Australian History
Modern history offers a strong and integrated series of units in Australian history. Beginning with the first-year unit HIST109 The Making of Australia, students can proceed in their second year to HIST217 Australia Britain, and the Empire 1770-1901 and HIST245 Women in Australian History, 1788-1988. HIST340 Australian History since 1901, completes this mainstream sequence. In addition, HIST271 and HIST371 examines the history of interactions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous from 1750 the the present. HIST338 Women in History II also has some Australian content. Students wishing to pursue other units in Australian Studies should consult the relevant entry under that heading in the University Calendar.
100 level
AUST100 Australian Perspectives I: Maps, Dreams, History
HIST109 The Making of Australia
200 level
HIST271 Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia: Contact, Context and Shared Histories from 1750HIST217 Australia, Britain and the Empire 1770-1901
HIST245 Women in Australian History, 1788-1988
300 level
AUST300 Australian Perspective III: Envisioning Australia
HIST340 Australian History since 1901
HIST371 Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia: Contact, Context and Shared Histories from 1750