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HIST13019 The Lucky Country? The Political Economy of Australian History

The Lucky Country? The Political Economy of Australian History

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Overview

Is Australia a lucky country and has that luck run out? In this unit you will examine the political and economic history of Australia from before colonisation to the present day. The topics that you will explore include health, education, housing, work, and transport. Key episodes to be studied include First Nations' economies, the gold rushes, Federation debates, the impact of the Depression, and the Whitlam reforms. As a political and economic history, your investigation engages with current frontiers of Indigenous historiography and ongoing political and economic debates. At the completion of this unit, you will have a firm grounding in Australia's political and economic history and an understanding of the essential literature.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate

Unit Level: Level 3

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 10

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: Minimum of 18 credit points

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).