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Sydney: January 11 - January 31

Accommodation: Mary Andrews College

Facilities: Single college style rooms with shared bathrooms


Course Codes		Activity Codes
AS:	Australian Area Studies	L:	Lecture
CA:	Studies of Contemporary Australia	D:	Discussion
IA:	Indigenous Australian Studies	EX:	Excursion
NH:	Australian Natural History	WSP:	Workshop
		FST:	Field Study Techniques
		LAB:	Laboratory Exercise
		FRP:	Field Research Project

Date

Codes

Time

Lecture Topic or Activity

Jan 11-Sat		0805 1330-1430	Arrive in Sydney at 0805 Introductory briefing
Jan 12-Sun	D	1015-1300 1400-1500	Orientation tour of Sydney Introduction to private research projects
Jan 13-Mon	IA-L1 IA-L2	0900-1030 1050-1220 1330-1630	Australia's place in the evolution of humanity (archaeological evidence: Lake Mungo, Kow Swamp, etc.) Cultural diversity among indigenous Australians (geographic and temporal isolation, environmental variation, linguistic diversity) Private projects-discussion, academic advice and planning
Jan 14-Tues	IA-L3 IA-L4 AS-EX	0900-1030 1050-1220 1400-1330	Aboriginal "Dreaming" (concepts, law, functions) Relationship of Aboriginal Australians to the land ('Country', spirituality, stewardship, resource use) Visit "The Rocks" historical precinct
Jan 15-Wed			Private project work
Jan 16-Thurs	IA-L5 IA-L6	0900-1030 1050-1220	Aboriginal ceremony (practices, purposes and functions, law, social and spiritual responsibilities) Traditional Aboriginal social organization (kinship, totems, initiation, social responsibilities)
Jan 17-Fri	AS-L1 AS-L2 CA-L1 LA-EX	0900-1030 1050-1220 1320-1450 2000-2120	Introduction to the Australian continent (geomorphology, geology, vegetation and land use) Australian Literature (the evolution of Australian poetry and prose, distinguishing themes and styles) Performing arts in Australia (film and theatre) Sydney Opera House performance
Jan 18-Sat			Free
Jan 19-Sun			Free
Jan 20-Mon	NH-L1 NH-EX	0900-1030 1100-1230	Introduction to the Australian terrestrial biota (taxonomy, origins, special features, importance of abiotic environmental factors) Australian Museum-Australia's ancient terrestrial fauna (Extinct Australian reptiles, birds, and mammals)
Jan 21-Tues	AS-EX AS-L3 IA-EX IA-L7 IA-EX	1000-1100 1100-1200 1200-1230 1400-1450 1500-1600	Australian art-New South Wales Art Gallery The evolution of non-indigenous Australian art (colonial art, the Heidelberg School, Australian Impressionism) Dance & Didgeridoo Performance Aboriginal Art (forms, functions and geographical diversity of traditional art) Aboriginal Art-Yiribana Gallery
Jan 22-Wed			Private project work
Jan 23-Thurs	IA-EX	0900-1700	Connecting with the Land-Aboriginal (Bora) history and culture (History of the Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney region, significant sites, uses of natural resources)
Jan 24-Fri	IA-L8 CA-L2	0900-1030 1050-1220	Impact of European occupation of Australia on Aboriginal Australians (displacement from country, cultural destruction, health, enforced resettlement, enforced family separation) Aboriginal Australians in contemporary society (the 1967 referendum, social welfare, justice, cultural identity and revival, political activism, land rights, political, administrative and community organizations, national reconciliation)
Jan 25-Sat			Free
Jan 26-Sun	CA-EX	1100-1500	Survival concert (Contemporary indigenous music and dance)
Jan 27-Mon	NH-EX	1000-1400	Visit Toronga Park
Jan 28-Tues	AS-WSP AS-L4 AS-EX	0900-1030 1050-1220 1330-1430	Review of The Fatal Shore and related topics European settlement in Australia-post 1850 (exploration, agriculture and grazing, gold rushes, pioneer lifestyles) Visit Hyde Park Barracks
Jan 29-Wed			Private project work
Jan 30-Thurs	AS-WSP NH-L2	0900-1030 1050-1220	Australia at war-The Sudan to Afghanistan (Australian military history from the nineteenth century to Afghanistan in 2002-alliances, politics, action and national attitudes to militarism) Plant-animal interactions (type of interactions-shelter, trophic, nutrition, reproductive, defensive; nature of interactions)