Economics and the Dreamtime: A Hypothetical History Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Figures
	Maps
	Tables
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The palaeoeconomic history of Aboriginal migration
1	Introduction	8
2	Conventional views and alternative approaches	11
3	Non-Malthusian issues: pathways and innovations	14
4	Scarcity possibilities in Aboriginal migration	35
5	Some possible migration scenarios	42
6	A synthesis	49
Pt. II	Development, structure and function of Aboriginal economy
7	Introduction	52
8	The process of early settlement	57
9	Variety in the precontact Aboriginal economy	66
10	The nature and function of Aboriginal economy	71
11	Dynamic elements in the Aboriginal economy	87
Pt. III	Disease, economics and demography
12	Introduction	98
13	The problem of an exposed population	102
14	Re-estimating precontact populations	121
15	Turning the models around	133
Pt. IV	The establishment of a bridgehead economy: 1788-1810
16	Introduction	142
17	History and theory	146
18	Free lunches, antipodean style	158
Pt. V	The takeover process: 1788-1850
19	Introduction	184
20	British development in the long run	186
21	The hunter gatherers of empire	190
22	British, American and Macassan presence in the takeover	196
23	The major players	199
24	Aborigines and British law	202
25	The economics of takeover	205
26	The composition and demographic impact of disease	215
27	The interaction of disease with resistance, integration and submission	221
28	Conclusions	227
	Bibliography	231
	Appendix 1: Preliminary model/checklist of Aboriginal migration to Australia	243
	Appendix 2: NOAA depth contour maps	246
	Index	247