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ANZAC: Australians at War
Undergraduate | MAQ-MHIX205 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Evaluate the ANZAC legend's place in Australian life and mythology. Revisit some of Australia's armed conflicts before and after the Battle for Gallipoli. Deconstruct the digger myth. Address conscription, nationalism and the legacy of war.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- -
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ANZAC: Australians at War
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- read and analyse different kinds of historical evidence, including visual and textual sources;
- find, analyse and apply historical information
- communicate effectively in a range of written forms;
- participate actively in group discussions;
- develop and/or enhance collaborative skills
- describe and understand key events in the military history of Australia
- criticially analyse contemporary debates about the place of the military and armed conflict in Australian national life
- understand and discuss the ways in which Australian historians have written and argued about the role of war and the military in Australian national life.
- The ANZAC legend and the militarisation of Australian history
- Before ANZAC: Wars of Empire
- Before ANZAC: Frontier Wars
- Gallipoli and Beyond: The Birth of ANZAC
- A Land Fit for Heroes: The Returned Serviceman
- Sons of ANZAC: WWII
- Demobbed: Repatriation and Postwar Reconstruction
- Australia's Asian Garrisons: From BCOF to Butterworth and Beyond
- The One Day of the Year: ANZAC's Decline
- Make Love Not War: The Vietnam Veteran and the Anti-War Movement
- ANZAC's Reinvigoration and the New Australian Nationalism
- ANZAC at 100: A National Icon Today. And Tomorrow
This subject was previously known as HSTX205 ANZACs: Australians at War.
Please note: This subject is available in Macquarie Semester 3, which is an intensive semester that spans only 5 intensive teaching weeks, plus a mid-semester recess and an assessment period. Students are advised to enrol in only one or two subjects in Semester 3. Students who would prefer to take the unit over 13 teaching weeks should enrol in the Semester or Semester 2 offering.
The ANZAC Legend has long been at the core of Australian mythology. With Australia having now celebrated the 100th anniversary of this legend, this subject explores the impact of armed conflict on Australian national life. Beginning with Indigenous armed conflict prior to white colonisation, and moving through to the War on Terror, the subject will explore how the experience of war has shaped national identity. Themes will include: the idea of ANZAC and the militarisation of Australian History; the “digger myth”, gender, race and ethnicity; conscription; disability and rehabilitation; and other legacies of war and commemoration. A range of sources – from literature to film, from private diaries to official records will be used to examine these themes. Short videos are used in place of lectures and students will have the opportunity to conduct original primary research into Australian military history for their report project.
- Online journal portfolio (30%)
- Online quizzes (20%)
- Personal Research Report (50%)
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Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MAQ-HSTX205 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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