Imagining Australia: Australian History VCE Units 3 & 4

Imagining Australia: Australian History, VCE Units 3 & 4 is an exciting new text written by an expert author team to address the requirements of the new Australian History study design.

This is the ideal text for students wishing to gain a solid understanding of Australian history from 1830 to 2000 and the ideas and visions that have underpinned the Australian experience at four points in our nation's history.

It combines a comprehensive narrative with high interest primary sources and modelling of key history skills. Imagining Australia is the 'must have' text for VCE Australian History students.

Contents:

• Unit 3, Area of Study 1: A new land: Port Phillip District 1830-1860
• Unit 3, Area of Study 2: Nation, race and citizen 1888-1914
• Unit 4, Area of Study 1: Testing the new nation 1914-1950
• Unit 4, Area of Study 2: Debating Australia's future 1960-2000

Key Features:

• Introduction to each Area of Study
• Detailed, contemporary content based on the latest historical research.
• Topics include attitudes to immigration and attitudes to Indigenous rights
• A wide range of textual and visual sources accompanied by source analysis and review questions
• Timelines for understanding important events and developments
• A range of Historians' Views that encourage students to compare and evaluate differing or contradictory historical interpretations and debates
• Sample SACs at the end of each Area of Study
• An Assessment section devoted to exam preparation, including a practice exam and essay-writing tips
• Web links to relevant research sites
• A Glossary of terms
• A Bibliography