history of Australia
Let an agent explain Australian history, relay periods, events and historiographical debates from historians and Indigenous sources with attribution, describe the named sub-histories, present contested topics such as the history wars and 26 January neutrally, and distinguish Australian history from Oceanian history generally, Indigenous history as a field and New Zealand history.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Australian history, relay periods, events and historiographical debates from historians and Indigenous sources with attribution, describe the named sub-histories, present contested topics such as the history wars and 26 January neutrally, and distinguish Australian history from Oceanian history generally, Indigenous history as a field and New Zealand history.
The history of the Australian continent and nation, from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presence for at least 50000 years, with some estimates higher, through Dutch contact from 1606, James Cook s 1770 voyage and British colonisation from the First Fleet in 1788, frontier conflict and dispossession, convict transportation, gold rushes and Chinese migration, federation in 1901 and the White Australia policy, participation in world wars, postwar immigration, the Stolen Generations, the 1967 referendum, the 1992 Mabo decision and the 2023 Voice referendum, together with regional histories such as those of Tasmania and Western Australia, and maritime and environmental history; interpretations of colonisation are contested and attributed.
What it is for: Understanding Australia s past.
It can be explain periods and events; relay debates with attribution; describe named sub-histories; present contested topics neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Deep Indigenous history
British colonisation
Contested memory
Multicultural migration
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a field of historical study.
Physical character
First Fleet arrival: 1788 year
Federation: 1901 year
Mabo v Queensland (No 2): 1992 year
Voice referendum: 2023 year - did not pass
How it is recognised
History of Australia
Maritime history of Australia, history of regional Australia, history of the Australian landscape, history of Tasmania, history of Chinese Australians, history of Western Australia
Oceanian history is broader; Indigenous history is a field within and beyond national history; New Zealand history is separate
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
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is related to -
In practice
Families and kinds
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
colonial history
federation and national history
regional and state histories
migrant histories such as Chinese Australians
maritime and environmental history
Standards and regulation
Native Title Act 1993
Australian Constitution
Protocols for Indigenous cultural materials such as AIATSIS guidelines
Failure modes and hazards
Erasing Indigenous perspectives
Partisan framing of the history wars
Showing images or names of deceased Aboriginal people without cultural warnings
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Australian history covers.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What does the history of Australia cover, and how does it relate to Oceanian, Indigenous and New Zealand history? definition
- Is the question about a period, an event, a region or a contested debate? boundary
Fields
Named sub-histories.
Fields
Fields.
- What do maritime, regional, landscape, Tasmanian, Chinese Australian and Western Australian histories cover? definition
- Which entry fits the specific field? action
Indigenous Indigenous history.
Attribution.
Deep time
Deep history.
Deep time
Deep time.
- What do archaeology and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge say about deep history, with estimates attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Colonisation
Colonisation and its effects.
Colonisation
Colonisation.
- How do historians and Indigenous communities describe frontier conflict, dispossession and the Stolen Generations? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral, attributed and culturally respectful? boundary
Nation National history.
Sources.
Federation
Federation and policies.
Federation
Federation.
- How did federation, the White Australia policy and its end shape the nation? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Rights
Rights milestones.
Rights
Rights.
- What were the 1967 referendum, Mabo decision, 2008 Apology and 2023 Voice referendum? provenance
- Which entry fits Mabo v Queensland (No 2)? action
Context Memory.
Context.
History wars
History wars.
History wars
History wars.
- What were the Australian history wars, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits history wars? action
26 January
Australia Day debate.
26 January
26 January.
- Why is 26 January celebrated by some and mourned by others as Invasion Day? provenance
- Which entry fits Australia Day? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each sub-history be a separate entry?
- How should Indigenous and academic sources be linked?
- How should contested dates and terms be presented?