AUSTRALIA IN THE PAST AND PRESENT Autumn 2018 - PRESENTATIONS
Presentation on history should provide the background to readings. Pin only the most important issues that led to changes of living conditions. Presentations on readings and films should lead to detailed analyses. Create questions, or rather topics, that will lead to discussions
Week 1: Introduction. Aims and methods. Survey of issues discussed at the course. 25.9.   Reading: CHA Chapter 1 Video: Women of the sun
Week 2: Concept of identity: social, ethnic, personal 2.10. Indigenous people and their way of life
Reading: CHA Chapter. 2
Eve Mumewa D.FesI: Conned! Chapter 1
Week 3: Aborigines and their encounters with the white settlers 9.10.       Reading: K.S. Prichard: Flight
N'Goola) Video: Rabbit-proof Fence
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Week 4: Aborigines today. Thinking White?
16.10.        Reading: Brady, V.: Polyphonies of the self: The challenge of Aboriginal Aust.
Morgan Sally: My Place Video: Samson and Delilah History (contemporary): Reading:
Week 5: Immigration. Convicts. 23.10.        Reading: CHA Chapter 3 Tasma)
Clarke: His natural Life /One hundred Lashes Warung: A bar of steel
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Week 6: Women convicts 0 30.10.        Huges: Fata! Shore
Video: The incredible journey of Mary Bryant
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Week 7: 19ct Australia .Settlers, squatters, gold rush.....
6.11 Reading: CHA Chapter 4
Patterson: Clancy of the overflow Video: Man from Snowy River
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Week 8:  End of the century. The Bulletin. OZ Myths. Ned Kelly. Women. Trade Unions. 13.11 Reading: CHA Chapter 5
Franklin: My brilliant career. Video: My brilliant career.
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Week 8: Search for Australian self-identity. Commonwealth (legislation). 20.11. Reading : CHA Chapter 6
Another America (in Inventing Australia). Video : Picnic at hanging rock.
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Week 9: Australia in Wars. 27.11. Reading : CHA Chapter 7
Video: Gallipolli
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Week 10: Post-War Australia, end of 20ct, immigration, minorities 4.12.        Reading: CHA Chapter 8 Video: Father
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Week 11 Australia multicultural. Recent demographic trends. ^ 11.12. Video: Immigration policy Australia documentary
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Reading:
IS - Study materials
Ward, R.: Concise History of Australia - in IS
McMillan Anthology of Australian literature (MAAL)
Also (among other things on Australia to be found in the library): Aboriginal Australia Inventing Australia Images of Australia
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature Hughes, Robert: Fatal Shore www. Australian aborigines www. indigenous Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia