Australian History Courses
Discover Australian history from the First Nations peoples to the modern nation we know today. Learn about early explorers, settlers, and bushrangers; the impact of gold, wool, and minerals; and the role of ANZACs in shaping identity. Explore the turning points of Australia’s history through the lives of prime ministers, inventors, and artists.
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How Trade Unions Shaped Australia
<p>Trade unions probably affect you each and every day, without you realising how. (Hint what is WEA's connection to trade unions?) Join guest presenter Lynne Poleson, former NSW Branch Secretary of
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War in the Pacific: Australia's Crisis of 1942
<p>In this course we look at how the Australian government responded to the crisis of war in the Pacific in 1942. We examine the fall of Singapore to Japanese forces, the bombing of Darwin, the battle
...War in the Pacific: Australia's Crisis of 1942
<p>In this course we look at how the Australian government responded to the crisis of war in the Pacific in 1942. We examine the fall of Singapore to Japanese forces, the bombing of Darwin, the battle
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The Power of an Apology - The Apology to Stolen Generations
<p>On February 13, 2008 then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a national apology to the Stolen Generations of the First Nations. Revisit that moment in Australian history. What is the history of the
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Olive Cotton and her Influences - Home and Abroad
<p>Olive Cotton gave definition to Australian photography in the 1930s and 1940s with such loved images as the Tea Cup Ballet. During this time, she was both a life and artistic partner to Max Dupain
...Olive Cotton and her Influences - Home and Abroad
<p>Olive Cotton gave definition to Australian photography in the 1930s and 1940s with such loved images as the Tea Cup Ballet. During this time, she was both a life and artistic partner to Max Dupain
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Australia's Indigenous World Heritage Sites
<p>Four of Australia’s World Heritage sites are mixed with natural and indigenous cultural components: Kakadu, Uluru-Kata Tjuta, Willandra Lakes, and Tasmanian Wilderness. These will be covered
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Royal Commissions: Remedy, Reflex, or Red Herring?
<p>Do royal commissions live up to public expectations? How might this us better understand the devastating attack at Bondi beach? Royal Commissions hold a unique and critical place in Australia's
...Royal Commissions: Remedy, Reflex, or Red Herring?
<p>Do royal commissions live up to public expectations? How might this us better understand the devastating attack at Bondi beach? Royal Commissions hold a unique and critical place in Australia's
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Insanity in Colonial NSW
<p>Sanity collapsed in the colony ‘under the weight of the vast indifference of nature, of loneliness and mockery’ said historian Manning Clark, but what happened next? Colonial NSW was rife with
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The Wallace Line - Where Australia Collides with Asia
<p>It was Alfred Russel Wallace who realised the Lombok Strait in Indonesia represents the biogeographic boundary between the fauna of Asia and Australia and subsequently named the Wallace Line. On
...The Wallace Line - Where Australia Collides with Asia
<p>It was Alfred Russel Wallace who realised the Lombok Strait in Indonesia represents the biogeographic boundary between the fauna of Asia and Australia and subsequently named the Wallace Line. On
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Bass and Flinders, those Bold and Lusty Young Sailors
<p>Matthew Flinders and George Bass may be known mostly for circumnavigating this country– and for naming the island they circumnavigated Australia! – but they were also adventurous enough to get in
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Welcome to Country
<p>Welcome to Country is a ceremony that’s been performed by First Nations people for thousands of years. In recent decades both Welcomes to Country and Acknowledgements of Country have become an
...Welcome to Country
<p>Welcome to Country is a ceremony that’s been performed by First Nations people for thousands of years. In recent decades both Welcomes to Country and Acknowledgements of Country have become an
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