Labour and Industry in Australia
From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. From the Foundation of Settlement to the Crossing of the Mountains:
1. Introduction to the first period
2. The assignment system
3. Musters
4. Wages and working hours
5. The currency
6. Land policy
7. The genesis of the wool industry in Australia
8. The industries of the period
9. Trade and prices
Part II. From the Crossing of the Mountains to the Abolition of the Assignment System:
1. Introduction to the second period
2. Convict labour. Assignment
3. Free labour
4. Immigration
5. The occupation of land
6. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits
7. The currency
8. Trade and prices
Part III. From the Abolition of the Assignment System to the Discovery of Gold:
1. Introduction to the third period
2. Transportation
3. Immigration
4. Land legislation in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia
5. Land legislation and settlement in South Australia, and the Wakefield theory of colonization
6. Labour and wages
7. Prices
8. Financial crisis of 1841, 1842, and 1843
9. Industries
Part IV. From the Discovery of Gold to the Introduction of Free Selection of Land before Survey:
1. Introduction to the fourth period
2. The end of the convict system
3. The discovery of gold in Australia.