Chronology, terms and concepts
- Sequence historical people and events (ACHHS098)
WHAT WERE THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, AND WHO WERE THE SIGNIFICANT PEROPLE IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA.
what makes an event significant?
Importance, How did people in the past view an event?
Profoundness, How deeply were people affected by an event or development? How important were the consequences of an event?
Quantity, How many lives were affected by the event?
Durability, For how long were people’s lives affected by the event?
Relevance, To what extent has the event, development or movement contributed to an increased understanding of the contemporary world?
Profoundness, How deeply were people affected by an event or development? How important were the consequences of an event?
Quantity, How many lives were affected by the event?
Durability, For how long were people’s lives affected by the event?
Relevance, To what extent has the event, development or movement contributed to an increased understanding of the contemporary world?
The Australian Curriculum glossary, 2013, defines sinificance as:
The importance that is assigned to particular aspects of the past, eg events, developments, movements and historical sites.
Significance includes an examination of the principles behind the selection of what should be investigated and remembered and
involves consideration of questions such as: How did people in the past view the significance of an event? How important were
the consequences of an event? What was the duration of the event? How relevant is it to the contemporary world?
The importance that is assigned to particular aspects of the past, eg events, developments, movements and historical sites.
Significance includes an examination of the principles behind the selection of what should be investigated and remembered and
involves consideration of questions such as: How did people in the past view the significance of an event? How important were
the consequences of an event? What was the duration of the event? How relevant is it to the contemporary world?
KEY EVENTS IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA
Project Gutenberg Australia, Significant Dates In Australian History Form 1486-1945. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://gutenberg.net.au/timeline.html >
< http://gutenberg.net.au/timeline.html >
Aboriginal
Archives Assimilation Causation Censorship Chronology Civics Citizenship Colonisation Country/Land Constitution Early Modern Emigration Empire Evidence Federation Franchise Heritage Immigration Indigenous Peoples Integration Interpretation Invasion Land Land rights Mabo Multiculturalism Protection Native Title Non-Aboriginal Ottoman Empire Perspective Rationing Reconciliation Referendum Self-determination Society Source Suffrage Synthesis Terra nullius |
An Aboriginal person is a person of Aboriginal descent who identifies as an Aboriginal person and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives.
Refers both to collections of public records, documents, etc and the place/s where they are stored. A policy requiring all people living in a community, regardless of their cultural background or country of origin, to adopt the same manner of living as the dominant culture. The link between the cause and effect of an historical event. Examination of books, news reports, films, plays and other material for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed to be objectionable on moral, political or other grounds. At the outbreak of WWI, censorship controls were introduced to ‘safeguard national security’. In WWII, the National Security Act (1939) imposed a system of censorship especially over newspapers. According to time sequence. A chronology places events and dates in historical order. An identifiable body of knowledge, understanding and skills relating to the organisation and working of society, including a country’s political and social heritage, democratic processes, government, public administration and judicial systems. The term ‘citizenship’ has both legal and social meanings. In a legal sense, it is that set of rights and responsibilities granted to a people in recognition of their attachment to a particular country. In a social sense, it refers to the participation of people in their community as they fulfill and debate their rights and responsibilities. A process by which a different system of government is established by one nation over another group of peoples. It involves the colonial power asserting and enforcing its sovereignty according to its own law, rather than by the laws of the colonised. In the context of Aboriginal peoples, is used to describe a specific area of a nation or clan including physical, linguistic and spiritual features. The fundamental rules that establish how a country is governed, typically establishing the role and powers of parliament, the executive and the judiciary. Broadly, the period of history from the end of the Middle Ages to about the time of the French Revolution and the beginnings of the Economic Revolution. The act of leaving one’s country of birth to settle permanently in another country. A collection of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor or other powerful sovereign or government. The information that tends to prove or disprove a conclusion. It can be used to establish the fact or point in question. The voluntary union of the six Australian colonies which came into being on January 1st 1901. It involved the colonies transferring certain powers to the Federal or Commonwealth Government (eg defence, foreign affairs, immigration) while retaining control over other responsibilities (eg education, health, transport) under a written Constitution. The right to vote. That which belongs to an individual, group, community or nation as a result of birth, inheritance or membership. It can also be applied to significant examples of the built or natural environment. A social process whereby people come to a new land with the intention of permanently settling there. This term is used when referring collectively to the first peoples of a land in international communities. The term Indigenous Australians is used when speaking about both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia. A government policy in relation to both Aboriginal peoples and migrant groups which sought to facilitate their amalgamation into mainstream Australian society, without requiring them to abandon their original culture/s. A way of understanding and explaining what has happened in the past. The discipline of History acknowledges that there is often more than one view of what has happened in the past. The forced takeover of land. The term ‘land’ is used by Aboriginal people to describe their spirituality and ecosystems including Dreamings, all living things including totems, and all physical factors, such as sacred sites, water, air and geographical factors. The continuing struggle of Indigenous Australians to regain possession of their lands. (see Native Title) Eddie Koiki Mabo, whose Murray Island land claim led the High Court to recognise, for the first time, that a form of land title existed prior to Australia’s occupation by Great Britain in 1788. The judgment, made in 1993, is usually referred to as Mabo. A policy based on the promotion of cultural diversity which encourages peoples of different cultural/ethnic origins to retain their own cultures, while participating as active and responsible citizens of the dominant culture. A government policy towards Aboriginal peoples which sought to protect them from the effects of violence, disease and exploitation as a result of European settlement. It was based on a belief that Aboriginal peoples were doomed to extinction and should be given some protection to live out their last years in peace. ‘Native Title’ is the name given by the High Court to Indigenous property rights recognised by the court in the Mabo judgment (3 June 1992). The Mabo judgment overthrew the concept of terra nullius – that the land of Australia had belonged to no one when the British arrived in 1788. The judgment found that a native title to land existed in 1788 and may continue to exist provided it has not been extinguished by subsequent acts of government and provided Indigenous groups continue to observe their traditional laws an customs. The High Court’s Wik judgment (December 1996) decided an issue left unresolved by the Mabo judgment when it determined that native title could coexist with other rights on land held under a pastoral lease. People in Australia who do not and are not identified as Aboriginal (see Aboriginal). The Empire of the Turks founded about 1300AD by Osman which controlled large amounts of territory in Asia, Africa and Europe for more than six centuries until its collapse as a result of WWI. A point of view from which historical events, problems and issues can be analysed eg a gender perspective (either masculine or feminine) of the past. Government-imposed restrictions on the allowance of people’s food, clothing and fuel in both World Wars for the purpose of maintaining the nation’s war effort. A Commonwealth initiative to promote understanding between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider community and to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage. Under the Australian Constitution, a referendum is used by a government to formally seek the opinion of the people on a particular issue or change the Constitution. To succeed, a referendum must attract a majority of voters voting ‘Yes’ and a majority of States also voting ‘Yes’. The effective participation of Aboriginal peoples in all decision-making that affects them. A group of people living in a discrete geographical area, sharing common systems reflected in their customs, values, laws, arts and technology. Any written or non-written materials that can be used to investigate the past. A source becomes ‘evidence’ (see above) when it is used to support or refute a viewpoint. The right to vote. All Australian citizens over the age of eighteen have this right. A process whereby a student brings together parts or elements of an historical inquiry to form a complete picture of the situation or events. (see Native Title) A concept in international law meaning ‘a territory belonging to no-one’ or ‘over which no-one claims ownership’. The concept has been used to justify the invasion and colonisation of Australia. |
This glossary comes from:
Colonization and Contact, 2010, Year 8 History: Australia 1788-1900. Retrieved 11th November 2013. <http://colonisationandcontact.wordpress.com/glossary/>
Colonization and Contact, 2010, Year 8 History: Australia 1788-1900. Retrieved 11th November 2013. <http://colonisationandcontact.wordpress.com/glossary/>
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< http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Year5#learningarea=H >
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy-map.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sturt-map.jpg
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< http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Year5#learningarea=H >
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J Eng Rail History, 2012, Flinders Street Station, 1854. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://www.engrailhistory.info/r072.html
Colonization and Contact, 2010, Year 8 History: Australia 1788-1900. Retrieved 11th November 2013. <http://colonisationandcontact.wordpress.com/glossary/>
John McDouall Stuart Society, 2103, Maps Depicting the Explorations and Surveys of John McDouall Stuart. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
<http://johnmcdouallstuart.org.au/wpcontent/uploads/2010/08Clipboard44.jpg>
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, 2013, Daintree, R, Gold miners outside a bark hut, Queensland, ca. 1870. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/display.>
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, 2013, Daintree, R, Gold miners prospecting, Queensland, ca. 1870. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/display.>
National Film and Sound Archive, 2012,Digital Learning Resources, Australian History Timeline. Retrieved 8th October 2013.
http://www.aushistorytimeline.com/
National Library of Australia, 2013, Bladen, F. M. (Frank Murcott) 1890, [Route of Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson across the Blue Mountains in 1813], [189-?]
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18948679
National Library of Australia, 2013, A Chart of the Interior of New South Wales,, by John Oxley, Surveyor. Retrieved 9th Deceber 2013.
< http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9031375>
State Library NSW 2008, Henderson, J. B,. Eureka Stockade riot, Ballarat, 1854,Watercolour, SSV2B/Ball/7. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/victoria/eureka.html
Project Gutenberg Australia, Significant Dates In Australian History Form 1486-1945. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
< http://gutenberg.net.au/timeline.html >
State Library NSW 2008, Miner's Right, license for George Johnson, 1862-1873, Manuscript, ML MSS 1169. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/victoria/eureka.html
Wikipedia, 2013, File: Burke and Wills Track. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burke_and_Wills_Track.png
Wikipedia, 2013, Eyre’s Map. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Eyre-map.jpg
Wikipedia, 2013, File: Interior of NSW 1822 Oxley. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_NSW_1822_Oxley.jpg
Wikipedia, 2013, Leichhardt- Map. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leichhardt-map.jpg
Wikipedia, 2013, File: Kennedy- Map. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy-map.jpg
Wikipedia, 2013, File: Stuart Map. Retrieved 9th December 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sturt-map.jpg