HIST3621
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
The experiences of Indigenous Australians since colonisation are among the most searing, contested and engaging themes in the Australian past. This course considers the causes and effects of encounters and interactions between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people through histories of violence and dispossession, love and intimacy, and law and culture. Some tensions and pressures keep Indigenous and non-Indigenous people separate from each other and some other circumstances bring them together. This shared history is viewed through intersections between gender and class, questions of degrees of agency and power in these interactions, and differing perspectives on sovereignty and the natural environment.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Online
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Recognise key themes in historical relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia.
2. Evaluate information, ideas, and arguments containing diverse cultural assumptions.
3. Analyse relevant primary and secondary sources on cross-cultural Indigenous Australian history.
4. Communicate ideas at an advanced level, including in digital formats relevant to history.
Content
This course will include topics on encounters and cross-cultural relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people throughout Australian history, from first contact to the Uluru Statement. Guest lecturers - both Indigenous and non-Indigenous - will provide students with an insight into the range and diversity of experiences and histories embedded in the colonial encounter. This course may include field trips.
Requisite
Students who have successfully completed HIST3620 are not eligible to enrol in HIST3621.
Assumed knowledge
20 units of HIST or ABOR courses at 1000 level.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Workshop Notes
Quiz: In class test
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Primary source interpretation
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Lectorial-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.