Introduction -- 60,000 before present -- 1600-1767 The Dutch, the west and Van Diemens Land -- 1768-1776 James Cook and New South Wales -- 1777-1787 Britain's move into the Pacific -- 1788-1789 The First Fleet, Botany Bay and The British Penal Colony -- 1790-1829 The Age of Macquarie -- 1830-1839 Assisted immigration introduced -- 1840-1900 For a colonial & adventurous spirit? Experiments in white Australia -- 1900-1913 The Commonwealth of Australia and The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 -- 1914-1918 The Great War and The German Communities -- 1919-1938 Plagues, pandemics and bridges -- 1939-1945 World War II -- 1946-1965 New Australia -- 1964-1989 Australia & Asia -- 1990-2011 Beyond multiculturalism
Summary
This new publication from the NSW Migration Heritage Centre traces the history of migration to this continent through a selection of 100 significant objects spanning a 60,000 year time frame
Analysis
Inventions
Notes
Maps on endpapers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-207) and index
