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Making Australian History : Perspectives on the Past Since 1788
Deborah Gare
(editor),
David Ritter
(editor),
South Melbourne
:
Cengage Learning
,
2008
Z1601730
2008
anthology
non-fiction
(taught in 5 units)
Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past since 1788 is an exciting new text that meets an unusual gap in the literature of Australian history. It presents students with an in-depth, multi authored collection of articles, documents and short essays that are structured around the major themes discussed in most history courses.
Each theme in Making Australian History contains a collection of primary and secondary sources, including chapters by current leading scholars, reprints of publications from previous decades that have proven seminal in the historiographical debate or research of each theme, photographs or artwork, and short feature articles on matters of human interest.
Making Australian History gives students the unique opportunity to study a range of articles and commentary on such themes as the Anzac legend, the convict stain, gold and federation, white Australia, Australians at war, myth, environmentalism and sustainability, ideology and politics. Publisher's blurb.
Degrees
Description
This is a survey subject of Australian history from Indigenous occupation until the present day. Australian History considers the foundation of Australia, its political, economic and social development from convict colony to nation and beyond.
This subject will provide students with a broad understanding of the major developments in Australian history from Aboriginal colonisation to the present. More generally, it will provide students with an informed understanding of how historical practice and debate has shaped and continues to shape understandings of Australia's past and present.
Assessment
Tutorial Attendance and Participation 10%
Reading Reports (x 4 – 5% each) 20%
Graded Tutorial Activity (x 2 – 10% each) 20%
Annotated Bibliography 20%
Essay 30%
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Undergraduate
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