Aborigines and Europeans - Convicts - Squatters and selectors - Immigration - Education - Gold discoveries - The Chinese on the goldfields - Caroline Chisolm - The Communist Party of Australia - IWW and strikes - Catholic Social Movement - Clubs ,gentlemen's - Economic depression - Free Trade or protectionism - Freemasonry - Labour Party - Mechanics' Institutes - Archbishop Mannix - Roman Catholic Church, its growth,and influence on politics and education - Shearer's Strike - Trade unions - Sport for the people