Ⅰ．THE DAWN OF DISCOVERY 1
Ⅱ．THE DUTCH AND NEW HOLLAND 13
Ⅲ．DAMPIER AND COOK 27
Ⅳ．THE FOUNDATION OF SYDNEY 38
Ⅴ．THE CONVICT SYSTEM 50
Ⅵ．GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNORS 63
Ⅶ．FURTHER EXPLORATIONS 75
Ⅷ．THE EXTENSION OF SETTLEMENT 87
Ⅸ．THE LAST OF THE TYRANTS 99
Ⅹ．THE DAWN OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 109
Ⅺ．THE PROBLEM OF THE RIVERS 118
Ⅻ．THE FOUNDING OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 132
ⅩⅢ．SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND THE WAKEFIELD THEORY 143
ⅩⅣ．THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT 153
ⅩⅤ．FROM VAN DIEMEN＇S LAND TO TASMANIA 163
ⅩⅥ．THE LAND AND THE SQUATTERS 175
ⅩⅦ．THE END OF CONVICTISM 187
ⅩⅧ．SELF-GOVERNMENT 198
ⅩⅨ．GOLD 209
ⅩⅩ．THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT 222
ⅩⅪ．QUEENSLAND 235
ⅩⅫ．THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 245
ⅩⅩⅢ．DEMOCRACY AT WORK－(a) GOVERNMENT 250
ⅩⅩⅣ．DEMOCRACY AT WORK－(b) LAND，LABOUR，AND THE POPULAR WELFARE 268
ⅩⅩⅤ．PAPUA AND THE PACIFIC 285
ⅩⅩⅥ．THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS FEDERATION 298
ⅩⅩⅦ．THE CONSTITUTION 305
ⅩⅩⅧ．THE COMMONWEALTH－(a) PARTIES AND PERSONALITIES 318
ⅩⅩⅨ．THE COMMONWEALTH－(b) THE WHEELS OF POLICY 331
ⅩⅩⅩ．AUSTRALIA IN THE GREAT WAR 340
ⅩⅩⅪ．IMPERIAL RELATIONS AND THE AUSTRALIAN SPIRIT 357
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 369