part one  australia
  i . geography and people
    1.1  general introduction
    1.2  geographical feature
      1.2.1  the great western plateau
      1.2.2  the central lowlands
      1.2.3  the eastern highlands
    1.3  rivers and lakes
    1.4  climate
    1.5  plants and animals
    1.6  population
    1.7  states and territories
      1.7.1  new south wales
      1.7.2  victoria
      1.7.3  queensland
      1.7.4  south australia
      1.7.5  western australia
      1.7.6  tasmania
      1.7.7  the northern territory
      1.7.8  australian capital territory
  ii. history
    2.1  first human habitation
    2.2  european discovery
    2.3  convict settlement
    2.4  the gold rush and the eureka stockade rebellion
    2.5  the formation of the federation
    2.6  australia and the world wars
    2.7  australia since 1945
  iii. government, parliament and the law system
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part two  new zealand
references
postscript