VCE Australian History Past Exam Questions
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a. Using Source 10, identify three reasons why a person could be exempt from compulsory naval and military training. 3 marks
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b. To what extent did government legislation and interventions change the experiences of women on the home front during World War II? Use evidence to support your response. 10 mark
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c. Using Source 11 and your own knowledge, explain the changing reasons for Australia’s involvement in war and conflict in the 1950s. 6 marks 19 2023 AUSHIST EXAM D O N O T W R I T
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 60% of available · official reportFull marks: 8% of students · official report
d. Using Source 12 and your own knowledge, analyse the reasons for Australia’s withdrawal from the Vietnam War. 6 marks 2023 AUSHIST EXAM 20 D O N O T W R I T E I N T H I S A R E A
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Question 1 (20 marks) From custodianship to the Anthropocene (60 000 BCE–2010) ‘Indigenous ideas of custodianship of land have never had an impact on non-Indigenous thinking about
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Question 2 (20 marks) Creating a nation (1834–2008) ‘Attitudes towards immigration in Australia have always been discriminatory.’ Discuss with reference to the periods 1834–1913 an
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Question 3 (20 marks) Power and resistance (1788–1998) ‘Women in Australia have been effective in overcoming resistance to their demands for change.’ Discuss with reference to the
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Question 4 (20 marks) War and upheaval (1909–1992) ‘The threat of invasion has been the main reason for Australian involvement in major conflicts.’ Discuss with reference to the pe
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(a) Those who have been reported by the prescribed medical authorities as unfit for any naval or military service whatever; and
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(b) Those who are not substantially of European origin or descent, of which the medical authorities appointed in that behalf under the regulations shall be the judges: Provided tha
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(c) School teachers who have qualified at a school of naval or military instruction, or other prescribed course as Instructors or Officers of the Junior or Senior Cadets3; and
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Question 1 – From custodianship to the Anthropocene (60 000 BCE – 2010) ......................................... 4–7 Question 1 (25 marks) From custodianship to the Anthropocene (
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