Course overview
To develop introductory knowledge and understanding of the colonisation of Aboriginal Australia, the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and the effects of legislation relevant to Aboriginal people.
Course learning outcomes
- analyse the historical processes which resulted in dispossession for Aboriginal people
- examine the impact of government policies and legislation on Aboriginal People
- describe Aboriginal perspectives on government policy and legislation.
- discuss the role of historiography (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) in constructing knowledge about the Australian past since 1788.