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The WikiProject on Australian history is a project aimed towards the development and expansion of articles on the history of Australia.

Australian history
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Articles maintained by this WikiProject are grouped in Category:WikiProject Australian history articles by using the history=yes parameter within the {{WP Australia}} template. Articles more relevant to descendant workgroups use special parameters (see below).

Usage: {{WP Australia|history=yes}}

1 Goals
2 Scope
3 Structure
4 Participants
5 General strategy and discussion forums
6 Resources
- 6.1 General timelines

Goals

To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of Australian history.

To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australian history by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.

To address POV issues and tentative edits in articles within the scope of the project.

To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to the history of Australia in Wikipedia.

Scope

The project generally considers any article related to prehistorical, historical or modern-day affairs of Australia and it's territories to be within its scope. As history we regard the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. In other words, ambition of the project is to cover articles related to: the history of ancient Australia. the history of the indigenous Australians. the history of European settlement in Australia the present day history of Australia

Structure

Parent of this WikiProject:

Parent project(s)

WikiProject Australia (a child of WikiProject Countries)

WikiProject History

Sister/Child Project

Sister Project

Australian military history task force

Sister/child Project

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian maritime history

Article list

Articles maintained by this WikiProject or related to this Wikiproject, are grouped in a number of categories. They are added to these categories by using parameters with the {{WP Australia}} template which is added to the Talk page.

Category Parameter Usage Category:WikiProject Australian history articleshistory {{WP Australia|history=yes}} Category:WikiProject Australian exploration articlesexplore {{WP Australia|explore=yes}} Category:WikiProject Australian maritime history articlesmaritime {{WP Australia|maritime=yes}} Category:Australian military history task force articlesmilitary {{WP Australia|military=yes}}

A combination of these parameters may be used for articles that bridge two categories.