Contents: I. Background 1 II. Discovery 15 III. Beginnings 27 IV. Voyage and Landfall 37 V. Taking Shape 52 VI. The Corps and the Governors 69 VII. Macquarie: "Jail into Colony" 99 VIII. The Pastoral Age 131 IX. Voyage in the Bush 156 X. Colonization, Scientific and Otherwise 169 XI. The System: a Retrospect 207 XII. Gold 249 XIII. Land 265 XIV. The Road to Responsibility 304 XV. The Law and the Purse 347 XVI. The Nineties 396 XVII. Federation: "One People, One Destiny" 436 XVIII. War 478 XIX. Depression and Social Experiment 518 XX. War Again 550 XXI. Immigration: "Populate or Perish" 579 XXII. Results in the Making 601 XXIII. The Dark People 647 XXIV. Envoi 668 Bibliography 675 Index 691
Local notes
I. Background 1
II. Discovery 15
III. Beginnings 27
IV. Voyage and Landfall 37
V. Taking Shape 52
VI. The Corps and the Governors 69
VII. Macquarie: "Jail into Colony" 99
VIII. The Pastoral Age 131
IX. Voyage in the Bush 156
X. Colonization, Scientific and Otherwise 169
XI. The System: a Retrospect 207
XII. Gold 249
XIII. Land 265
XIV. The Road to Responsibility 304
XV. The Law and the Purse 347
XVI. The Nineties 396
XVII. Federation: "One People, One Destiny" 436
XVIII. War 478
XIX. Depression and Social Experiment 518
XX. War Again 550
XXI. Immigration: "Populate or Perish" 579
XXII. Results in the Making 601
XXIII. The Dark People 647
XXIV. Envoi 668
Bibliography 675
Index 691