Courses
Australian History Courses
Understand the events that have shaped Australia's history and identity.
Examine Australia’s history from its earliest First Nations cultures through to colonial development and contemporary society. Explore key events, movements, and changes that have shaped national identity, culture, and social development.
Eleven "Plagues" of Sydney: Epidemics and their Impact
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Eleven "Plagues" of Sydney: Epidemics and their Impact
<p>Since 1788, Sydney has faced repeated waves of epidemic disease that shaped the city’s development and social life. This course explores eleven major outbreaks, examining how fear, politics,
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Unpacking The Higgins/Lehrmann "Omnishambles"
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Unpacking The Higgins/Lehrmann "Omnishambles"
<p>The Higgins–Lehrmann case exposed deep tensions between law, politics and media in Australia. This course revisits the events and fallout, examining how legal processes, public commentary and
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The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land
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The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land
<p>Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, entered European awareness through a series of dramatic voyages. This course traces early encounters with the island, focusing on explorers such as Abel
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How Paul Keating Revolutionised the Australian Economy
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How Paul Keating Revolutionised the Australian Economy
<p>In the 1980s and early 1990s, Paul Keating played a central role in transforming Australia’s economy. This course examines the key reforms, political struggles and economic ideas behind that
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Blue Mountains Colonial Adventures: On the Road to Bathurst
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Blue Mountains Colonial Adventures: On the Road to Bathurst
<p>For early colonists, the Blue Mountains were long considered an impassable barrier. This course traces the dramatic history of exploration, road-building and settlement from Parramatta to Bathurst.
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Honest Crooks and Crooked Cops
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Honest Crooks and Crooked Cops
<p>Australia’s past is rich with stories of crime, corruption and blurred moral lines. This course explores true stories of criminals, police and opportunists, examining how law and justice were
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Greenway, Blacket and Burley-Griffin: Three Architects' Legacy to Sydney
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Greenway, Blacket and Burley-Griffin: Three Architects' Legacy to Sydney
<p>There are many well-known architects who have helped shape Sydney’s buildings. Three of the best known worked in different eras, former convict Francis Greenway, in the 1810’s and 1820’s, Edmund
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Australia’s Youth Social Media Laws
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Brick Built This City: Shaping Sydney, 1788 to the Present Day
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In Search of Terra Australis