Introduction: What became of Australia's empire? / Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward -- The saga of Captain Cook / Hobbles Danaiyarri -- Conquest / Alan Atkinson -- Settling the land : the making of rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse -- Indigenous subjects / Ann Curthoys -- Art and the environment : new visions from old / Anne Gray -- Empire, state, nation / John Hirst -- Migrations : the career of White British Australia / Eric Richards -- Religion and identity / Hilary M. Carey -- Money : trade, investment, and Australian nationalism / Geoffrey Bolton -- Security : defending Australia's empire / Stuart Ward -- Monarchy : from reverence to indifference / Mark McKenna -- War and commemoration : 'the responsibility of empire' / Joy Damousi -- Gender and sexuality / Angela Woollacott -- Popular culture / Richard White and Hsu-Ming Teo -- 'In history's page' : identity and myth / Neville Meaney -- Epilogue: After empire / Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward.
