Victorian Aboriginal History 1800-1900

INDSL3109 Victorian Aboriginal History 1800-1900

This advanced unit will describe and define the patterns of contact between Victorian Aboriginal societies and representatives of outside cultures throughout the nineteenth century. The unit examines and evaluates government policies in relation to Aboriginal people in Victoria throughout this period and explore the motivations and actions of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Victorians in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations. The unit is designed to enable students to examine and critically analyse the scale and nature of contact and conflict between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in colonial Victoria. Students will reflect on the differing attitudes of present-day historians, politicians and other public commentators to Australia¿s settler-colonial history, with specific reference to Victorian Aboriginal history, and relate this understanding to contemporary social and political issues in Victoria.

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2026 contribution amount* $2,175
2026 grandfathered contribution amount^ $997

^ If you are a continuing student who commenced your course before 1 January 2021, you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented, for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.

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