HI2420:04
Aborigines and Settlers
Townsville
HECS Band 1
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1 and 2.
Staff: Assoc. Professor D Menghetti.
This subject presents an overview of post-contact Australian history with particular reference to race relations. It will be taught by a combination of lectures, videos and student discussion based on historical documents.
Learning Objectives:
- to acquire an overview of the history of Australia;
- to gain an understanding of the use of primary source documents in historical writing;
- to improve skills in developing and arguing an historical thesis.
Assessment by essay (30%); tutorials (40%); examination (30%).