Labour and Industry in Australia : From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901 (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. From the Foundation of Settlement to the Crossing of the Mountains: 1. Introduction to the first period; 2. The assignment system; 3. Musters; 4. Wages and working hours; 5. The currency; 6. Land policy; 7. The genesis of the wool industry in Australia; 8. The industries of the period; 9. Trade and prices; Part II. From the Crossing of the Mountains to the Abolition of the Assignment System: 1. Introduction to the second period; 2. Convict labour. Assignment; 3. Free labour; 4. Immigration; 5. The occupation of land; 6. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits; 7. The currency; 8. Trade and prices; Part III. From the Abolition of the Assignment System to the Discovery of Gold: 1. Introduction to the third period; 2. Transportation; 3. Immigration; 4. Land legislation in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia; 5. Land legislation and settlement in South Australia, and the Wakefield theory of colonization; 6. Labour and wages; 7. Prices; 8. Financial crisis of 1841, 1842, and 1843; 9. Industries; Part IV. From the Discovery of Gold to the Introduction of Free Selection of Land before Survey: 1. Introduction to the fourth period; 2. The end of the convict system; 3. The discovery of gold in Australia.