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School of History · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course examines the long history of Australia in the context of empire, nationhood, and the wider world, spanning the late eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. It explores how significant changes in Australian society have been connected to global histories and geographies, which continue to shape the nation. Topics for consideration include relations between settlers and Indigenous people; transformations in government; changes in information, knowledge and technology; the development of colonial nationalisms; the peopling of the settler empire; environmental impacts and challenges; suburbia and migration; and the representation of Australian history in museums.
Primary Source Analysis - 1000 words
Learning outcomes 2, 3
Book Review - 1000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Research Essay: 3000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Further Reading Presentation: 500 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of seminars and 12 hours of workshop and workshop-like activities; and, b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Reading will be available via Canvas. Preliminary Reading Especially students who have studied little Australian History will find the following useful: - Stuart Macintyre, Concise History of Australia (Cambridge University Press) Latest edition - Mark Peel and Christina Twomey, A History of Australia (Springer) Latest edition - Alison Bashford and Stuart McIntyre, The Cambridge History of Australia, Volumes 1 and 2 (CUP, 2015) - David Walker, Tanya Luckins and Louise Johnson, The Story of Australia: A new history of people and place (Routledge, 2021) - James Belich, Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld, 1783-1939 (Oxford University Press, 2009) - CA Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Blackwell, 2004)