Aboriginal Australians : Black Response to White Dominance 1788-1980
Aboriginal Australians : A History Since 1788
George Allen and Unwin
,
1982
Z1575265
1982
single work
(taught in 12 units)
'This book tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians - those who lost most in our country's early colonial struggle for power. Surveying two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, it reveals what white Australia lost through unremitting colonial invasion and tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation. It traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of colonial society to a more central place in modern Australia.".
'Since its first appearance in 1982 and revision in 1994, Richard Broome's Aboriginal Australians has won a wide readership as a classic text on the history of race relations in Australia. Now fully updated to 2001, this new edition explains the land rights struggle since Mabo, the Hindmarsh Island affair, debates over the 'stolen generation', 'sorry' and reconciliation, and the recent experience of Aboriginal Australia. Aboriginal Australians remains the only concise and up-to-date survey of Aboriginal history since 1788.' (Taken from book jacket of 2002 edition.)
ObjectivesBy the end of this course the student will:
1. be introduced to, and familiar with, the study of Australian history at the tertiary level.
2. be aware of a range of key ideas and events in Australian history before Federation.
3. possess a set of conceptual tools with which to analyse and evaluate Australian history.
4. have practised note taking and effective listening skills in lectures.
5. be acquainted with the basic components and skills involved in the production and presentation of academic essays.
6. be familiar with and have practised the skills required for effective examination performance.
Content* An introduction, outlining the nature of history as a discipline, providing a course overview and some conceptual frameworks.
* Race relations in Australia, in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, beginning with a consideration of pre-contact Aboriginal Australia.
* Convict society.
* Selected aspects of the history of gender relations in colonial Australia.
* The development of self-government in Australia until Federation.
Essays / Written AssignmentsEssay 25% Essays contribute to course objectives. In particular, students will develop and display competency in the academic skills of topic analysis, research, note taking, critical reading and construction, and presentation of a written argument, utilising appropriate technologies.
Essays / Written AssignmentsAssignment 2 (Essay Plan) 10%
Examination: FormalFinal examination, in the University examination period, 50% Develops and displays the capacity for individual research and academic skills. Assesses overall proficiency in this course.
