UNIT 3
Unit 3 ‘From Custodianship to the
Anthropocene 60 000 BCE-2010’ – 2
Outcomes
In Unit 3, students will learn about the
significant events that contributed to
environmental changes in Australia
including Aboriginal management of
country, European settlement, Black
Thursday, the Federation Drought and
climate change.
WHAT WILL I LEARN
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
In Australian History, students develop their
understanding of the foundational and
transformative ideas, perspectives and events
in Australia’s history and the complexity of
continuity and change in the nation’s story.
They construct arguments about the past
using historical sources as evidence to
analyse and evaluate the extent to which
change occurred in the lives of Australians.
Students investigate the significant turning
points and trends in Australia’s past to identify
the causes, patterns, direction, pace, depth
and impact of continuity and change in
society. They consider the extent to which
events, ideas, individuals, groups and
movements contributed to, influenced and/or
resisted change. They also consider
competing historical interpretations, debates
and the diverse perspectives of people at the
time and how they may have changed while
others may have remained the same.
VCE - Australian History (Units 3 & 4)
P A G E 5 0 | P A K E N H A M S E C O N D A R Y C O L L E G E S E N I O R S C H O O L 2 0 2 6 H A N D B O O K
UNIT 4
Unit 4 ‘Power and Resistance 1788-
1998’ – 2 Outcomes
In Unit 4, the students will learn
about power, authority and political
changes including the creation of
unions, campaigns for female
suffrage, visions for a social
laboratory and a workingman’s
paradise, the establishment pf
legislation after Federation. Also,
they will research a wide range of
social, political and economic rights
and reforms throughout Australia’s
history.
SATISFACTORY COMPLETION
Unit 3
Outcome 1: ‘From custodianship
to the Anthropocene (60 000
BCE-1901’ (Evaluation of
Historical Sources SAC)
Outcome 2: ‘From
Custodianship to the
Anthropocene Transformations
1950-2010’ (Essay SAC)
Unit 4
Outcome 1: ‘Power and
Resistance Foundations 1788-
1913’ (A Historical Inquiry SAC)
Outcome 2: ‘Power and
Resistance Transformations
1957-1998 (Extended
Responses SAC)
Total Units 3 & 4
Final 2 hour examination
Unit 3 (25 marks) plus Unit 4 (25 marks)
plus Exam (50 marks) = 100 marks
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ENTRY
Unit 1 and 2 History preferred but not required.