Course

Australia 1788-1900: Invasion to White Australia - ARTS2270

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Humanities and Languages

Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1; or 24 units of credit and enrolment in an Australian Studies minor in Arts/Law (4782) or a History extended minor in Arts/Education (4053)

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

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Description

Subject Area: History
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Australian Studies

Controversies regularly erupt in Australia over issues where identity and justice intersect: who should be granted asylum? how can the rights of Indigenous peoples be fully respected? how should Australia relate to Asia? In this course you will explore how these issues were fostered by the major themes of Australia’s 19th century history: the settler revolution, Indigenous dispossession and resistance, and the rise of scientific racism on the one hand; movements towards democracy, universal education and better living standards on the other. Tensions arising from these themes are common to all settler societies but Australia’s location at the edge of Asia means they were played out here with a distinctive sense of urgency whose reverberations persist.

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