A Source Book of Australian History

The number of events described in a Source Book must necessarily be smaller than that in histories of another type; but the aim is to place the student in contact with the evidence of history in order that he may become his own historian by drawing his own deductions from the contemporary records. The greatest historian can find no materials ulterior to such as are here presented, for there is nothing ulterior to them but the deeds themselves. They are the records written by the men who gave their life and health to lay the foundation of Australia's greatness   Introduction Discovery and Exploration Discovery of Tasmania Description of Western Australia The First Visit to the Eastern Coast Bass Strait The Investigator King George Sound Port Phillip Port Jackson Across the Mountains Australia Felix (Victoria) The Interior of the Continent Exploration of the Eastern River System The Interior Across the Continent South to North From West to East Along the Bight The Interior General History The First Settlement Early Difficulties Phillip's Resignation New South Wales Corps The Irish Political Prisoners The Bligh Mutiny The Beginning of the Wool Industry Emancipist Controversy Western Australia Wakefield's Scheme of Colonization Foundation of South Australia Foundation of Victoria Transportation Independence of Victoria Gold Effects of the Gold Discovery The Gold Mines Victoria In 1854 The Bushrangers Anti-Transportation Movement The Land Question Land Question in South Australia The Land Question in New South Wales Queensland Payment of Members Crisis New Guinea The National Australasian Convention 1891 The Commonwealth Of Australia The Boer War The Great War Landing On Gallipoli What Anzac Means A Source Book of Australian History, 1919

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