VCE Australian History Past Exam Questions
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 46.7% of available · official reportFull marks: 3% of students · official report
d. Using Source 3 and your own knowledge, analyse how the relationship between environmental movements and political parties contributed to changes in responses to environmental is
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Question 2 – Creating a nation (1834–2008) ............................................................................................ 8–11 Question 2 (25 marks) Creating a nation
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a. Using Source 4, identify three experiences of migrants to the Australian colonies. 3 marks
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b. To what extent was colonial and early federated Australia (1834–1913) changed through patterns of migration? Use evidence to support your response. 10 marks 9 2023 AUSHIST EXAM
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c. Using Source 5 and your own knowledge, explain the contribution of the 1967 referendum to debates about the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 6 marks 11 2
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d. Using Source 6 and your own knowledge, analyse the competing perspectives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia during the 1990s. 6 marks 2023 AUSHIST EX
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Question 3 – Power and resistance (1788–1998) ...................................................................................... 12–15 Question 3 (25 marks) Power and resistanc
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a. Using Source 7, identify three proposed resolutions that aimed to change labour rights and conditions. 3 marks
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b. To what extent was the vision of Australia as a social laboratory achieved for all Australians by 1913? Use evidence to support your response. 10 marks 13 2023 AUSHIST EXAM D O
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 60% of available · official reportFull marks: 8% of students · official report
c. Using Source 8 and your own knowledge, explain the significance of the first Mardi Gras held in Sydney in 1978. 6 marks 15 2023 AUSHIST EXAM TURN OVER d o n o t w r i t e i n t
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 51.7% of available · official reportFull marks: 4% of students · official report
d. Using Source 9 and your own knowledge, analyse how the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 had changed the social experiences of Australians by 1998. 6 marks 2023 AUSHIST EXAM 16 D O
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Question 4 – War and upheaval (1909–1992) ........................................................................................... 16–19 2023 AUSHIST EXAM 4 D O N O T W R I T E
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