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Introduction to History (HIS181)
Points:	3
Enrolment Options:	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external Rockingham: S1-internal [see Teaching Periods and Census Dates]
Description:	Different societies and different groups within a society construct different histories. By analysing these different histories, students are introduced to the historian's craft and to the nature of historical knowledge. Topics include: The European witch hunts; British colonisation of New South Wales; Ned Kelly; the significance of the 1914-18 War for Australia; 'Typhoid Mary'; the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan; the Holocaust as history.
Contact time:	Lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week.
Prerequisites:	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Used in these Courses:	History (BA)
Used in these Minors:	Modern Social History

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Handbook 2010

Unit: Introduction to History

Introduction to History (HIS181)