HIST1051 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Notes
• Week Two
• Lecture 2.1: Dispossession and Possession
• Lecture Summary
Part One:
▪ Aboriginal Australia & Australian history
▪ Aboriginal traditions & uses of history
▪ Creation stories vs migration stories
Part Two:
▪ Age of Discovery & Imperialism
▪ Terra Australis Incognita (unknown south land)
• Dutch & French: possession?
▪ James Cook & Botany Bay
• Conquest, Consent, Discovery
• Focus Questions
1. What are some of the differences between western European traditions of history and
Aboriginal traditions of history?
2. To what extent was Australia untouched by civilisation until the arrival of the British in 1788?
3. What ee ae the ipliatios of the lai that the Bitish disoeed Austalia?
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PART ONE
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Aboriginal Australia and
Australian History
o Timeline of the nation – perceived as beginning in 1788
o 1960s onwards – efforts to incorporate Aboriginal history into national history:
• Migration stories (Bicentennial Celebrations)
• Aboriginal antiquity (Tourism Australia advertisement)
• Imagined Community and
Settler Nationalism
❑ 1890s:
• 70% native-born/ethnically homogenous
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• Common language
• Geographic boundaries
• BUT no historical connection
❑ Ceatig atie Austalias
❑ BUT hat aout the othe aties?
❑ Past v. future/primitive v. modern
• Aboriginal History as Australian History?
1. Not one nation but many
2. Post-1788 cultural influence negligible
3. History is not written down
Also disputed by some
Aboriginal people:
1. Obsession with dates
2. Creation not migration
• Dreaming Stories
• Aboriginal Antiquity
• Length of human occupation:
• 1930s: few hundred years
• 1940s: 10,000 – 15,000 years (Pleistocene period)
• 1950s: carbon dating and DNA testing
• 1960s: 13,000
• 1980s: 40,000
• 2000s: 50,000
• 2010s: 65,000
• ‘eogitio of oupatio: aes of igats ad fist oloists
• Blainey, Triumph of the Nomads, 1975
• Flannery, The Future Eaters, 1994
• Legitimises European occupation
• Human History in Australia
• If 40,000 yrs of Aboriginal people = 1 hour
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Document Summary
Part one: aboriginal australia & australian history, aboriginal traditions & uses of history, creation stories vs migration stories. James cook & botany bay: conquest, consent, discovery, focus questions, what are some of the differences between western european traditions of history and. Australian history: timeline of the nation perceived as beginning in 1788, 1960s onwards efforts to incorporate aboriginal history into national history, migration stories (bicentennial celebrations, aboriginal antiquity (tourism australia advertisement) 1890s: 70% native-born/ethnically homogenous, common language, geographic boundaries, but no historical connection. Past v. future/primitive v. modern: aboriginal history as australian history, not one nation but many, post-1788 cultural influence negligible, history is not written down. Aboriginal people: obsession with dates, creation not migration, dreaming stories, aboriginal antiquity. Legitimises european occupation: human history in australia. If 40,000 yrs of aboriginal people = 1 hour: 200 years of white settlement = 18 sec, creation or migration, settler = migration.
