HSY1030

Australia: immigrant nation

Andrew Markus

6 points
* Two lectures and one tutorial per week
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have developed an understanding of Australia's changing immigration and settlement policies; an understanding of the varieties of immigrant experience, and a grasp of key concepts employed by historians in the study of immigrants and their relations with the host society.

Synopsis Covering the period from 1788 to the present, the subject provides an overview of immigration and settlement policies, the immigrant experience, and the impact of immigration on national identity. Case studies examine the experience of five minority groups: the Irish, Jews, Italians, Greeks and Chinese. The final part considers the differing experiences of male and female immigrants and the re-politicisation of immigration policy.

Assessment Tutorial exercises (1500 words): 35%
* Essay (2000 words): 40%
* Examinations (1 hour): 25%

Prescribed texts

Markus A Australian race relations Allen and Unwin, 1994

Recommended texts

Markus A and Sims E Fourteen lives (Publications in History Series), Monash U, 1993
Sherington G Australia's immigrants Allen and Unwin, 1990