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City of Darebin Heritage Study Volume 1 Draft Thematic

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VOLUME 2: THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORYAPPENDIX 1AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC THEMES1 TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTThe environment exists apart from being a construct <strong>of</strong> human consciousness. However, a thematicapproach recognises the human factor in the natural environment, and how our understanding andappreciation <strong>of</strong> the environment has changed over time.1.1: Tracing climatic and topographical change1.2: Tracing the emergence <strong>of</strong> Australian plants and animals1.3: Assessing scientifically diverse environments1.4: Appreciating the natural wonders <strong>of</strong> Australia2 PEOPLING AUSTRALIAThis theme group recognises the pre-colonial occupations <strong>of</strong> Indigenous people, as well as the ongoinghistory <strong>of</strong> human occupation from diverse areas.2.1: Living as Australia's earliest inhabitants2.2: Adapting to diverse environments2.3: Coming to Australia as a punishment2.4: Migrating2.4.1: Migrating to save or preserve a way <strong>of</strong> life2.4.2: Migrating to seek opportunity2.4.3: Migrating to escape oppression2.4.4: Migrating through organised colonisation2.4.5: Changing the face <strong>of</strong> rural and urban Australia through migration2.5: Promoting settlement2.6: Fighting for land2.6.1: Resisting the advent <strong>of</strong> Europeans and their animals2.6.2: Displacing Indigenous people3 DEVELOPING LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIESWhile Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Blainey conceived <strong>of</strong> Australian history as dominated by the 'tyranny <strong>of</strong> distance' thisconcept is alien to Indigenous Australians. Eighteenth and nineteenth century developments intechnology made it possible to link the continent to distant marketplaces, and the incentive for almostevery expedition by the first European 'explorers' was the search for valuable resources. Muchsubsequent Australian history has revolved around the search for a staple on which to base regionaleconomic development.3.1: Exploring the coastline3.2: Constructing capital city economies3.3: Surveying the continent3.3.1: Looking for inland seas and waterways3.3.2: Looking for overland stock routes3.3.3: Prospecting for precious metals157

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