CONTENTS

PREFACE.

CHRONOLOGY

CHAPTER 1.
DISCOVERY OF AND EARLY VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA.

CHAPTER 2.
DISCOVERY OF AND EARLY VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA (CONTINUED).

CHAPTER 3.
ANNEXATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

CHAPTER 4.
1829 TO 1830. COLONISATION AND EARLY SETTLEMENT.

CHAPTER 5.
1831 TO 1838. ADMINISTRATION OF SIR JAMES STIRLING.

CHAPTER 6.
1839 TO 1842. GOVERNOR HUTT'S ADMINISTRATION. LAND REGULATIONS. PROJECTED
SETTLEMENT AT AUSTRALIND. ABORIGINES. EXPLORATIONS.

CHAPTER 7.
1843 TO 1849. DEPRESSION. LABOUR PROBLEMS. FINANCIAL CONDITION. QUESTION
OF CONVICT LABOUR. ESTABLISHMENT OF PENAL SETTLEMENT.

CHAPTER 8.
1850 TO 1853. TRANSITION PERIOD: FREE COLONY TO PENAL ESTABLISHMENT.
GOVERNMENT. LAND LAWS. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS. INDUSTRIES.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT.

CHAPTER 9.
1854 TO 1860. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. IMPROVEMENT IN LAND
REGULATIONS AND CONSEQUENT AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL
EXPANSION. DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE CONVICT SYSTEM.
GROWTH OF THE COLONY DURING THE PERIOD.


CHAPTER 10.
1861 TO 1868. DEPARTURE OF GOVERNOR KENNEDY AND ARRIVAL OF DR. JS.
HAMPTON. CONVICT ADMINISTRATION. INCIDENTS OF THE SYSTEM.
PROGRESSIVE PUBLIC WORKS POLICY. CESSATION OF TRANSPORTATION.
EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM REVIEWED.


CHAPTER 11.
1861 TO 1868 (CONTINUED). EXPLORATIONS. OPENING UP THE NORTH-WEST. TRADE
AND INDUSTRY. NATIVE TROUBLES. AGITATION FOR REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER 12.
1869 TO 1875. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR WELD. CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES.
PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION. LAND LAWS. RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPHS.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. EXPLORATION.

CHAPTER 13.
1875 TO 1883. AGITATION FOR ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION. LEGISLATION. LAND
LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IMMIGRATION. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT.
RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES. CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT. EXPLORATIONS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHAPTER 14.
1883 TO 1890. GOVERNOR BROOME'S ADMINISTRATION. LAND REGULATIONS. TARIFF
REVISION. FINANCES. RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES, AND TRADE. PUBLIC
WORKS: RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.

CHAPTER 15.
1883 TO 1890 (CONTINUED). GOLD DISCOVERIES: KIMBERLEY AND YILGARN
GOLDFIELDS. AGITATION FOR AUTONOMY CONTINUED. RESPONSIBLE
GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER 16.
1891 TO 1900. FIRST TEN YEARS OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. CONSTITUTIONAL
AND POLITICAL OCCURRENCES. PHENOMENAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
GOLDFIELDS. RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES, AND TRADE. LAND LAWS AND
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. GENERAL.

CHAPTER 17.
FEDERAL MOVEMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

APPENDICES.
1. DISPATCH FROM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES TO CAPTAIN STIRLING,
30TH DECEMBER, 1828.

2. PROCLAMATION BY CAPTAIN STIRLING, DATED 18TH JUNE, 1829.

3. CONVICT SYSTEM.

4. STATISTICS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1829 TO 1900.

5. PROSPECTUS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY AND DESCRIPTION OF
AUSTRALIND.

INDEX.