GONE BUSH: AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY AND RURAL MYTH
HUS3GBP
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Bush myths have played an important role in the construction of Australian identity despite the prominence of urban centralisation in the colonisation of Australia. Students in this subject examine how and why the Australian bush has been associated with mythic and authentic white Australian identities which were defined against the city and overlooked Aboriginal people. With a focus on both men and women#s experience, and on memoirs of childhood, Australian rurality is examined as a set of experiences and ideas produced, distributed and consumed in the bush and beyond. Students participate in site visits in the southwest Riverina and/or the Murray River Valley that link to the subject focus.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: As this is a place-based subject that is primarily delivered online, student participation in site visits in the southwest Riverina and/or the Murray River Valley will be compulsory. Assessment items that link to the site visits will form a hurdle.
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Demonstrate an understanding of at least one period or culture of the past.
- Activities:
- Journal and analysis task
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
02. Identify and reflect critically upon the knowledge and skills developed in their study of history.
- Activities:
- Journal and analysis task
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
03. Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative in audio, digital, oral, visual or written form.
- Activities:
- Journal and analysis task
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
04. Identify and interpret a wide variety of primary and secondary materials.
- Activities:
- Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
05. Examine historical issues by undertaking research according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline.
- Activities:
- Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
06. Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past.
- Activities:
- Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
07. Identify and reflect critically upon the knowledge and skills developed in their study of history.
- Activities:
- Take home test
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
Albury-Wodonga, 2017, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"This subject includes a three day field trip with face to face lectures in addition to online delivery"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 word Gone Bush journal and analysis task | A three day residential period in Albury-Wodonga will enable site visits in the regionl and intensive face to face classes | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |
| 1500 word essay | 40 | 04, 05, 06 | |
| 1000 word take home test | 20 | 07 |
Bendigo, 2017, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"This subject includes a three day field trip with face to face lectures based at Albury Wodonga in addition to online delivery"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 word Gone Bush journal and analysis task | A three day residential period in Albury-Wodonga will enable site visits in the regionl and intensive face to face classes | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |
| 1500 word essay | 40 | 04, 05, 06 | |
| 1000 word take home test | 20 | 07 |
Melbourne, 2017, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"This subject includes a three day field trip with face to face lectures based at Albury Wodonga in addition to online delivery"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 word Gone Bush journal and analysis task | A three day residential period in Albury-Wodonga will enable site visits in the regionl and intensive face to face classes | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |
| 1500 word essay | 40 | 04, 05, 06 | |
| 1000 word take home test | 20 | 07 |
Mildura, 2017, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"This subject includes a three day field trip with face to face lectures based at Albury Wodonga in addition to online delivery"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 word Gone Bush journal and analysis task | A three day residential period in Albury-Wodonga will enable site visits in the regionl and intensive face to face classes | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |
| 1500 word essay | 40 | 04, 05, 06 | |
| 1000 word take home test | 20 | 07 |
Shepparton, 2017, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"This subject includes a three day field trip with face to face lectures based at Albury Wodonga in addition to online delivery"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 word Gone Bush journal and analysis task | A three day residential period in Albury-Wodonga will enable site visits in the regionl and intensive face to face classes | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |
| 1500 word essay | 40 | 04, 05, 06 | |
| 1000 word take home test | 20 | 07 |