Home Page for HIST 381

HIST 381: Australia & New Zealand

This is the home page for a course in the history of Australia and New Zealand taught at North Dakota State University by Professor Tom Isern. Students, this website, including the weblog framed at lower right, is essential to your progress in the course. Everyone else, feel free to look around.

Study Guides for Lectures

1. Native(s?): Aborigine & Maori

2. Geography: Taylor & Cumberland

3. Discovery: Terra Incognita & Aotearoa

4. Settlement: Convicts & Pilgrims

5. Economics: Empire and Dependency

6. Society: Ashes and All Blacks

7. Politics: Commonwealth and Dominion

8. Letters: Bush Ballads to Bulibasha

9. Diplomacy: Yankee Sidekicks or Second-Class Poms

10. History: Clark and Sinclair

Study Guides for Texts

Short History of Australia

History of New Zealand

Administration

About the Weblog (The Backbencher)

Texts

Calendar

Goals

Assessment

Evaluation

Scholastic Honesty

Response Papers

In-Class & Weblog Discussions

Book Reviews

Film Reviews

Radio Reports

Newspaper Reports

Magazine Reports

Research Reports

Resources

Bibliography

Humanities Librarian Fran Fisher

Enrichment

NZOZ Video

NZOZ Photos

Graduate Assistants

Jim Sele (sele@i29.net, telephone 701-231-5904, office hours T & R 3:30-5:00 & by appointment)

Dave Mills (david.mills@ndsu.edu)

Bulletin description:Comprehensive, but not exhaustive, historical comparison of Australia and New Zealand. Organized topically to facilitate comparisons.
Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities:Any students with disabilities who need accommodations in this course are encouraged to speak with Professor Isern as soon as possible to make appropriate arrangements.
General Education:Meets requirements for Humanities and Global Perspectives
Acknowledgments:Acknowledgment and thanks are due to Fulbright New Zealand, Wellington, for supporting course development with a Programme Development Grant.