History Debating

Over the course of this year, our Year 10 and Year 11 History Debating teams have met for historical thinking, research and discussion over lunch on Fridays to prepare their cases for the broad range of topics that constitute the History Debating Competition. In the pool rounds our teams contested topics including that Ned Kelly is an Australian Hero, that the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government was justified and that The Age of Empires never ended. Having made it through their pool rounds our two teams recently contested the quarter finals, with the Year 11 team debating the affirmative case that the Cuban revolution failed Cubans against Roseville College and our Year 10 team debating the affirmative case that the modern Australian nation was founded on the idea of ‘a fair go’ against Sydney Technical High School. Both teams researched their debates thoroughly, and engaged thoughtfully and robustly with their topics and were awarded their debates, progressing through to the semi-finals later this term. We wish them well in these debates.

The History Department