Students who complete this course should be able to:
1. understand key aspects of the colonising process in Australia, New Zealand and selected islands of the southwest Pacific, and place the histories of these countries within a wider context of imperialism and post-colonialism;
2. understand the treatment of, and reponses by, Indigenous peoples and migrant peoples under the impact of colonialism and in a post-colonial age;
3. demonstrate the ability to conduct research independently, and to express clear informed arguments, either orally or in writing, on aspects of Australia and the southwest Pacific.
4. demonstrate skills in comparative and/or transnational history.

Course focuses on the history of Australia and selected islands of the southwest Pacific - notably New Zealand, Fiji, and New Caledonia - from pre-European contact to the post-colonial nation. The principal course themes are as follows:
a) Culture contact between Indigenous peoples and Europeans in the age of imperialism;
b) The historical construction of race and identity in the European colonisation of the southwest Pacific;
c) The role of land, labour and immigrant workforces in supporting colonisation;
d) State policies and indigenous resistance;
e) Race, politics and reconciliation in the post-colonial nation.

HUMA3052

Students who have already completed HUMA3052 cannot enrol in HIST3052.

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It is expected that students will have completed 20 units at first year level in History courses.

Internal Mode

Lecture
Laboratory
Tutorial

Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Laboratory: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 4 weeks