INDEX

Abbott, Tony 363

Aborigines 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 28, 33–5, 42–3, 61, 64, 75–6, 79–80, 87, 89, 91, 105–6, 364–5, 372

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 365

abortion 363

Act of a proposal for colonising Australasia, The 84

Act to Provide for the Administration of Justice (1828) 73

Act to Provide for the Better Administration of Justice (1823) 55

Adams, Francis 224

Adelaide Festival 371

Adler, Louise 360

Adventure (ship) 9

Advocate 294

Afghanistan War 362

Africa, in World War II 291

Age, The 158, 228, 239, 283–4

agriculture 89, 165–6, 194, 255, 368–71

airlines 299, 300, 368

Alexandrina Reservoir 65

Alienation Act (1861) 165

Allen, Davida 372

Anderson, John 275

Angas, George Fife 85, 87–8

‘Anglo-Catholic’ tractarian movement 131

Anstey, Frank 267

Anti-Communist Labor Party 312 see also communists

anti-transportation league, Melbourne 125

Anzac Day 246, 364

ANZAC Pact (1944) 294, 303

ANZUS Treaty 306, 358

arbitration in labour disputes 211, 215

architecture (1861–83) 172

Argentina crash 199

Argus 138, 250

Armstrong, Gillian 373

art 372

Arthur, George 74, 75, 76, 106

Asquith, Lord 248

assignment, abolition of (1839) 98, 104

atomic bomb 295

Australia Council 371

Australia Felix 91

Australia, name 49

Australian, The 71, 73, 375

Australian Agricultural Co. 60, 69

Australian Airlines 368

Australian Broadcasting Commission 274

Australian Colonies Government Act (1850) 127, 155

Australian Communist Party 257, 265, 327 see also communists

Australian Council of Churches 295

Australian Council of Trade Unions 347

Australian Federation of Employers 193

Australian Labor Party see Federal Parliamentary Labor Party

Australian Labour Federation 205, 208

Australian National Airlines Commission 299–300

Australian National Airways 299, 300

Australian National University 302

Australian Patriotic Association 111

Australian Rules Football 374

Australian Union Steamship Navigation Co. 186–7

Australian Worker 239, 265, 270

Australian Workers’ Union 235

aviation, civil 299–301, 368

Bakery Hill meeting (1854) 147

Bali bombings 362

Bank of New South Wales 47

bank failures (1890s) 199, 200

Banks, Joseph 10

Barings (London) 199

Barlow, Kevin 361

Barton, Edmund 228, 232

Bass, George 27–8

Bathurst, Lord 41, 44, 51, 68, 77

Batman, John 91

Baynton, Barbara 168

Beasley, John 286, 303

Beazley, Kim 354

Benedictines 132

Bennet, H. G. 70

Bent, Ellis 44, 45–6

Bentley, James 147

Berry, Alexander 115

Bible 79, 109, 131, 179, 184

Bible Society 43

Bien Hoa 316

Bigge, John Thomas 52–5, 57

Black, Conrad 375

Black, George 208

Blackmore, E. G. 228

Blackwood’s 170

Blair, Tony 359

Blamey, Thomas 282–3

Blaxland, G. 41, 115

Blewett, Neal 354

Bligh, William 24, 35–7

Blix, Hans 364

Blue Mountains 41

boat people 360 see also refugees

Bond, Alan 376

Booker Prize 372

Bosanquet, Bernard 210

Boswell, James, 9

Botany Bay 8, 10, 11–18

Bounty (ship) 35

bounty system (1835) 92

bourgeoisie (1861–83) 162–90, 219, 229, 238

Bourke, Sir Richard 109

Bowen, John 28

Bowman, James 69

Boyd, Arthur 372

Boyd, Ben 121

Bradman, Donald 373

Brahe, William 159–60

Brennan, Christopher 226, 275

Brennan, Frank 355

Brisbane, Sir Thomas 55, 57–8, 59, 62, 68

Brisbane Worker 200, 206, 229, 234

Broken Hill Proprietary Co. 247

Bromby, J.E. 210

Broughton, William Grant 98, 108, 109, 110, 119, 131

Brown, Bob 370

Brown, Sarah 15

Bruce, Stanley Melbourne 259–63

Buffalo (ship) 88

building trades (1861–83) 172

Bulletin 200, 225, 229, 234, 294

Bullion Assay Act (1852) 156

Burke, Robert O’Hara 158–61, 317

Burra copper mines 89

Bush, George 359, 361

bush workers 133

bushrangers 75, 188–9

Button, John 354, 358, 360

Byrne, Joe 188, 189

Cairns, James Ford 328, 339, 340–1

Calwell, Arthur 298, 299, 316–17, 330

Cambodia 363

Camden, Earl 25

Cameron, Angus 188, 204

Camoens, Luiz de 5

Campbell, Clark & Co., Calcutta 22

Campbell, Ian 370

Campbell, Robert 22, 35, 61

Campion, Jane 373

Canberra 61, 118, 228, 240, 261

Cano, Sebastian del 4–5

Cape St Vincent 85

capital punishment 361

car industry 323–4, 368

Carey, Peter 359, 372

Carmichael, Henry 131

Case for Labour, The 241, 250

Catholicism 29–31, 50–1, 78, 93–4, 120–1, 132–3, 155, 158, 179, 182–5, 220–2, 227, 242, 304

Chaffey brothers 195

Chamberlain, Joseph 223

Chambers, Kevin 361

Chaney, Fred 356

Cheater,— 163

Chiang Kai-Shek 310

Chifley, Joseph Benedict 286, 295, 297–300, 308, 309

Chile 355

Chinese 150–3, 155, 173, 187, 193, 214, 218, 226, 233, 234, 235, 332

Chisholm, Caroline 93

Church and Schools Corporation 77

Church of England Messenger 271

Churchill, Winston 284, 289

cities, poverty in 173

Civilization Without Delusion 181

Clark, Ralph 18

Clarke, Marcus 181, 182

Clarke, William 169, 170

climate and environment 80, 369–70 change 370

coal 27, 303

Coetzee. J.M. 372

Coles, Arthur 285

Collins, David 28, 29, 36, 44

Colombo Plan 307

Colonial Bank, Melbourne 169

Commonwealth Bank 241, 368

Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration 236

Commonwealth Franchise Act (1902) 235

Commonwealth of Australia 215, 221, 228

Commonwealth Posts and Telegraph Act (1901) 235

communication 157, 191, 242, 273, 299–301

communists 258, 259, 262, 265–6, 272, 277, 282, 296, 304, 306, 308, 310, 317, 327

Communist Party Dissolution Bill (1950) 308

Connor, Reginald Francis Xavier 339, 342

Conolly, P. 50–1

conscription in World War I 248–52

Conservative Free-Traders 229, 232, 238

constitutions (1850s) 142–5

Constitution Act (1856) 155

Constitution Alteration Bill (1951) 308

convicts 10, 11–18, 19–37, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 57–9, 60, 66, 74, 82, 93, 95, 122–5, 141

Cook, James 8–10, 17, 34, 35

Cook, Joseph 241–2, 243, 244, 251

Cooper, Robert 114, 115

Coral Sea, Battle of the 289

Corowa conference (1893) 219

Cosgrove, Peter 363

Costello, Peter 358

Costello, Reverend Tim 376

Country Party 256–7, 258, 259, 263, 278, 304, 305, 326

Cowen, Sir Zelman 344

Cox, Paul 373

Crean, Simon 358, 359

cricket 373

Crimes Act (1920) 258–9

Crowe, Russell 373

Crowley, Catherine 69

Crown Land Alienation Bill (1860) 164

culture 129, 130, 273, 299, 313, 325, 358, 371–3

Cunningham, Alan 63, 65

‘currency lads’ 49

Curtin, John Joseph 281–2, 285–6, 287–8, 289, 292

Daily Telegraph 209, 241

Daley, Victor 149

Dalgetys 193

Dampier, William 8

Dangar family 61

Darling, Sir Ralph 59, 61, 63, 68, 71–3

Darwin, Charles 180, 182, 233

Darwin 288

Davey, Thomas 44–5, 54

Davis, Jack 372

Davis, Judy 373

de Groot, F.E. 271–2

De la Démocratie en Amérique 126

Deakin, Alfred 176, 210–11, 212, 218, 232, 233, 238–9, 240

Democratic Labor Party 312

Deniehy, Daniel 154

Denison Hotel, Sydney 163

Depression 1840s 113 1890s 199–203 1930s 266

Derby, Lord 187

Descent of Man, The 180

Desert Storm 364

detention centres 360, 361

Dicey, A.V. 292

Diem, Ngo Dinh 315

Donaldson, S. A. 154

Douglass, H.G. 67–8

Downer, Alexander 356

Duffy Act (1862) 165

Dumaresq family 61

Dutch 5–7, 303

Dutch East India Co. 7

Duyfken (ship) 6

DVD technology 376

economic growth 57–9, 61, 191–6, 198, 199, 218

Edinburgh Review 170

education 77, 108, 109, 119–20, 178–80, 184–6, 332, 358, 366–7

Edwards, Sir J. Bevan 216–17

Elder Smith and Co. 193

Electoral Districts Act (1856–59) 155

Elementary Education Act (1871) 183

Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta 24

emancipists 40, 45, 46, 52, 53, 54, 58, 60–1, 63, 67–73, 82, 99, 110

Emden (warship) 245

Empire 176

employment 369

Endeavour (ship) 10

Esson, Louis 241

Eureka, Ballarat 148–50

‘Eureka’ (ballad) 149–50

Eureka Hotel, Ballarat 147

European Common Market 313

Evans, G.W. 41

Evans, Gareth 355, 363

Evatt, Herbert Vere 286, 291–4, 308, 309, 310

Eyre, E. J. 89

factory acts 211, 214

Fadden, Arthur 285

Fairfax, Warwick 375

Farrell, John 147

Farrer, William 194

Fawkner, John Pascoe 91, 150–1

Federal Parliamentary Labor Party 230–1, 232, 237, 240–2, 249, 250 256, 257, 264, 278–9, 355, 359, 360

Federation movement 204, 215–23

Federation Square 372

Fenton, J. E. 269

Field, Barron 50, 68

Fielding, Steve 359

‘Fightback’ 356

film industry 373

Financial Review 337

Finlay, Peter 372

First Fleet 12–17

Fisher, Captain 202

Fisher, Andrew 240, 243, 244, 247

Fitz Roy, Governor 124, 125

Flexmore, Francis 15

Flinders, Matthew 27–8, 49

Forbes, Francis 72

Forrest, John 222

Foveaux, Joseph 36

Foxtel 376

France 28, 65, 187, 217, 246, 283

Fraser, John Malcolm 329, 337–8, 342–6, 353

free workers 96

Freeman’s Journal 231–2

Furphy, Joseph 226, 277

Gair, Vincent 334

Game, Philip 272

Garrard, J. 204

Gawler, George 88

geography, early 1, 4

George III, King 11, 21

George V, King 266

George VI, King 312

Georgiou, Petro 356, 360

Germany 88, 187, 217, 244, 252 see also World War II

Giap, General Vo Nguyen 315

Gillies, Duncan 209

Gipps, Sir George 105–6, 109–10, 115

Gladstone, William 123

Glass, Hugh 169–70

Glenelg, Lord 99

Goderich, Lord 92, 99

Goebbels, J.P. 284

gold, discovery of 129, 135–40

gold diggers (1851–61) 135–53

Goldsbrough Mort 193

Goods and Services Tax 356, 357

Gorton, John Grey 328–9

Goss, Wayne 355

Gouger, Robert 84–5

Grant Act (1865) 168

Gray, Charles 159

Greece 283, 330

Green, T.H. 210

greenhouse gases 370

Greens, Australian 370

Greenway, Francis 44, 47

Grey, George 88, 114, 126, 216, 248

Griffin, Walter Burley 240

Griffith, Samuel 187, 196–7, 202

Grose, Francis 21–2, 30

Guantanamo Bay 362

Guardian (ship) 20

Habib, Mamdouh 362

Haldane, Lord 248

Hall, E. S. 71

Hand, Gerry 360

Hanson, Pauline 356–7

Hargraves, Edward 129, 135

Harradine, Brian 357

Hartog, Dirk 6

Hashemy (ship) 124

Hasluck, Sir Paul 335

Hawke, Robert James Lee 346–9, 353, 354, 355, 361, 365

Hawkes, Ponch 372

Hayden, William 345, 346, 354, 355

health 365–6

health insurance 262, 293

Henty, James 59–60

Herald Sun 375

Hewson, John 356

Hicks, David 362

Hicks, Terry 362

Higgins, H. B 236–7

High Court of Australia 221, 223, 236

Higher Education Contribution Scheme 367

Higinbotham, George 181–2

Hindmarsh, John 87, 88

Hiroshima 295

Hiscock, Thomas 136

Hitler, Adolph 284

Ho Chi Minh 315

Hobart (destroyer) 316

Hobart Town 28, 34, 45, 65, 74, 76, 82

Hoddle, Robert 91–2

Holman, W.A. 292

Holt, Harold 318, 320, 328

Holyman brothers 299

Hope, Alec 320

Hope, Louis 195

Hopetoun, Lord 228, 229

Hovell, William 62–3, 65, 90

Howard, John Winston 353–66

Howe, Brian 354

Howe, Robert 71

Hughes, William Morris 239, 241, 243–4, 247–54, 255–60, 264, 288

Hume, Hamilton 42, 62–3, 65, 90

Hummer 206

Hunter, John 24, 30, 31

Hussein, Saddam 358, 364

Illustrated London News 167

immigrants 59–61, 63, 67, 84–95, 110, 261, 298, 323

Immigration Restriction Act (1901) 233, 234, 258, 263

India 121, 234, 310

Indonesia 303, 319

Industrial Groups 311, 312

Industrial Workers of the World 251, 256, 261

industrialization 247, 260, 273, 275

industry changes since 1980s 368 1861–83 172 government aid for 236, 258, 261 government ownership of 264 after World War II 300–2

Intercolonial Convention (1883) 187

Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1879) 193

International Socialist 241

Invalid and Old Age Pensioners Act (1908) 235, 237

Iraq War 358, 359

Irish convicts 29–31, 75

irrigation 195, 301

Isaacs, Isaac 266

Istanbool (ship) 157

Italy 283

Jamison, John 48, 68

Jansz, Willem 6

Japan 223, 234, 253, 277, 286, 287–92, 323

Java 3, 8, 66

Jews 22–3, 32, 279

Johnson, Lyndon B. 316, 318, 320

Johnson, Richard 13–14, 15, 16–17, 18, 28, 32

Johnson, Samuel 9

Johnston, Major George 36

Johnston, William 30–1

Jones, Barry 354, 358, 360

Joyce, Barnaby 356, 359

Judiciary Act (1902) 236

Kanakas 196–8, 233

Keating, Paul John 353–5, 356, 357, 361, 364, 369

Kelly, Ned 188–90, 317

Kennedy, John F. 315

Kerr, Sir John 336, 342–4

Khemlani, Tirath 340, 342

King, John 159–60

King, Philip Gidley 31, 35

Kingston, C.C. 232

Klencke, Christian 15–16

Knopwood, Robert 28–9

Kookaburras 174–5

Korean war 305–6, 308

Kyoto Protocol 370

Labor Call 262

Labor Daily 268

Labour Electoral League 206

labour shortage 84, 86, 121, 125, 187, 196

Lady Chatterley’s Lover 273

Lady Juliana (ship) 20

Lalor, Peter 148

Lambing Flat riot 152

land laws 87, 98–101, 111, 115, 165–7

Land Tax Act (1910) 241

Landcare 370

Lang, J. Dunmore 77–8, 113, 115

Lang, J. T. 268–9, 272

Larra, James 22–3

Lasry, Lex 361

Latham, Mark 359–60, 361

Lawrence, D.H. 273

Lawson, Henry 149, 168, 225–6

Lawson, William 41, 115

League of Nations 253

Learmonth, – 105

Lees, Meg 357

Lenin, Vladimir 252

Leo XIII, Pope 182

Letter from Sydney, A 84

Levey, Solomon 66

Liberal Party 238–9, 241, 251, 304–5

Liberal Protectionists 229–3, 232, 236, 237, 238

Lindsay, Norman 275

London bombings 362

Lonsdale, William 91

Lord, Simeon 22, 35, 40, 45, 54, 58

Lowe, Robert 124

Lowy, Frank 374

Lynch, Philip 340

Lyons, Joseph Aloysius 267, 269–70, 271, 279

Macarthur, Elizabeth 24

Macarthur, Hannibal 115

Macarthur, James 96, 111–12, 114, 115, 143

Macarthur, John 24–5, 35, 36, 53, 56, 68–9

McAuliffe, Michael 361

McIlwraith, Thomas 187

McKay, H. V. 236

McMahon, William 329–30

Macquarie, Lachlan 38–56, 57

Magellan, Ferdinand 4–5

Malouf, David 372

Man Booker Prize 372

Mandela, Nelson 372

Manne, Robert 365

Mannix, Daniel 242, 249–50, 251, 312

Mansfield, Ralph 131

Maritime Industries Bill (1929) 263

Marsden, Samuel 40, 44, 46, 53, 56, 67–8

Martin, James 174, 176

mateship 107, 133–4, 153, 225, 319

meat industry 195

media 375–6

Medicare 365, 366

Melba, Nellie 262

Melbourne, Lord 92

Melbourne city 91, 128, 156, 171, 172, 174, 372

Melbourne Grammar School 210, 259, 337

Melbourne Punch 169, 170

Melville, N. 204

Mendana, Alvaro 5

Menzies, Robert Gordon 279–85, 288, 304–5, 307, 308, 312–13, 317, 318

Mill, John Stuart 210, 291–2

Miller, Keith 373

Mitchell, Thomas 90–1

Molesworth, William 97

Monitor 71, 73

Montgomery, B.L., Viscount 291

Moore, Harrison 280

Moran, Cardinal Patrick F. 203, 207, 322

Morning Chronicle, London 84

Mudie, James 95

Murdoch, Rupert 365, 374, 375, 376

Murray River 62, 64, 65

Murray-Darling Basin Agreement 370

Nagasaki 295

National Gallery 372

National Party 251, 255–6, 256–7, 258, 259, 371

National-Country Party 263, 326

Nationalists (1883–1901) 191–226

Native Title Act (1993) 355

Native Title Amendment Act (Wik) 357

Nazis 279 see also Germany, World War II

Nehru, Pandit Motilah 310

New South Wales Shearers’ Accommodation Act (1901) 235

New Zealand 7, 8, 23, 244, 245, 294, 323

Newman College 242

Nguyen, Van Tuong 361

Nicholls, Trevor 372

Niemeyer, Otto 267

Nietzsche, Friedrich 275

Nixon, Francis Russell 131

Nolan, Sidney 320, 372

Norfolk (ship) 27–8

Norfolk Island 21, 27, 58, 69

Norrie, Susan 372

nuclear waste 370

Nuyts, Peter 7

O’Dowd, Bernard 276

O’Flynn, Jeremiah 50

O’Sullivan, E. W. 204

Occupation Act (1861) 165

Old Age Pensions Act (1908) 237

Olympic Games 374–5

On Our Selection 168

On the Origin of the Species 180

One Nation Party 357

Oxley, John 41–2, 65

Pacific Island Labourers Act (1901) 235

Packer, Kerry 376

Page, Earle 259, 260–1

Pan Pacific Secretariat meeting (1929) 265

Parkes, Henry 153–4, 175, 176–8, 211, 217

Parramatta 24, 25, 27, 29, 43, 108

pastoral companies 193

pastoralists 89, 91, 162–71, 256

Paterson, William 28, 36

payment of MPs 213

Payne, Marise 356

Peacock, Andrew 337, 355

Pearce, Guy 373

Pearl Harbor 286

Pearson, Noel 355

Peel, Thomas 66

Petersen, Joh Bjelke 348, 355

Petrov affair 308–10

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 366

Phillip, Arthur 12–13, 16–17, 18, 20–1, 32, 66

Piddington, W.R. 144

Pitt, William 10

Pius IX, Pope 158

Polding, John Bede 110, 119, 130, 132–3

Political Labour League 205, 207, 208, 220, 243, 248–9

population 273 1819 48 1828 82 1849 129 1851–61 155 1881 192–3 1891 194 1945–60 322 1967 299 (by religion) check number 2000 352–3 ethnic groups 197 native born 192

Porpoise (ship) 38

Port Dalrymple 28, 34, 62, 65, 74, 76, 93

Port Moresby 187, 290

Port Phillip 28, 62, 65, 90, 92, 99–100, 105–6, 111, 125, 127

Port Phillip Association 91, 100, 125, 127

Portugal 5, 6

Premiers’ Conference, Hobart (1895) 219

Prince of Wales (warship) 287

Pring, — 175

prisons 353

privatisation 360, 368

probation gangs 122

‘Protection’ 235–6, 238, 257, 258

public works (1810–21) 39–41, 47

Qantas 300–1, 368

Quadrant 365

Queen (ship) 29

Quiros, Pedro F. de 5, 6

radicals (1883–1901) 191–226

radio broadcasting 274

railways 157, 191–2, 368

railway gauges 127, 216

Randolph (ship) 125

Rau, Cornelia 361

Rayson, Hannie 372

reconciliation 355, 364–5

Reed, Joseph 172

refugees 352, 357, 358, 360

Reid, George 211–12, 219, 228

Rene, Roy 275

Repulse (warship) 287

Rerum Novarum (encyclical) 207, 231, 286

Resolution (ship) 9

Reynolds, Henry 364

Ridley, John 89–90

Roberston, John 164, 174, 176, 188, 209

Robinson, M.M. 70

Rommel, Erwin 291

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 289

Rosellas 174–5

Rudd, Steele 168

Rugby 373, 374

rum trade 23, 35, 38

Ruse, James 21

Russell, Bertrand 314

Russell, Lord John 97–8, 122

Russian Revolution 252, 257, 281

Russo-Japanese War 277

Ryan, Lyndal 364

Ryan, Susan 354

Sale of Waste Land Act (1846) 117

Santamaria, B.A. 312

Satgé, Oscar de 175

Schepisi, Fred 373

schools 32, 42, 77, 108, 118, 171, 178–80, 332, 358

Scobie, James 147

Scott, Thomas Hobbes 69, 77, 108

Scullin, James 263–4, 266, 267, 269, 270

Seamen’s Union 186

SEATO 306, 307, 311, 316

Selection Act (1868) 165–6

selectors 164–70, 190 see also land laws; squatters

September 11 attack 358

Service, James 188

services sector 369

settlers 12–18, 19–35, 57–61, 84–8

sheep 25, 37, 41, 48, 53, 54, 60, 91, 101, 201 368 see also wool industry

Singapore 287, 288

single-tax league 207

Sirius (ship) 16, 21

Skase, Christopher 376

Smith, C.E. Kingsford 299

Snedden, Billy Mackie 334–7

Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Bill (1949) 301–2

soccer 373–4

social welfare legislation 240, 293, 302–3

Solomon Islands 363

Solon, Vivian Alvarez 361

South Australian Land Co. 86

Spain 5

Spanish Civil War 277

Spender, Percy 307

spice trade 4–5, 65

sport 373–5

squatters 100–12, 118–19, 162–3, 171, 188

St Paul’s cathedral, Melbourne 158

Stalin, Josef 283, 308

Stanley, Lord 99, 117

state differences 221–3, 264 see also Federation movement

steel industry 223, 247

Stephen, James 121–2, 126

Stewart, Douglas 320

Stirling, James 66

Stokes, Kerry 376

stolen generations 365

Stone, Sharman 356

Stonehaven, Lord 266

Storey, J. 257

Strangways Act (1869) 166

strikes 201–4, 262–3, 303

Sturt, Charles 62, 63–4, 85, 89

Such is Life 277

suffrage 153–5, 163–5, 171, 212

sugar industry 187, 195–8, 261

Sunday School movement 44

Sunshine Harvester Co. 236–7

Swan River Colony 66–7, 100

Sydney, city 17, 39, 81, 82, 172, 173, 227, 374–5

Sydney (cruiser) 245

Sydney Gazette 32, 33, 40, 43, 50, 81

Sydney Morning Herald 93, 114, 116–17, 124, 129, 136, 152, 163–4, 165

Sydney Opera House 371

Syndicalists 251

‘systematic colonizers’ 85–9

Tampa 352, 357, 358

Tanaka memorial (1927) 278

tariffs 193, 212, 219, 236, 257, 258, 267, 278

Tasman, Abel 7

Tasmania, naming of 142

taxes 357

telegraph 157, 192

Telegraph-Mirror 375

telephone exchange 192

television 375–6

Telstra 360

terrorism 362

Thatcher, Charles 162

Theodore, E.C. 267, 269, 271

Therry, J.J. 50–1

Thomas, Rover 372

Thompson, Andrew 40

Thomson, Deas 129, 135–6

Throsby, Charles 42

Tocqueville, Alexis de 126, 210

Tonkin, Gulf of 316

Torres, Luis de 5

trade 48, 323, 369

trade unionism 193, 201, 204, 265

Train, G.F. 157

transition from convict system (1821–31) 57–83

transport 157, 191, 242, 299, 367–8

transportation of convicts 10, 41, 47, 51–2, 95–8, 122–5, 142

tsunami, Asian 376–7

Tudor, Frank 251

Ullathorne, W.B. 95, 110, 132–3

Ulm, C.T.P. 299

unemployment 1840s 113 1890s 199 1930s 266 1970s 344 1980s 345 1990s 353, 361 2000 353

unions see trade unionism

United Australia Party 270, 271, 272, 278, 279, 285, 305

United Labour Party 205, 208

United Nations 304, 311

United States of America 10, 11, 22, 82, 94, 114, 124, 233, 287–8, 301, 305, 306–7, 309, 313, 314, 324–6, 354, 359

universities 366–7

urbanization 273–4

Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), settlement 27–8, 42, 48, 55, 58, 61, 62, 74–5, 82, 98, 106, 112, 142

Van Diemen’s Land Co. 61

Vanstone, Amanda 360

Versailles 253, 259, 278

Victoria, Queen 117, 223

Victorian Socialist Party 257

Viet Cong 314

Vietnam 314–21, 332, 356

vineyards 370

Voluntarys 72, 78, 91, 131, 180

von Sanders, Liman 245

wages 201, 203, 211, 214, 236

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon 84, 85–6

Wardell, Robert 71, 72

‘Water Them Geraniums’ 168

Watson, J C. 232, 233

Weir, Peter 373

welfare state see social welfare legislation

Wentworth, D’Arcy 69

Wentworth, William Charles 56, 69–72, 97, 111, 114, 115–16, 117, 123, 143, 144, 317

Western Australia 65, 125

whale industry 22, 48

White Australia policy 49, 229, 232–5, 237, 239, 255, 258, 263, 265, 278, 304

White, Patrick 320, 371–2

Whiteley, Brett 372

Whitlam, Gough 318, 330–3, 341–3, 349, 359

Wild, Joseph 42

Williams, Charles 23

Williamson, David 372

Willis, John Walpole 130

Wills, W.J. 159–60

Willson, R.W. 133

Wilson, Ronald 365

Windschuttle, Keith 365

Withers, Reginald 335, 336

women, status of 141, 213

wool industry 24, 44, 60, 113, 114, 121, 169, 193, 201, 306, 368

World War I 242–54, 364

World War II 168, 277, 282–95, 364

Wright, Judith 320

Wylde, John 44

Wylie (Aborigine) 89

Yang, William 372

York, Duke of 261–2

Young, Sir Henry 156