VCE Australian History Past Exam Questions
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a. Using Source 1, identify two methods used by Aboriginal people to hunt waterbirds. 2 marks
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b. Using Source 1, Source 2 and your own knowledge, explain the differences in how Aboriginal people and the colonists used the environment. 5 marks 5 2022 AUSHIST EXAM d o n o t w
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c. Using Source 3, outline one reason for the increased concern about environmental issues in Australia during the 1960s. 2 marks
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d. Using Source 4 and your own knowledge, explain two changes that occurred as a result of the anti-nuclear protests. 6 marks 2022 AUSHIST EXAM 6 d o n o t w r i t e i n t h i s a
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e. Evaluate the extent to which perspectives on conservation and the protection of endangered habitats changed between 1850 and 2010. Use evidence to support your response. 10 mark
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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 5, identify two attitudes expressed by the writer about female immigration to Victoria. 2 marks
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b. Using Source 5, Source 6 and your own knowledge, explain the experiences of women and their contributions to society in the colonial period before Federation. 5 marks 9 2022 AUS
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c. Using Source 7 and your own knowledge, explain two changes to ideas about the land rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples between 1869 and 1992. 6 marks
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d. Using Source 8, outline one perspective on immigration held by the Australian Government after World War II. 2 marks 2022 AUSHIST EXAM 10 DO NOT W R I T E N T H I S A R E A
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e. Evaluate the extent to which ideas about the assimilation of migrants changed between 1900 and 2008. Use evidence to support your response. 10 marks 11 2022 AUSHIST EXAM TURN OV
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Question 3 – Power and resistance (1788–1998) ...................................................................................... 12–15 Question 3 (25 marks) power and resistanc
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