1. 'There are no traces now' : the material heritage of Australian history -- 2. 'They came by sea' : the historical archaeology of precolonial contact -- 3. The birth of a nation : seeking the remains of early Sydney -- 4. 'It didn't always work' : investigating
the sites of failed settlements -- 5. The convict contribution : vestiges of the penal system -- 6. 'I built a little homestead' : extracting history from houses -- 7. 'I cleared the land and fenced it' : reading the rural landscape -- 8. 'Out of the ground came wealth' : the archaeological evidence for mining -- 9. Made in Australia : information from industrial relics -- 10. 'The glad bright days have vanished' : the potential of Australian historical archaeology.
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