Australian History
Whether your interest is in the early colonial settlement of Australia; the 60000 years of indigenous occupation; lies closer to home in the history of your family and ancestors; or all three, WEA Sydney offers you the chance to deepen your understanding of your own history in a friendly and social setting.
Australia's History Wars
<p>Keith Windshuttle and Henry Reynolds began their “history wars” many years ago over the concepts of invasion, genocide and the stolen generations. Other historians joined in. The wars spread to
...<p>Keith Windshuttle and Henry Reynolds began their “history wars” many years ago over the concepts of invasion, genocide and the stolen generations. Other historians joined in. The wars spread to
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How to Research Your Family History
<p>This course provides a basic introduction to the main primary and secondary sources of information required to build family histories, no matter their country of origin. Whilst only
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Nature's Great Divide - The Wallace Line
<p>It was Alfred Russel Wallace who realized the Lombok Strait in Indonesia represents the biogeographical boundary between the fauna of Asia and Australasia, a boundary subsequently named the ‘
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Aussie Crooks: Frauds, Thieves and Coppers
<p>With a colony started by convicts what can you expect but that Australia should have a colourful history of crime? From the forgers and blackmailers who became our earliest writers and architects,
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River History Walk: Windsor & Hawkesbury River
<p>This walk takes us around Windsor which was first settled by the British in 1795, beside the bountiful Hawkesbury. <em>Dyarubbin</em> - as the river was called by the Darug people - has choke
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The Adventures of Captain Bligh
<p>William Bligh is famous as captain of the Bounty, the ship he lost to mutineers led by Fletcher Christian. But few people know that Bligh was the centre of a later, much larger mutiny, when he lost
...<p>William Bligh is famous as captain of the Bounty, the ship he lost to mutineers led by Fletcher Christian. But few people know that Bligh was the centre of a later, much larger mutiny, when he lost
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The Stories Behind the Pictures: Shedding Light on the Photographic Materials in the NSW State Archives
<p><strong>In Association with the Royal Australian Historical Society.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Speakers:</strong> Anna Gray and Jenny Sloggett<br />
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<p>The NSW State Archives includes a vast
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How to Research Your Irish Ancestors
<p>The course provides an introduction to the key primary and secondary sources of information required to locate (Northern & Southern) Irish family. It provides the opportunity for a hands-on
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Can a New Australian Foreign Policy be Created?
<p>The basic themes in Australian foreign policy have not changed over the past century or so. There are occasional calls for a new foreign policy to be created, such as a more independent,
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Ben Chifley's Open Secret
<p>Australia's first postwar prime minister ran the country very largely from his room in the Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra, with the help of his long-time secretary/companion. The media all knew about
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