HIS21200 Colonising a Continent: The first 150 Years of Europeans in Australia

Academic Year 2019/2020

The incursion of Europeans brought catastrophic change to the First Australians. In this course we examine how the project of creating colony and nation was affected by this founding injustice. Environmental history, migration history and the history of Aboriginal Australia provide the conceptual framework for understanding how a modern nation shaped itself on this ancient land.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of how Australia was colonised and how the six colonies federated into a nation state.
• Assess key examples of the historiography of Australia and primary sources relevant to the module.
• Present aspects of historical debate about the Australian colonies and nation orally and engage in discussion.
• Present aspects of the historical debate about the Australian colonisation in written form.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11
Seminar (or Webinar)

10
Specified Learning Activities

45
Autonomous Student Learning

45
Total

111
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
•This module combines large-group and small-group teaching, through a weekly lecture and seminar. Weekly lectures provide overviews of weekly topics, with focus upon key historical trends, debates and events. Weekly seminars focus on small-group active / task-based learning using both secondary and primary sources related to the weekly topic covered in the lecture. Autonomous learning is nurtured through required preparatory reading each week, and a mid-term written assignment and final exam. Key research, writing and citation skills are explicitly incorporated into seminar work and are assessed and advanced through the assessment tasks, commencing with the mid-term essay and concluding with the end-of-semester examination. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: A final two-hour examination will take place following the completion of the semester 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60
Continuous Assessment: Students are graded on their contribution to seminars throughout the semester Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

10
Assignment: Students are required to write one essay of 1,500 words length. The essay is due at the end of Week 7 Week 7 n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on the mid-term Essay Assignment is given in writing on the returned hard-copy. Feedback on the two-hour examination will be given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.

Name Role
Dr Chiara Tedaldi Tutor