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HIST354 Aboriginal History Since the Late 18th Century

Updated: 27 October 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites 12 cp in ANCH, ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only), HIST or candidature in the BIndigStuds or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST254
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) David Roberts (drobert9@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit looks at the experiences of Aboriginal people from Cook to the Reconciliation Movement. It will emphasise first contacts, dispossession and disempowerment; policies of dispersal, segregation and forced assimilation; Aboriginal resistance; the development of Aboriginal political activism; and the Aboriginal struggle for land rights and political and cultural recognition.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Recommended Material
Optional
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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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