Write a research essay answering one of the questions below.
1. Choose a major event in Australia's past. How did this event change Australia?
2. Is Australia (still) a racist country? Answer with reference to the lives and experiences of Australia's Indigenous peoples in the 21stcentury.
3. What is multiculturalism? Is Australia an example of a successful multicultural nation? Why/why not? Explain with reference to Australia in the 20th and/or 21st centuries.
4. 'The Anzac Legend has very little to do with the reality of the experiences of members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).' Do you agree? Why/why not?
5. 'When it comes to Asia, Australia is truly an "anxious nation". Do you agree? Explain why/why not with reference to Australia in the 20th and/or 21st century.
6. 'The experience of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister demonstrated that sexism is alive and well in Australia today.' Do you agree? Why/why not?
7. Why is sport so important to ordinary Australians? Answer with reference to at least one sporting code in Australia in the 21st century.
8. Why do Australians seem so unable to come to terms with the reality of their continent's environment?
9. Compare Australia's history with the history of your home country. How is it similar? How is it different? Explain with reference to proper scholarly sources about Australia and your home country.
10. How is Australia perceived in your home country? Explain with reference to at least 6 news reports as well as proper scholarly sources about international attitudes towards Australia.
Choose topic 6 and write 2000 words.
Essential Ereadings about topic 6
Hall, LJ and Donaghue, N 2013, "Nice Girls Don't Carry Knives": Constructions of Ambition in Media Coverage of Australia's First Female Prime Minister, British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 52, 631-47.
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