HIS283: Australian Environmental History (Not available in 2010)

This unit examines aspects of the interaction between human history and the Australian environment. It considers questions such as the impact on the Australian continent of millennia of Aboriginal occupation; the transformation of the land wrought by Europeans; issues and conflicts arising from changing understandings of the Australian environment; and the nature of belonging. Finally, the unit addresses some of the major environmental and ethical issues that confront Australians facing the twenty-first century.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Not available 2010
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week.
Prerequisites	Nil.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Jan Gothard Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: J.Gothard@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.012 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2998
Unit Contacts	No contacts available, please contact the unit coordinator for more information

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)