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Unit of Study INDG1009 - Colonising Histories (2025)

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Introduces students to the history, methods and impact of colonisation. Students will explore racism, social disregard, government control, denial and cultural oppression as continuing factors that impact on Indigenous peoples. The political, cultural and social resistance of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous peoples to colonisation throughout this history will also be discussed.

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Module 1: Introduction: Colonial Australia

Module 2: Exclusionary Context 

Module 3: Australia’s Administration in Aboriginal Affairs

Module 4: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Module 5: Explanations for Policy Failure

Module 6: Recognise what?

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of colonialism as a violating movement and explain how it continues in different social formations

explain the major de-colonising theories and the forms of resistance and denial that emerged in the past and remain evident in contemporary responses

demonstrate an understanding of colonial contexts as an ongoing interplay between concepts of the world that differ fundamentally, and still provide an opportunity for positive change.

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