CONTENTS

1 The Coming of the Aborigine and the White Man

2 Convicts and Settlers 1788–1809

3 The Age of Macquarie 1810–1821

4 The Transition 1821–1831

5 Immigrants and Squatters 1831–1842

6 Politics and Culture 1843–1851

7 Gold 1851–1861

8 The Age of the Bourgeoisie 1861–1883

9 Radicals and Nationalists 1883–1901

10 The Age of the Optimists 1901–1919

11 The Survivors 1919–1941

12 Between Two Worlds 1941–1969

13 An Age of Ruins 1969–1986

Addendum by Sebastian Clark

A Note on Sources

Index