Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source.
‘Hardly a subject of laughter’ is a visual history about the 1916 and 1917 referenda for military conscription for overseas service in Australia during the 1914-1918 War using cartoons as primary evidence. Its aim is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a method of analysis that approaches cartoons a...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
Curtin University
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66564 |
| _version_ | 1848761353458679808 |
|---|---|
| author | Alcroft, Jeffrey |
| author_facet | Alcroft, Jeffrey |
| author_sort | Alcroft, Jeffrey |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | ‘Hardly a subject of laughter’ is a visual history about the 1916 and 1917 referenda for military conscription for overseas service in Australia during the 1914-1918 War using cartoons as primary evidence. Its aim is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a method of analysis that approaches cartoons as a means of communication and to promote the value of the cartoon as a historical source. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T10:30:19Z |
| format | Thesis |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-66564 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T10:30:19Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | Curtin University |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-665642018-05-01T07:56:13Z Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. Alcroft, Jeffrey ‘Hardly a subject of laughter’ is a visual history about the 1916 and 1917 referenda for military conscription for overseas service in Australia during the 1914-1918 War using cartoons as primary evidence. Its aim is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a method of analysis that approaches cartoons as a means of communication and to promote the value of the cartoon as a historical source. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66564 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Alcroft, Jeffrey Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title | Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title_full | Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title_fullStr | Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title_short | Hardly a subject for laughter. A visual history of conscription in Australia during The Great War. A case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| title_sort | hardly a subject for laughter. a visual history of conscription in australia during the great war. a case study of cartoons as a historical source. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66564 |