Click Here to view current information
Unit Synopsis
As you study Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history you engage with contemporary theory of settler colonialism and use the critical lens of cultural interface. You engage with key conceptual issues in understanding how history is written (historiography) and how perspective (nationalism and colonialism) shaped so-called Australian history and silenced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories. You will consider positioning in history writing, and the silencing power and ethical blindnesses of colonial nationalism and hegemony.The unit begins with an overview of pre-colonial Australia and briefly critically engages with western and Indigenous knowledges. It then moves to focus on colonisation from 1788 to the present. It moves systemically from 'first contact' to conflict on the colonial frontier, before embarking on a critical appraisal of government policy and practices imposed on Indigenous people, including Stolen Generations, terra nullius, land rights, the emergence of a vigorous Indigenous political culture, the limits of reconciliation and the goal of treaty.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2019
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site.
No previous feedback available
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE
Marking Rubric could be clearer
Marking Rubric to be adapted for clarity
Discussion of assessment expectations during tutorials. Essay template added to the assessment tile in Moodle.
Source: Student feedback.
Overall, the students found the unit engaging and useful.
Teaching staff will continue to provide students with relevant learning material that covers the history and engages with the current research.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evidence a broad knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
- Critically engage in reflecting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and how it was silenced
- Discuss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history in the context of settler nationalism
- Explain and critically and ethically reflect •i. on the significance of historical events and processes relevant to period; •ii. on historiography of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history; and •iii. by producing an historical argument (locating, retrieving, organising, analysing and synthesising the argument using required referencing methods) as per the assessment.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||