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A
Abbott, Tony, 221
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission), 153, 197, 233, 234
Aboriginal people
arrival in Australia, 18
art, 16, 17, 21–23, 22, 23, 261, 273
athletes, 243
constitutional referendum (1967), 174, 215
dance, 21, 21, 22, 23, 260, 274, 275, 275
Day of Mourning (1938), 173–174, 174, 214
and explorers, 26, 54, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64
firestick farming, 18, 19, 226
hunting, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20
nature observation, 18–19, 67, 224, 225
resistance by, 37–39, 38, 40, 41
white settlement, 19–21, 78, 259
Aborigines Progressive Association, 173
Academy Awards (Oscars), 277
ACSI (Advisory Council of Science and Industry), 154
Admella (ship), 227
Advance Australia Fair, 211
Afghans, 103
agricultural inventions, 82–83
Agua Caliente Handicap, Mexico, 171
aircraft, 140–141, 141, 160–161, 178
Albany (King George Sound) (WA), 46, 46–47, 59
Albert, Prince, 99
Amalgamated Shearers Union, 89
America (schooner), 246
American ‘Great White Fleet’, 114
America’s Cup, 246, 246–247, 247
Anderson, Simon, 240
Angas, George French, 22
antiwar protests, 209, 209, 216–218, 217
Anzac legend, 125
Arbuthnot’s Range (Warrumbungles) (NSW), 54, 54
Argonauts Club, 153
Arkell, Douglas, 240
art, 16, 17, 21–23, 22, 23, 261, 272, 272–273
Arthur, George, 41
Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal), 145, 145
Atherden, Geoffrey, 219
Auralia (proposed colony), 111
Australasian Federation Conference (1890), 86, 110
Australasian Federation Conventions (1890s), 110, 111, 115, 119
Australia Day, 173
Australia II (yacht), 246–247, 247
Australian Ballet Company, 275, 275
Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), 153, 197, 233, 234
Australian Cricket Board, 233
Australian Flying Corps, 140–141, 141, 160
Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 136, 147, 179, 182–183
Australian Labor Party, 89, 97, 147, 165, 202, 252
Australian Light Horse, 127, 129–130, 134, 137, 142–144, 143–144
Australian Museum, Sydney, 10, 67
Australian Rules football, 244, 244–245
Australian Women Pilots Association, 161
Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS), 189
Australian Women’s Land Army (AWLA), 189–190
Australian Workers Union (AWU), 252
Austro-Hungarian Empire, 128
B
Babakiueria (film), 219
Baker, Suzanne, 277
Ballarat (Vic.), 107, 241, 257, 257
Ballarat Reform League, 75
ballet, 275
Ballet Russes, 275
Bana, Eric, 277
Bandt, Lewis, 159
Bangarra Dance Theatre, 21, 21, 260, 275, 275
Banks, Joseph, 29, 39, 52, 66, 66, 214
Barak, William, 23
Bardon, Geoffrey, 273
Baret, Jeanne, 248
barracking, 245
Barrington, George, 266
Barwick, Garfield, 202
Base, Graeme, 269
basketball, 248
Batavia (ship), 27
Batman, John, 49
Battle of Beersheba (WWI), 142–143
Battle of Hamel (WWI), 137–138, 140
Battle of Messines (WWI), 139
Battle of Passchendaele (WWI), 124, 140
Battle of the Coral Sea (WWII), 183–184
Battle of the Somme (WWII), 138
Batty, Robert Johnston, 37
Bauer, Ferdinand, 146
Baxter, John, 58
Baxter, Kirk, 277
Bayley, Ryan, 249
Beachley, Layne, 240
Beale, Howard, 276
Beaurepaire, Frank, 238
Beazley, Kim, 221
Beckford, Elizabeth, 34, 35, 36
Bell, Mrs Isa, 242
Bennett, George, 67
Bennett, James, 160
Bentley, James, 74
Bethell, Colonel, 140
Bigge, John, 45
Biggs, Mrs, 237
biodiversity, 13
Bird, Nancy (later Walton), 161
Birtles, Clive, 158
Birtles, Francis, 104, 104, 158, 158, 249
Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 211
Blackburn, Elizabeth, 265
Blake, William, 54
Blanchett, Cate, 277
Bland, William, 37
Blaxland, Gregory, 53
Blériot, Louis, 140
Blue Mountains (NSW), 52, 53, 53, 70
Boldrewood, Rolf, 266
Bond, Alan, 246
Bonegilla (Vic.), 197
Bonney, Charles, 58
Bonney, Lores, 161
Borovansky, Edouard, 275
botanists, 66
Botha, Wendy, 240
Bowen, John, 39
Boxer Rebellion, China, 126
boxing, 243
Boyd, Arthur, 273
Brabham, Jack, 249
Bradbury, Steven, 249
Bradley, William, 274
Bragg, William Henry, 264
Bragg, William Lawrence, 264
Bridges, William Throsby, 136, 137
Bright, Torah, 249
Brisbane (Qld), 46, 47, 54, 225
Broken Hill (NSW), 270
Bronhill, June, 270
Brookes, Norman, 236
Broome (WA), 225
Brown, Robert, 66
Browne, Thomas Alexander, 266
Bruce, Stanley, 158
bubonic plague, 93
Bull, J.W., 83
The Bulletin, 86, 116, 152, 266, 269
Bungaree (Aboriginal man), 259
Bunton, Cleaver, 211
Burke, Robert O’Hara, 50, 62–64, 63
Burke and Wills Expedition, 38, 62–64
Burma, 183
Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, 265
Burrow, Taj, 240
Bush, George W., 218
Buvelot, Louis, 273
C
Caldwell, William Hay, 67
Cambodia, 254
Cambrian period, 12
camels, 103–104, 135, 135, 142, 142, 179
Campbell, David, 269
Campbell, Robert, 43
Canberra (ACT), 120–122, 156, 156–158, 226
capital city, federal, 120, 120–122, 123, 150, 156–158
Carey, Peter, 267
Carmichael, Jennings, 119
Carnegie, David, 19
Carter, Doris, 242
Carter, Henry, 266
Cash, Pat, 236
cast-iron decoration, 87
Cataraqui (ship), 227
Centennial Park, Sydney, 112, 112
Charlton, ‘Boy’, 239
Chauvel, Harry (Henry), 136, 136–137, 138, 142
USS Chicago (ship), 187–188, 188
Chifley, Ben, 201
Chinese furniture, 118
Chinese gold diggers, 49, 224, 257
Chinese workers, 73, 117, 117, 118
Churchill, Winston, 114, 182, 182–183
Chusan (ship), 102
cinemas, 276
city life (early settlement), 92–93
Clark, Andrew Inglis, 111
Clarke, Marcus, 266
Clarke, Ron, 242
Cobb & Co, 103
Collins, David, 39–40, 44, 49, 266
Colombo Plan, 253
combine harvesters, 83
Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 154
Commonwealth War Book, 191
communism, 192–193, 201–202, 208–210, 216–217, 254
Communist Party of Australia, 201–202
Conan Doyle, Arthur, 266
Conder, Charles, 272
Conner, Dennis, 247
conscription, 97, 147, 147, 209–210
Constitution of Australia, 111–112, 119
constitutional referendum (1967), 174, 215
convicts, 33, 34–37, 36, 40, 45, 46, 73
emancipists, 37
ticket-of-leave, 37
Cooee March, 130
Cook, James, 29, 122, 259, 266
Cook, Joseph, 131, 148, 149, 157, 197
Cornish people, 256
Costello, Peter, 221
Cottee, Kay, 248
Cotter River, 122
Court, Margaret, 236
Crean, Simon, 221
cricket, 153, 172, 172–173, 228, 232, 232–234, 233, 234
Crofts, Thomas, 35
croquet, 235
Crowe, Russell, 277
CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), 154–155, 191
CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), 155
Curnow, Thomas, 84
Curtin, John, 182–183, 183, 201
Cuvier, Baron, 15
cycads (Macrozamia plants), 213
cyclones, 225
D
Daley, James, 70
Dampier, William, 14, 15, 20, 28–29, 247–248, 266
dance, 21, 21, 22, 23, 260, 274–275, 275
Darcy, Les, 171
Darling, Ralph, 92
Darwin (NT), 30, 185, 185–186, 225, 225
Daylesford (Vic.), 256
De Groot, Francis, 167
Deakin, Alfred, 111, 112, 113, 114
Democratic Labor Party, 97, 202
d’Entrecasteaux, Bruny, 39
Department of Labour and National Service, 189–190
Depression (1890s), 87
Depression (1930s), 162, 163, 163–169, 168, 169
Desert Mounted Corps (WWI), 140, 142
Devereaux, Ed, 276
D’Ewes, John, 75
Dickson, James, 113
Dickson, John, 100
dictation test for migrants, 118, 252, 253
dinosaurs, 14
Diprotodon (giant wombat), 14, 66
dirigibles, 140
disease, 20–21, 35, 57, 64, 65, 93
displaced persons (WWII), 196–197
Dobell, William, 273
Dobson, Rosemary, 269
Doherty, Peter, 265
Dombrovskis, Peter, 213
donkeys, 135
Donohoe, Jack, 84
Doohan, Mick, 249
Drysdale, Russell, 273
Duffy, Charles Gavan, 110
Dunbar (ship), 227
Dunne, Clare, 276
Duyfken (ship), 26
E
Earle, Augustus, 66
Ediacara Hills (SA), 12
Edward, Prince of Wales, 99, 104
Edward VII, King, 113
Edwards, Ross, 271
Eendracht (ship), 28
Egan, John, 75
Elizabeth II, Queen, 113
Elkin, Peter, 174
Ellard, Frederick, 274
Elliott, Adam, 277
Elliott, Herb, 242
Ellis, M.H., 158
Emerson, Roy, 236
Empire Air Training Scheme, 178
HM Bark Endeavour (ship), 29, 66
environmental issues, 13, 198, 199, 212–213
Evans, Cadel, 249
Evans, George, 53
Evans, Ivy, 242
Experiment (river boat), 102
explorers, 14–15, 25–31, 51–65
Eyre, Edward John, 57, 57–59, 60, 64, 214
F
Facey, Albert, 129, 132, 133, 135, 148
Fanning, Mick, 240
Farrelly, Midget, 240
Farrer, William, 154
federal capital see national capital city
Federal Capital Territory, 122
Federal Parliament, 113–114, 122, 157, 157–158, 273
Ferguson, Ronald Munro, 131
Field, Albert, 211
Field, Barron, 266
film industry, 107, 262–263, 276–277
firestick farming, 18, 19, 226
First Fleet, 34, 34–35, 96, 100
First World War. see World War I
Fisher, Andrew, 122, 148–149, 220
Fisk, Ernest, 152
Fleming, John, 38
Fleurieu Peninsula (SA), 31
Flinders, Matthew, 30, 30, 31, 66
Flinders Ranges (SA), 12
flour mills, 100
Flying Pieman (William Francis King), 241
Flynn, Errol, 276
foreign workers, 116–118, 117, 252
Forrest, John, 111, 115–116, 190
fossils, 9, 11–15, 13, 14, 66–67, 224
Fox, Mem, 269
Franklin, John, 122
Franklin River (Tas.), 212
Freeman, Cathy, 242, 243, 243, 250
French exploration, 31, 39, 46
Freycinet, Louis de, 46
Fromelles, France, 139
Frost, Henry, 200
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 186
Furphy, Joseph, 86
Fysh, Hudson, 160
G
Gainsford-Taylor, Melinda, 242, 250
Gallipoli campaign, 130, 132, 132–135, 133, 149, 182
Garden Palace, Sydney, 104, 105
Gardiner, Frank, 84
Gawler, George, 58
Gellert, Leon, 197
Genée, Adeline, 275
General Motors Holden (GMH), 200
Georges River (NSW), 30
German colonies, 127, 128, 128, 131
Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 102, 104
Gibb, Robin & Maurice, 271
Gibson, William, 107
Gilbert, John, 62
Gilmore, Mary, 269
glaciers, 12
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy, 271
Glover, John, 272
gold diggers, 49, 69, 74–75, 75, 84, 224, 257
gold escorts, 84
gold prospectors (Great Depression), 169
gold rushes, 68, 69, 69–75, 72, 84, 224
Gondwana, 11
Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 269
Gordon-below-Franklin Dam, 213
Gordon, Charles, 126
Gordon, Jennifer, 264
Gordon River (Tas.), 213
Gorham, Kathleen, 275
Gorton, John, 205, 220–221, 263, 276
Gough, June, 270
Goulburn (NSW), 117
Gould, John & Elizabeth, 66
Government House stables, Sydney, 44, 45, 45
Graham, Bob, 269
Granville train derailment, 227
Gray, Charles, 64
Great Depression, 162, 163, 163–169, 168, 169
Great War. see World War I
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 186, 208
Greenway, Francis, 44, 45, 166
Greenwood, Andrew, 216
Greider, Carol, 265
Grenville, Kate, 267
Griffin, Marion Mahony, 122, 156, 156
Griffin, Walter Burley, 122, 136, 156, 156–157
Gronn, Claus, 224
Grose, Francis, 42
Gundagai (NSW), 227
Gurrumul, 271
H
Hackett, Grant, 239
Hall, Ken, 277
Hammerman, Bernhard, 197
Hardman, Damian, 240
Harpur, Charles, 266
Harradine, Benn, 243
Harsanyi, John, 264
Hartnett, Sonya, 269
Hashemy (ship), 73
Hawdon, Joseph, 58
Hawkesbury River (NSW), 30, 44, 52, 81, 224
Hayden, Bill, 221
Hayes, John, 39
Hayward, Elizabeth, 34, 35, 36
Healy, Cecil, 238
Heidelberg School, 272
Henry, Jodie, 239
Henty, Thomas, 49
Herman, Sali, 273
Hewitt, Lleyton, 236
Heysen, Hans, 273
High Court of Australia, 111, 202, 211, 213
Hindmarsh, John, 48
Hitler, Adolf, 193
Hoad, Lew, 236
Hobson, Percy, 243
Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd, 265
Holbrook (NSW), 146
Holden, Edward, 200
Holden, James Alexander, 200
Holmes, E.L., 158
Hoover, Herbert, 174
Hope, A.D., 269
Hopetoun, Lord, 112
horses
Melbourne Olympics, 231
in war, 134, 134–135, 138, 143, 144, 175
Houtman, Frederik de, 28
Hovell, William, 98
Howell, George, 100
Howitt, Alfred, 23
Hughes, Billy, 97, 122, 139, 147–149, 149, 152, 160, 220
Hume, Fergus, 266
Humphries, Barry, 262, 262–263
Hunter River (NSW), 81
Hussein, Saddam, 218
Huxley, Andrew, 265
Hyde, Miriam, 271
Hyde Park, Sydney, 93, 232, 244
hydro-electricity, 105, 106, 199, 213
I
Illawarra Steam Packet Company, 239
immigration, 73–74, 116–118, 196–197, 252–258. see also migrants
Imperial Camel Corps, 135, 142, 142
Indochina, 208
Ingpen, Robert, 269
HMS Investigator (ship), 30
J
Jackson, Marjorie, 242
Jacky Jacky (Wiradjuri man), 227
James, Clive, 263
James, Harry, 158
Jandamarra (Bunuba man), 39
Janszoon, Willem, 26
Japan, 129, 175, 182–188, 208, 252
Jardine, Douglas, 172
Joey (Cootachah) (Aboriginal man), 58
Johnson, Millard, 107
Johnston, Major, 43
Jones, Leisel, 239
Jones, Marilyn, 275
jumbucks, 78
K
Kahanamoku, Duke, 238, 239, 240
Kats-Chernin, Elena, 271
Kekwick, William, 65
Kellow, Charles, 158
Kelly family, 107
Kendall, Henry, 266
Kerr, Bill, 276
Kerr, John, 211
Kidman, Nicole, 277
Kienzle, Bert, 184
King, John, 64
King, Philip Gidley, 39, 42, 43, 97
King, William Francis, 241
King George Sound (Albany) (WA), 46, 46–47, 59
Kingsford Smith, Charles, 160, 161, 161
Kingston, Charles, 113
Kisch, Egon, 252
Kitchen, Henry, 45
Klim, Michael, 239
Kngwarreye, Emily Kame, 273
Kokoda Track, 175, 184, 184–185
Komodo dragons, 15
Konrads, John & Ilsa, 239
Krefft, Gerard, 67
Kuhlken, Captain, 131
HMAS Kuttabul (ferry), 188
L
La Trobe, Charles, 74
Labor Party.see Australian Labor Party
Lady Nelson (ship), 54
lamps, 81
land clearing, 80
Landells, George, 64
Landy, John, 242
Lane, Frederick, 238
Lang, Jack, 161, 165, 167, 197
Lang, John Dunmore, 15
Larcombe, Jim, 169
The Last Wild River (film), 213
Latham, Mark, 221
Laver, Rod, 236
lawnmowers, 235
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, 142
Lawson, William, 53
Leacock, James Freeland, 159
Lebanese people, 255
Ledger, Heath, 277
Leichhardt, Ludwig, 51, 60, 61, 61–62, 274
Letham, Isabel, 240
Lewis, Tom, 211
Lexcen, Ben, 247
Liberal Party of Australia, 165, 201
Lightning (ship), 102
Lindsay, Norman, 268
Lingiari, Vincent, 215, 215, 216
Lipton, Thomas, 246
Logan, Patrick, 46
Lovell, Pat, 276
luminescence (dating method), 18
lungfish, 67
Lynch, Barton, 240
Lyons, Joseph, 153, 165, 165, 220
M
Mabo, Eddie Koiki, 216
Mabo case, 216
Macarthur, Elizabeth, 45, 78, 79
Macarthur, James, 88
Macarthur, John, 43, 43, 44, 45, 78, 79
Macgillivray, John, 62
Mackay, Mr (contractor), 116
Macleay, William Sharp, 15, 37, 67
Macquarie, Elizabeth, 45
Macquarie, Lachlan, 43–45, 44, 53, 232, 236
Macquarie River, 56
Macquarie Street precinct, Sydney, 44, 45
Macquarie towns, 44
Macrozamia plants (cycads), 213
Magellan, Ferdinand, 247
Major Mitchell’s cockatoos, 59, 59
Malouf, David, 267
Mannix, Daniel, 147
Maori Wars, 126
Marconi, Guglielmo, 152
Maria Island (Tas.), 41
Marsden, Samuel, 78
Marsh, Stephen, 274
Marshall, Barry, 265
Martin, Jesse, 248
Martindale, Captain, 103
McCubbin, Frederick, 272
McDonnell, Richard, 65
McEwen, John, 220
McEwen, Robbie, 249
McGinness, Paul, 160
McGregor family, 130
McKay, Heather, 249
McKay, H.V., 83
McMahon, William, 220
McRae, Tommy, 23
Meale, Richard, 271
Meares, Anna, 249
Medawar, Peter, 265
medical treatments, 80–81, 93, 171, 203, 265
Meehan, James, 44
Megalania prisca (giant monitor lizard), 15, 15
Meillon, John, 276
Melba, Nellie, 157–158, 261, 269, 269– 270
Olympic Games (1956), 205, 229–231, 230–232
Menzies, Robert, 165, 174–175, 175, 178, 182, 182, 201, 201–202, 220
Mermaid (ship), 54
Mertz, Xavier, 123
Mickey of Ulladulla, 23
midget submarines (WWII), 187, 187–188
migrants, 73, 73–74, 195, 196, 196–197, 252–258, 255, 256. see also immigration
milk supply (early settlement), 92–93
Miller, George, 277
Mitchell, Elyne, 138
Mitchell, Helen ‘Nellie’ Porter. see Melba, Nellie
Mitchell, Thomas, 14, 37, 53, 59–60, 66, 84
Molonglo River, 122
Monash, John, 136, 137–138, 140
Moneghetti, Steve, 242
Montez, Lola, 274
Moonta (SA), 256
Moran, Patrick, 96
Morgan, ‘Mad Dog’ Daniel, 83, 84
Morse, Samuel, 97
motor sports, 249
motor vehicles, 158–160, 159, 199–200
Mundine, Anthony, 243
Mundine, Tony, 243
Mungo Man, 18
Murdoch, John Smith, 157
Murphy, Graeme, 275
Murphy, Lionel, 211
Murray, Les, 269
Murray River, 57, 60, 81, 103, 104, 198– 199
Murrumbidgee River (NSW), 57, 60, 198–199, 224
Myall Creek massacre, 38
Myall Lakes National Park, 213
myxomatosis, 168
N
Namatjira, Albert, 22, 23, 272–273
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 230
Nathan, Isaac, 271
national anthem, 211
national capital city, 120, 120–122, 123, 150, 156–158
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 273
Nauru, 131
netball, 248
Network (film), 276
New Caledonia, 208
New South Wales Corps (Rum Corps), 41–44
New South Wales Lancers, 127
New York Yacht Club (NYYC), 246–247
New Zealand, 12, 110, 118–119, 126, 131, 133–134
Newcombe, John, 236
Newton-John, Olivia, 270
Nimitz, Chester, 184
Ninnis, Belgrave, 123
Nolan, Sidney, 273
Norfolk (boat), 30
Norfolk Island, 40
O
Occhilupo, Mark, 240
O’Connor, Mark, 269
O’Donnell, Phyllis, 240
Old Parliament House, Canberra, 157, 157–158
Oldfield, Bert, 172
Oliver, Alexander, 120
Olley, Margaret, 273
Olsen, John, 273
Olympic Games, 230, 238, 242, 243, 248, 249
Melbourne (1956), 205, 229–231, 230– 232
O’Neill, Susie, 239
opossums, 11
Opperman, Hubert, 249, 249, 252, 253
Otto 1, King, 230
Overland Telegraph, 97, 98, 99
Oxley, John, 53–54, 55, 59, 66
P
Pacific Islanders, 116, 117–118
Packer, Frank, 246
Page, Earle, 220
Page, Stephen, 275
Papua New Guinea, 14, 131, 183–185
Papunya (NT), 273
Parer, Damien, 277
Park, Ruth, 268
Parkes radio telescope (NSW), 155, 155
parliament, federal, 113–114, 122, 157, 157–158, 273
Parliament House, Canberra, 157, 273
Paterson, Banjo, 135, 141, 182, 266–267
Paterson, William, 40
Patten, Jack, 173
Pawsey, Joe, 155
Peacock, Andrew, 221
Peirce, Augustus Baker, 104
pelicans, 225
Pell, Morris, 103
Pemulwuy (Eora warrior), 38, 39, 83
Pérec, Marie-José, 243
Peris-Kneebone, Nova, 243
Perlmutter, Saul, 264
petrol rationing, 190–191, 201
Pfalz, later Boorara (ship), 131, 131
Phar Lap (racehorse), 170, 170–171
Phillip, Arthur, 35, 35, 37–38, 41–42, 266
Picnic at Hanging Rock (film), 276, 277
pigs, 92
Piguenit, William, 273
Pinner, Gwen, 158
plate tectonics, 10
P&O (shipping company), 102
Poland, 196
political leaders, 148–149, 220–221
pollen deposits, 18
Poo, Sam, 84
HMS Porpoise (ship), 43
Port Macquarie (NSW), 54
Port Phillip (Vic.), 39–40, 49, 60
Potter, Beatrix, 271
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 105, 106
Pozières, France, 139
Prasad, Nancy, 253
Prelog, Vladimir, 264
Preston, Margaret, 273
prime ministers, 148–149, 220–221
Prince of Wales (ship), 182
Prokhorov, Aleksandr, 264
Prokopov, Valentin, 230
public transport, 203
Q
Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd), 160
R
radio astronomy, 155
Radojevic, Danilo, 275
Rafferty, Chips, 276
Raine, John, 100
Ranken, George, 15
ratites, 11
rats, 93
Read, Rudston, 173
Reconciliation Australia, 258, 259
recruitment posters (WWI & II), 125, 130, 146, 183
Red Baron, 141
Reddy, Helen, 270
‘reffos’, 197
refugees, 196–197, 253–255, 254, 255
Repulse (ship), 182
Rice, Stephanie, 239
Richardson, Henry Handel (Ethel Florence), 267
Ridley, John, 83
Ridley strippers (wheat), 83
Riess, Adam, 264
Robe, Frederick, 88
Roberts, Tom, 272
Robinson, Captain, 131
Robinson, George Augustus, 41
Robinson’s Baths, Sydney, 237
‘roof rabbits’ (cats), 168
Rose, Lionel, 243
Ross, James Clark, 122
Rowell, Sydney, 184
Royal Air Force (RAF), 178
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 140, 157–158, 177, 178, 178
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 86, 114
Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, 136
Rudd, Kevin, 218, 220, 221, 221
Rudd, Steele, 152
Rudder, Enoch, 71
rugby, 245
Rum Corps (New South Wales Corps), 41–44
Rush, Geoffrey, 277
Ruskin, John, 87
Russell, Robert, 49
S
sailing ships, 102
saltwater crocodile, 14
sawmills, 101
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service), 205
Schmidt, Brian, 264
scientific research, 66–67, 154–155, 264–265
Scobie, James, 74
Scrivener, Charles, 120, 122, 156
Sculthorpe, Peter, 271
Second World War. see World War II
selectors, 79
Shark Bay (WA), 12, 15, 28, 46, 248
Sheffield, Earl of, 233
Sheffield Shield cricket, 233
Shiers, Walter, 160
shipwrecks, 227
Simpson, John, 135
skating, 249
Slessor, Kenneth, 269
Slocum, Joshua, 248
Smart, Jeffrey, 273
Smith, Grace Cossington, 273, 273
snowboarding, 249
Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, 106, 194, 198, 198–199
Snowy River, 199
soils, 12–13, 52, 79, 166, 213
Solander, Daniel, 66
Sophia Jane (ship), 102
Southern Cross (aircraft), 161, 161
Spanish exploration, 26
Spence, Catherine, 115
Spielberg, Steven, 267
squash, 249
Stawell Gift (sprinting race), 242, 243
Stead, Christina, 267
steamships, 102
Stevens, Bertram, 268
stock-market crash (1929), 164
stomach ulcers, 265
Stoner, Casey, 249
The Story of the Kelly Gang (film), 107, 107, 276
Stow, Randolph, 267
Streeton, Arthur, 272
Strickland, Edward, 126
strikes, 201
stromatolites, 12
Stuart, John McDouall, 50, 62, 64, 64–65, 65, 99
stump-jump ploughs, 82
Sturt, Charles, 50, 55, 55–57, 59
Suez Canal, 126, 142, 181, 230
sugarcane, 117
supercontinents, 11
Sutton, Henry, 204
Swan River colony (WA), 37, 46–47
swans, 29
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 45, 45
Sydney Cove (NSW), 32, 34, 35, 52
Sydney Dance Company, 275
Sydney Harbour Bridge, 162, 166, 166–167, 207, 219
Syria, 181
Szostak, Jack, 265
T
Tait family, 107
tallow (sheep fat), 79
Tamworth (NSW), 105
Tank Stream, Sydney, 51, 92, 92, 93
tanks (WWI & II), 140, 140, 181
Tarwood, John, 37
Tasmania. see Van Dieman’s Land
Taylor, P.G., 161
Taylor, Rod, 276
television, 204–205, 205, 212, 213, 217
Telford, Harry, 170
Tench, Watkin, 266
terra nullius, 214
Theile, David, 232
Theodore, Edward, 165
Therry, Roger, 94
They’re a Weird Mob (film), 276
Thiele, Colin, 269
Thomas, Captain, 75
Thomas, Petria, 239
Thomson, Herbert, 158
Thomson steam car, 158
Thorpe, Ian, 238
tillite, 123
Tingwell, Charles ‘Bud’, 276
Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum, 273, 273
Tom Thumb (boat), 30
Torres, Luis Váez de, 26
transit of Venus, 29
transport, 81, 93, 102–104, 203
transportation of convicts, 33, 34–37, 36, 40, 45, 46, 73
treadmills, 100
Trickett, Edward, 110
Trickett, Libby, 239
Triple Entente (WWI), 128
Truchanas, Olegas, 213
Truganini (Palawa woman), 41, 41
Turner, Ethel, 268
U
Udet, Ernst, 141
Ultimo Power Station, Sydney, 105, 106
Unaipon, David, 174
UNESCO, 213
United Australia Party (UAP), 165, 201, 220
United Nations, 213, 217, 218, 255
USA (United States of America), 111, 129, 182, 183, 209
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), 193, 196, 230, 231
utility vehicle (ute), 159, 159
V
Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), 28, 30, 31, 33, 37, 39–41, 44
van Praagh, Peggy, 275
Vesteys (pastoral company), 216
Victoria, Queen, 113, 114, 214
Victoria Cross medal, 127, 140, 146
Victorian Football League, 244
Vietnam War, 208–210, 217, 254
Vietnamese people, 254, 254–255
Vivas, Julie, 269
Vlamingh, Willem de, 28–29, 46
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), 188
von Mueller, Ferdinand, 146
von Richthofen, Manfred, 141
voting rights, 115, 115–116, 174
W
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 49
Walers (horses), 134, 134–135, 138
Walker, Sam, 239
wallaby track (Great Depression), 163, 169, 169
Warren, Robin, 265
Warrumbungle Range (NSW), 54, 54
wartime censorship, 192
waste disposal (early settlement), 92
water polo, 248
waterwheels, 106
Wave Hill Station (NT), 216
Weddell, James, 122
Weir, Peter, 276
Welch, Garth, 275
Wellington Caves (NSW), 14, 15, 59, 66–67
Wells, H.G., 129
Westlake, Nigel, 271
White Australia Policy, 118, 252, 252–253
Whiteley, Brett, 273
Whitlam, Gough, 199, 210, 210–211, 215, 216, 221, 263
Wickham, John, 30
Wik case, 216
Wilkes, Charles, 122
Williams, Ivor, 140
Williamson, J.C., 275
Wills, Tom, 244
Wills, William John, 62–64, 63
Wilson, Woodrow, 149
Wimbow, John, 84
Wing, John Ian, 232
Winton, Tim, 267
Wiradjuri people, 224
Wollemi pines, 9
women
aviators, 161
in war, 175, 188–190, 189, 190
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), 188
Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), 188
Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC), 189
Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), 189, 190
Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS), 188
wool industry, 78–79, 154, 193
Woolloomooloo, Sydney, 93, 237
workers, 88–89, 116–118, 201, 252
World War I (Great War), 125, 127–149, 216
animals at war, 134, 134–135, 135, 142, 142
desert campaign, 135, 137, 142–144
returned soldiers, 148
Western Front, 124, 138–140, 139
Wright, Judith, 269
Wrightson, Patricia, 269
Wyatt, George, 101
Wybalenna, Flinders Island, 41
Wylie, Wilhelmina, 238
Y
Yagan (Noongar man), 39
Yarri (Wiradjuri man), 227
Yarry (Neramberein) (Aboriginal man), 58
York, Duchess of (1901), 113, 114
York, Duke and Duchess of (1927), 157, 158
York, Duke of (1901), 113, 113, 114, 166
Young, Cliff, 242
Young, Simone, 271
Z
Zador, Ervin, 230
Zappas, Evangelos, 230
Zinkernagel, Rolf, 265
zircons, 12
Zoological Society, London, 66