Unit 12: Paper 3 — History of Asia and Oceania (HL)
Topic 12.4: Indigenous societies and national identity in Australia and New Zealand (c.1770–2020) Questions
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What was the outcome of Australia's 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums?
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Which journalist's reporting from Gallipoli helped shape the Anzac legend of courage and mateship?
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Evaluate the claim that the Anzac legend, as it developed after 1915, fairly represents the experience of all Australians and New Zealanders during the First World War.
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Evaluate the claim that Federation and Dominion status gave Australia and New Zealand only the appearance of nationhood, not its substance.
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Discuss the view that the First World War exposed Australia and New Zealand as deeply divided societies rather than united nations.
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To what extent do you agree that the Anzac legend was built more on myth than on military reality?
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To what extent was Dominion status in 1907 a turning point for New Zealand's national identity, compared with the impact of the First World War?
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Which slogan is most closely associated with Australia's post-war immigration drive?
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In which year did the Whitlam government formally remove race as a factor in immigration selection, ending the White Australia Policy?
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What was New Zealand's constitutional status called after its 1907 upgrade from colony status?
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Which Bidjigal warrior led sustained guerrilla resistance against settlers near Sydney in the 1790s–1802?
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On what date did ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli?
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The Wave Hill walk-off, in which Gurindji stockmen demanded fair wages and the return of traditional land, began in which year?
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What legal doctrine did Britain use to justify occupying Aboriginal land in Australia without a treaty?
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In which year did the six British colonies unite to form the Commonwealth of Australia?
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The gold rushes that triggered mass immigration into New South Wales and Victoria began in which year?
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What did the 1967 Australian referendum actually change, according to the constitutional amendments passed?
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Approximately how much Māori land was confiscated (raupatu) by the New Zealand government after the New Zealand Wars?
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What action by New Zealand led the United States to suspend its ANZUS defence obligations to New Zealand in 1986?
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What did the English-language text of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) grant to Britain, in contrast to the Māori-language text?
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