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History 7-10 / Year 9 / Knowledge and understanding / Making and transforming the Australian nation (1750-1914)
Curriculum content descriptions
the key social, cultural, economic and political changes and their significance in the development of Australian society during the period (AC9HH9K02)
Elaborations
- examining the different contexts of the Australian colonies and explaining their influences; for example, analysing and evaluating the effects of physical isolation on the development of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, the deliberate exclusion of convicts in the colonisation of South Australia, the discovery of gold on the development of Victoria, and the expansion across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales
- examining the development of Australia’s economy from the early days of settlement up to World War I, in particular agricultural and pastoral industries, and the key role played by the “squattocracy” and figures such as Elizabeth Macarthur
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Modern history, Economy, Imperialism, Political independence, Political systems, Social equality