From the Book - 2nd ed., fully rev. and updated., 1st American ed.
Convict system and the growth of the first two colonies
New Britannias: cities and colonies around the coast
Explorers and squatters: the demise of black Australia
Economic development: 1850-1900
Democracy and nationalism: 1820-1900
Early federation, the Great War, the 1920s and '30s
World War II and post-war changes to 1972
Politics, the economy, and culture since 1972
Appendix 1: Adaptation of the red kangaroo to the environment
Appendix 2: Why boomerangs return
Governors-general, governors, and premiers
Chronology of major events
