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.
Australia’s Youth Social Media Laws
Australia’s Youth Social Media Laws
<p>Australia became the first nation to introduce social media restrictions for young people on 10 December 2025, a policy now being adopted internationally. This course examines the origins and
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Sex in Australia: A Social History
Sex in Australia: A Social History
<p>Sex may be deeply personal, but it has always been shaped by public rules, beliefs and pressures. This course explores how Australian attitudes to sex have changed over time under the influence of
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After the War: Australian Soldiers Who Became Artists
After the War: Australian Soldiers Who Became Artists
<p>What happens after war ends? This course explores the lives of three Australian World War I veterans: Rex Batterbee, Napier Waller and Penleigh Boyd, who became significant artists. We examine how
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Arnhem Land: Rock Art, Rainbow Serpent and European Explorers
Arnhem Land: Rock Art, Rainbow Serpent and European Explorers
<p>Immerse yourself in Arnhem Land through a course that brings together Country, rock art, ancestral stories and early colonial history. Beginning at Mount Borradaile, you’ll encounter remarkable art
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Brick Built This City: Shaping Sydney, 1788 to the Present Day
Brick Built This City: Shaping Sydney, 1788 to the Present Day
<p>Explore Sydney’s built environment through one deceptively simple material: brick. This course traces the city’s brick story in a 3 part form, from the earliest colonial buildings of 1788, through
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Four National Parks around Sydney
Four National Parks around Sydney
<p>If you look at a map of South-Eastern NSW, you realise that despite Sydney’s immense sprawl, that we are fortunate to have four large world-renowned national parks ringing the city. In this course
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Environmentalism in Australia
Environmentalism in Australia
<p>How Australians relate to the environment has changed dramatically over time. This course traces that shift from the colonial British impulse to tame, control and exploit the land towards later
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How Paul Keating Revolutionised the Australian Economy
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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The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land
Blue Mountains Colonial Adventures: On the Road to Bathurst