Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject examines themes in the everyday life of Australians in the past, and their relationship to selected issues debated in present-day Australian society. The subject is constructed around three interrelated themes. `People' focuses on family, gender and generation in Australian history and examines the life stages and life events of Australia's diverse population in the context of social and economic change. `Place' examines the changing relationship between people and the Australian rural and urban environment and considers such issues as Aboriginal and European attitudes towards the natural world; the uses of land; technology, time and distance; the construction of identities of place (`bush' and `suburb', for instance); and everyday life in different physical environments. `Power' examines these rhythms of everyday life and the nature of `place' in the context of broader structures of political and economic power in Australia, and focuses on changing ideas about nationhood, citizenship and Australian identity.
Assessment Written (3500 words): 75% + Examination (1 hour): 25%