Indigenous Australia/INDA102/Course guide/Syllabus

Syllubus

Participants in Indigenous Australia reside in different time zones. We recommend that you follow the course in your own time zone. For example, Monday means your Monday and not the time zone where the lead facilitator is located.

Orientation

Familiarise yourself with the course site and establish your personal learning journal.

• Dates: should be reviewed before you start your learning journey.
• Learning materials:

1. Start Here

Session 1: Invasion and the Colonial Frontier Period

• Suggested dates: Week 1
• Learning materials:

1. Overview
2. Thinking about Australia's History of Colonisation
3. European Views of Indigenous Peoples at the Time of Invasion
4. Initial Contact
5. Disease
6. The Colonial Frontier
7. Resistance

Session 2: Protection, Segregation, and Assimilation Policies

• Suggested dates: Week 2
• Learning materials:

1. Overview
2. Racial Thinking and Indigenous Histories
3. Segregation, Protection, Assimilation: Overlapping Themes
4. Protection Acts
5. Segregation on Reserves and Missions
6. Assimilation and 'Biological Absorption

Session 3: The Stolen Generations

• Suggested dates: Week 3
• Learning materials:

1. Overview
2. Who are the Stolen Generations?
3. The History of Child Removal in Australia
4. 'Black Armband History' and the 'History Wars'
5. The Continuing Impact of Removal
6. The Apology to the Stolen Generations

Session 4: Assessments