Aboriginal history 1788-1988
Proposed to be offered next in 1998
Bain Attwood
8 or 12 points
* One 2-hour seminar per week
* Clayton
Objectives Students successfully completing this course should acquire a good level of understanding of the pattern of relations between indigenes and Europeans in Australia and the epistemological and political issues and problems evident in the study of Australian Aboriginal history.
Synopsis This subject will investigate the relationships between the indigenous peoples of Australia and Europeans since 1788. Its primary objective will be to explore the ways in which the Aboriginal peoples have come to have a common identity as Aborigines. It will consider precontact Aboriginal societies, the legal status of European settlement, Aboriginal reactions to Europeans, patterns of conflict and accommodation, the economic role of Aborigines, changes in racial thought, government policy and practice, Aborigines' cultural adaptation, and the growth of Aboriginal consciousness and protest. We will examine both European and Aboriginal perceptions of this collective past, and will consider the ways in which these different histories are constructed. This will involve a consideration of a wide range of source material. The emphasis of the subject will be primarily historical, but other disciplines will also be drawn upon.
Assessment fourth year (8 points) One seminar paper (2000 words):
30%
* Essay (4000 words): 70%
Assessment fourth year (12 points) Two seminar papers (2000 words each):
40%
* Essay (5000 words): 60%
Assessment fifth year (8 points) Seminar paper (2000
words): 40%)
* Essay (4000 words): 60%
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Assessment fifth year (12 points) Seminar paper (2000 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 30%
* Essay (4000 words): 50%
Prescribed text
Broome R Aboriginal Australians: black response to white dominance 1788-1980 2nd edn, Allen and Unwin, 1994
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