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Australian Aboriginal History

by Professor Richard Broome

In this subject students study two key regions of Australia's colonial past – the cradle of white settlement in early New South Wales and/or Tasmania, and the Northern Territory, Australia's last frontier - to explore colonial relations and also the recent past. Student-centred enquiry-based research into colonial primary documents in teams and individually through research essays will enable students to develop their skills of research and conceptual analysis.

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Episodes

  1. Humour, Power and Aborigines

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on relations on a frontier - when do they start and finish, and can they exist indefinitely? Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  2. Civil Rights to Indigenous Rights

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on civil rights and the land protests at Yirrkala. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  3. Managing Aborigines in the Territory to 1960s

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the assimilation of Aboriginal people. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  4. The Separation of Aboriginal Children

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the Stolen Generation. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  5. The Pastoral World

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on Aboriginal interaction with the pastoral world. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  6. Racial Ideas at Federation

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on how Aboriginal issues were treated during the formation of Australia. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  7. Discovering the Territory

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on exploration of the territories. Copyright 2012 Richard Broome / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  8. NSW in the Era of Protection

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on NSW in the era of protection. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  9. Nineteenth Century Missionaries

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the interaction between Aboriginals and missionaries. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  10. The Frontier War

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the frontier war between settlers and the Aboriginals. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  11. Contexts of Early NSW Culture Contacts

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the culture contacts in early NSW between Aboriginals and settlers. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  12. From Eora to Aboriginies

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on the representation and contact with the aboriginals of early Sydney. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  13. Possessing Australia

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on who can lay a claim to Australia. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  14. Australian and European Meanings of Land

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on how the Australian land had different meanings to different people. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  15. The Nature of Frontier

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) on what the frontier is and the meaning behind it. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

  16. Historians, Aboriginies, Australia

    Professor Richard Broome (History, La Trobe University) introduces the notion of Aboriginal history and how it has changed. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

In this subject students study two key regions of Australia's colonial past – the cradle of white settlement in early New South Wales and/or Tasmania, and the Northern Territory, Australia's last frontier - to explore colonial relations and also the recent past. Student-centred enquiry-based research into colonial primary documents in teams and individually through research essays will enable students to develop their skills of research and conceptual analysis.

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Professor Richard Broome

Produced by La Trobe University

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