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HIST150 Colonial Australians

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
11 April 2008 13 April 2008 Optional
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST 154, 155, 156, 157; LOCH 112, 115, 214, 281
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) David Roberts (drobert9@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit introduces sources and methods used to study Australian colonial history. It also introduces a variety of events and issues which influenced the lives of colonial Australians, and the continuing debates which surround them. Topics covered include the origins of European settlement, race relations, the convict experiment, protest and punishment, the city and the bush, the position of women, writers and painters, and federation.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

A Concise History of Australia
ISBN: 9780521601016
Macintyre, S., CUP 2nd ed.
HIST150 Resource Book
ISBN: AR543
School of Humanities,
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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