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HIST334-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012
Anzac Neighbours

30 points, 0.2500 EFTS
09 Jul 2012 - 11 Nov 2012 		↓Other occurrences

Description

This course compares and contrasts the history of New Zealand with the history of its most important neighbour, Australia. The course explores the extent to which the Tasman neighbours share a history as well as what makes this country distinctive. Analysis extends from the Anzac tradition to the idea of Australasia. The aim is to understand why New Zealand is closely integrated with Australia today.

New Zealand has no closer relationship than that with Australia, its largest neighbour. This course explores the extent to which the Tasman neighbours share a history in order to deepen our understanding of New Zealand as a community and how it relates to the world. The course compares and contrasts the histories of Australia and New Zealand, exploring how and why they are similar but also different.  Themes range from the idea of Australasia to the Anzac tradition, and why and how the two countries are so closely integrated today.

Learning Outcomes

By the time students have completed this course, they will be expected to demonstrate:
• a broad knowledge of New Zealand and Australian history
• a knowledge of selected major areas of historiography and of historical debates on each side of the Tasman
• an ability to compare and contrast key aspects of Australian and New Zealand histories
• an understanding of the evolution of trans-Tasman relations
• skills as per the Department of History’s skills programme for 200 and 300 level.

Pre-requisites

30 points at 200 level HIST, or 200 level Ancient History or 200 level MAOR.

Restrictions

Timetable

Lectures
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Tuesday 10:00am-11:00am A5 Lecture Theatre 9 Jul - 19 Aug,
3 Sep - 14 Oct
Thursday 9:00am-10:00am Law 105 9 Jul - 19 Aug,
3 Sep - 14 Oct

Tutorials
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm 16 Jul - 19 Aug,
3 Sep - 14 Oct

Course Coordinator

Philippa Mein Smith

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
One Book Review of 800 words 15%
Workshop paper and participation 15%
Final exam - 3 hours 40%
Research essay of 3,000 words 30%

Examination and Formal Tests

Exam Saturday 27 Oct 2012 9:30am-12:30pm  

Textbooks

Required Texts

Donald Denoon and Philippa Mein Smith, with Marivic Wyndham; A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific; Oxford, Blackwell, 2012.

Philippa Mein Smith, Peter Hempenstall and Shaun Goldfinch; Remaking the Tasman World; Christchurch, Canterbury University Press, 2008.

Recommended Reading

Philippa Mein Smith; A Concise History of New Zealand; 2nd edition, 2012; or 1st edition, 2005; Cambridge & Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Stuart Macintyre; A Concise History of Australia; 3rd edition, 2009; or 2nd edition, 2004; Cambridge & Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Course links

Library portal

Fees

Domestic fee $1,239.00
International fee $5,375.00


For further information see School of Humanities.

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