On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. identify key social and political issues that have impacted and shaped �eAboriginal�f and/or Torres Strait Islander�f lives and communities;
2. critically analyse the impact of key social and political issues on Indigenous Australia;
3. explain the impact of colonisation on Indigenous peoples and the ramifications of such for Non-Indigenous Australians;
4. identify Indigenous peoples' strategies of resistance to the colonising process - comparative studies;
5. use effective research skills to investigate the social and political issues that impact Indigenous Australia.

Invasion and Colonisation
Terra Nullius
State and Commonwealth Policies e.g. Protection, Assimilation, Integration, Self-Determination
Indigenous social indicators
Indigenous welfare dependence
US Civil Rights Movement and influence on Indigenous Australia
1967 Referendum
Politics of Land/Land Rights/Native Title
Deaths in Custody
Stolen Generation
National Apology to the Stolen Generation
Northern Territory Intervention
Stolen wages
Repatriation of Indigenous Remains
Revisionist policies e.g. NSW DSE Aboriginal Education Policy