preface
  1. 1Chapter 1. The Dawn of Discovery
  2. 2Chapter 1. The Dawn of Discovery -- Continued
  3. 3Chapter 2. The Dutch and New Holland
  4. 4Chapter 2. The Dutch and New Holland -- Continued
  5. 5Chapter 3. Dampier and Cook
  6. 6Chapter 3. Dampier and Cook -- Continued
  7. 7Chapter 4. The Foundation of Sydney
  8. 8Chapter 4. The Foundation of Sydney -- Continued
  9. 9Chapter 5. The Convict System
  10. 10Chapter 5. The Convict System -- Continued (1)
  11. 11Chapter 5. The Convict System -- Continued (2)
  12. 12Chapter 6. Government and Governors
  13. 13Chapter 6. Government and Governors -- (Continued)
  14. 14Chapter 7. Further Explorations
  15. 15Chapter 7. Further Explorations -- Continued
  16. 16Chapter 8. The Extension of Settlement
  17. 17Chapter 8. The Extension of Settlement -- Continued
  18. 18Chapter 9. The Last of the Tyrants
  19. 19Chapter 9. The Last of the Tyrants -- Continued
  20. 20Chapter 10. The Dawn of Constitutional Government
  21. 21Chapter 11. The Problem of the Rivers
  22. 22Chapter 11. The Problem of the Rivers -- Continued
  23. 23Chapter 12. The Founding of Western Australia
  24. 24Chapter 12. The Founding of Western Australia -- Continued
  25. 25Chapter 13. South Australia and the Wakefield Theory
  26. 26Chapter 13. South Australia and the Wakefield Theory -- Continued
  27. 27Chapter 14. The Port Phillip District
  28. 28Chapter 14. The Port Phillip District -- Continued
  29. 29Chapter 15. From Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania
  30. 30Chapter 15. From Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania -- Continued
  31. 31Chapter 16. The Land and the Squatters
  32. 32Chapter 16. The Land and the Squatters – Continued (1)
  33. 33Chapter 16. The Land and the Squatters – Continued (2)
  34. 34Chapter 16. The Land and the Squatters – Continued (3)
  35. 35Chapter 17. The End of Convictism
  36. 36Chapter 17. The End of Convictism -- Continued
  37. 37Chapter 18. Self-Government
  38. 38Chapter 18. Self-Government -- Continued
  39. 39Chapter 19. Gold
  40. 40Chapter 19. Gold -- Continued
  41. 41Chapter 20. The Heart of the Continent
  42. 42Chapter 20. The Heart of the Continent -- Continued
  43. 43Chapter 21. Queensland
  44. 44Chapter 21. Queensland -- Continued
  45. 45Chapter 22. The Northern Territory
  46. 46Chapter 22. The Northern Territory -- Continued
  47. 47Chapter 23. Democracy at Work -- (A) Government
  48. 48Chapter 23. Democracy at Work -- (A) Government -- Continued (1)
  49. 49Chapter 23. Democracy at Work -- (A) Government -- Continued (2)
  50. 50Chapter 24. Democracy at Work--(B) Land, Labour, and the Popular Welfare
  51. 51Chapter 24. Democracy at Work--(B) Land, Labour, and the Popular Welfare – Continued (1)
  52. 52Chapter 24. Democracy at Work--(B) Land, Labour, and the Popular Welfare – Continued (2)
  53. 53Chapter 24. Democracy at Work--(B) Land, Labour, and the Popular Welfare – Continued (3)
  54. 54Chapter 25. Papua and the Pacific
  55. 55Chapter 25. Papua and the Pacific -- Continued (1)
  56. 56Chapter 25. Papua and the Pacific -- Continued (2)
  57. 57Chapter 26. The Movement towards Federation
  58. 58Chapter 26. The Movement towards Federation -- Continued
  59. 59Chapter 27. The Constitution
  60. 60Chapter 27. The Constitution -- Continued
  61. 61Chapter 28. The Commonwealth--(A) Parties and Personalities
  62. 62Chapter 28. The Commonwealth--(A) Parties and Personalities –- Continued (1)
  63. 63Chapter 28. The Commonwealth--(A) Parties and Personalities -- Continued (2)
  64. 64Chapter 28. The Commonwealth--(A) Parties and Personalities -- Continued (3)
  65. 65Chapter 29. The Commonwealth--(B) The Wheels Of Policy
  66. 66Chapter 29. The Commonwealth--(B) The Wheels Of Policy -- Continued
  67. 67Chapter 30. Australia in the Great War
  68. 68Chapter 30. Australia in the Great War -- Continued (1)
  69. 69Chapter 30. Australia in the Great War -- Continued (2)
  70. 70Chapter 30. Australia in the Great War -- Continued (3)
  71. 71Chapter 30. Australia in the Great War -- Continued (4)
  72. 72Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War
  73. 73Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War -- Continued (1)
  74. 74Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War -- Continued (2)
  75. 75Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War -- Continued (3)
  76. 76Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War -- Continued (4)
  77. 77Chapter 31. From the Treaty of Versailles to the Second World War -- Continued (5)
  78. 78Chapter 32. Imperial Relations and the Australian Spirit
  79. 79Chapter 32. Imperial Relations and the Australian Spirit -- Continued
  80. 80Epilogue
  81. 81Appendix. Social Development in Australia (up to 1945)
  82. 82Appendix. Social Development in Australia (up to 1945) -- Continued (1)
  83. 83Appendix. Social Development in Australia (up to 1945) -- Continued (2)

E Barton

Edmund Barton, Australia’s first Prime Minister.

Credit: National Archives of Australia, Image no.: A8139, VOLUME 8.

Preface

This Early History of Australia begins with a blank space on the map, and ends with the record of a new name on the map, that of Anzac. It endeavours to elucidate the way in which the country was discovered, why and how it was settled, the development of civilised society within it, its political and social progress, mode of government, and relations, historical and actual, including the Empire from which it originated.

This title covers Australian History from the early 1600s to 1945. It is based upon the book titled A Short History of Australia, written by Ernest Scott, Professor of History in the University of Melbourne. Additional information and pictures have been added by Dynamic Learning Online.

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