers exit agriculture, acquisition of subdivided lots by affluent and mobile urban populations that seek a lifestyle change in rural areas, and diverse land management activities adopted by an increasingly heterogeneous mix of land owners. This transition poses new socio-economic and environmental challenges. A better understanding of these changes and their implications is essential to manage the transition with the least negative impact on socio-economic and environmental conditions. This is quite challenging given the complexity …

Youth Social Capital: Getting On And Getting Ahead In Life, Paulina Billett

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

In this thesis, I explore youth social capital. I am interested in identifying what youth social capital is, how it is fostered and reproduced and how this may differ from adult forms. I argue that current conceptualisations of social capital are inadequate to understand the social capital of young people and that these inadequacies have led some youth social capital theorists to label the social capital of young people as defective or incomplete; with some describing young people as possessing ‘bad’ or ‘dark’ social capital or being social capital deficient.

I further maintain that the conceptualisation of social capital as …

Transport Choices - To And From Primary Schools In The Sutherland Shire, Stephanie Toole

Science, Medicine & Health - Honours Theses

Private motor vehicle use dominates transport behaviours in Australia, even over traditionally short journeys such as the ‘school run’ - the journey travelled to or from school. Such trends toward motor vehicle use in preference to active or public transport are widely recognised for their significant environmental, social and economic consequences. Transport trends within the Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, exhibit high and increasing rates of motor vehicle use. However, little is known about the transport behaviours of Sutherland Shire residents for the school run. This thesis explores the transport behaviours of children and their parents/guardians as they undertake the …