| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Part Ⅰ. Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Part Ⅱ. Literature review | 第13-16页 |
| Part Ⅲ. Manifestations of the rise and fall of Britishness | 第16-27页 |
| 1. Two forces in Australian colonies before Federation | 第17-19页 |
| 2. Manifestations of the rise of Britishness after Federation | 第19-21页 |
| 3. Britishness in post-WWII Australia before the 1960s | 第21-23页 |
| 4. Manifestations of the fall of Britishness | 第23-27页 |
| 4.1 Attacks on loyalism and Australia's inherited monarchical system | 第24-26页 |
| 4.2 The shift from loyalty to Britain to loyalty across the Pacific | 第26-27页 |
| Part Ⅳ. Construct of the rise and fall of Britishness | 第27-40页 |
| 1. Construct of Britishness as dominant national identity | 第28-33页 |
| 1.1 Definition of the relationship between Britishness and Australian Nationalism | 第28-30页 |
| 1.2 Creation of symbols of civic nationhood and ethnic connections to Britain | 第30-32页 |
| 1.3 Formulation of White Australia Policy | 第32-33页 |
| 2. Construct of the fall of Britishness | 第33-40页 |
| 2.1 Redefinition of the relationship between Britishness and Australian Nationalism | 第34-36页 |
| 2.2 Abolition of White Australia Policy | 第36-38页 |
| 2.3 Replacement of national symbols | 第38-40页 |
| Part Ⅴ. Reasons behind the construct of the rise and fall of Britishness | 第40-48页 |
| 1. Reasons behind the construct of Britishness as dominant national identity | 第40-45页 |
| 1.1 Australia's domestic concerns | 第40-43页 |
| 1.1.1 Domestic military realities | 第41-42页 |
| 1.1.2 Psychological need | 第42-43页 |
| 1.2 British Empire's imperial concerns | 第43-45页 |
| 2. Reasons behind the construct of the fall of Britishness | 第45-48页 |
| 2.1 Great Power alliance nationalism and the fall of Britishness | 第45-47页 |
| 2.2 Commercial benefits and the rise of Multiculturalism | 第47-48页 |
| Part Ⅵ:Effects of the constructed rise and fall of Britishness | 第48-58页 |
| 1. Effects of the constructed rise:the persistence of Britishness in public mentality | 第49-52页 |
| 2. Effects of the replacement of Britishness with Multiculturalism | 第52-57页 |
| 2.1 Discrepancy between evaded facts and stark realities | 第52-55页 |
| 2.1.1 Demographic figures | 第53-54页 |
| 2.1.2 Multicultral or melticultral? | 第54-55页 |
| 2.2 Uniqueness of Australian experience of Multiculturalism | 第55-57页 |
| 3. Effects of the discontinuity in the development of national identity | 第57-58页 |
| Part Ⅶ.Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
