The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century

Table of Contents

Part I. Introductory and General:
1. Discovery of Australia and arrangements made for founding a colony
Part II. New South Wales:
2. Foundation of New South Wales
3. New South Wales as a penal colony
4. Industrial crisis of 1843 and discovery of gold
5. The Robertson Lands Acts and the Chinese trouble
6. Bushranging epoch. The O'Farrell case
7. New South Wales from 1869 to 1888
8. Recent history. Labour troubles
Part III. Victoria:
9. Voyages of discovery
10. The Hentys at Portland Bay
11. Batman and Fawkner
12. Separation from New South Wales
13. Discovery of gold
14. Eureka Stockade
15. Responsible government
16. Recent history
Part IV. Queensland:
17. Beginnings of settlement
18. Explorations
19. Separation from New South Wales
20. Recent history
Part V. South Australia:
21. Foundation of the Province of South Australia
22. Representative government
Part VI. Tasmania:
23. Discovery and settlement
24. Bushranging troubles and native difficulty
25. Abolition of transportation
26. Responsible government
Part VII. Western Australia:
27. From first settlement to abolition of transportation
28. Responsible government
29. Gold discoveries
30. Explorations
Part VIII. Industrial History:
31. First industrial period, 1788–1821
32. Second industrial period, 1821–1838
33. Third industrial period, 1838–1852
34. Fourth industrial period, 1852–1858
35. Fifth industrial period, 1858–1872
36. Sixth industrial period, 1872–1893. New South Wales and Victoria
37. Sixth industrial period, 1872–1893. Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia
38. The great strike of 1890 and the Broken Hill strike of 1892
Part IX. Australasia of To-Day:
39. Federation
40. The Australian Commonwealth
41. General problems of Australia and Tasmania. Statistics
Index.