10 Social Studies: Australia

Websites

Imperialism and Australia

• Timeline - Australia

  BBC timeline of key events in Australia's history

• The British Invasion of Australia

  A chapter of an academic work on migration. Published by the University of Barcelona

• The Economic History of Australia from 1788

  Bernard Attard from the University of Leicester discusses the economic impact of colonising Australia on Britain

• The British Colonisation of Australia

  A journal article published in Peace and Conflict Studies

• Australians at War: Colonial Period

  Australian War Memorial website on the military actions of the British in Australia until 1901

• Robbers and Spoilers: Australia and Britain

  Journal article on the relationship between Australia and Britain in the 19th century. Written from a Marxist perspective

Colonisation and Indigenous Australians

• Colonial Frontier Massacres in Central and Eastern Australia 1788-1930

• Australian Frontier Conflicts, 1788-1940

• Working with Indigenous Australians

• Australians Together - Colonisation

Podcast

• Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre (choose audio clip)

Sheds new light on one of the most infamous chapters of Australian colonial history. Good for impacts of colonisation.

Videos