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Elaboration (1) ACDSEH091

examining the key features of and British and Western influences on Australia's system of government including the Westminster System and Federalism

investigating how the major social legislation of the new Federal Government affected living and working conditions in Australia (for example, invalid and old-age pensions and the maternity allowance scheme)

Elaboration ACDSEH095

identifying the places where Australians fought, including Fromelles, the Somme, Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine

Elaboration ACDSEH096

graphing the proportion of Australian servicemen who died during World War I, compared to that of other countries involved in the war

Elaboration (1) ACDSEH096

investigating examples of the war’s impact on Australia’s economy and society (for example, the development of the steel industry in Newcastle and the implementation of the War Precautions Act)

Elaboration (5) ACDSEH096

investigating the short- and long-term impact of World War I on the role of women in Australia

Elaboration ACDSEH097

investigating the ideals associated with the Anzac tradition and how and why World War I is commemorated within Australian society

Elaboration ACHHS165

discussing the contestability of particular historical terms such as 'settlement', 'invasion' and 'colonisation' in the context of Australia’s history

Elaboration ACHHS170

graphing historical data to identify past trends and to draw conclusions about their significance (for example, the proportion of Australian servicemen who returned from World War I, and the ‘lost generations’ in the years after the war)

Elaboration (1) ACHHS173

examining different accounts of eighteenth-century journeys to Australia (for example, ships’ logs; diaries; recorded testimonies of male and female convicts, and officers; and explaining the variations in perspective which can lead to different historical …

Elaboration ACDSEH109

investigating the impact of World War II at a local and national level (for example, significant events such as the bombing of Darwin; the Japanese submarine attack on Sydney and the sinking of ships off the Australian coast; the ‘Battle of Brisbane’; …

Elaboration ACDSEH110

evaluating the impact of World War II on the emergence of the United States as a major world power and on Australia’s alliance with the US (for example, the threat of Japan)

Elaboration ACDSEH023

describing the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the contribution of Australia’s HV Evatt

Elaboration ACDSEH105

outlining the Freedom Rides in the US, how they inspired civil rights campaigners in Australia, and how they became a turning point in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' struggle for rights and freedoms

Elaboration ACDSEH027

identifying sports that were popular in Australia such as football, horse racing, cricket

Elaboration ACDSEH121

investigating America’s cultural influence, as seen in the arrival of television for the Melbourne Olympics (1956) and Bill Haley’s Australian tour (1957)

Elaboration ACDSEH122

identifying American and Asian influences on Australian popular culture since World War II (for example, through mainstream and Hollywood and Bollywood films)

Elaboration ACDSEH123

investigating the changing contribution of the Australian rock’n’roll, film and television industries to Australian culture and identity through the development and export of music, film and television, for example the Easybeats from Sydney and Go-Betweens …

Elaboration ACDSEH144

investigating the nature of the waves of migration such as the countries that were the source of migrants, the numbers of migrants from those countries, and trends in migration since World War II such as increasing migration from the Asian region to …

Elaboration ACDSEH145

describing the main features of a government policy that affected migration to Australia, such as the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and use of the dictation test to restrict the immigration of non-Europeans

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