| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.1 Identity in Australia | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 The Theme of Australian Identity in Patrick White's Novels | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Three The Scrambling for the Discourse Power on the Theme of Australian Identity | 第18-24页 |
| Chapter Four The Land and The Sense of Belonging | 第24-32页 |
| 4.1 The Anxiety of Belonging to A Land | 第25-26页 |
| 4.2 White's Settings and Australian Identity | 第26-32页 |
| 4.2.1 Characters' Anxiety | 第27-28页 |
| 4.2.2 Taming the Land | 第28-30页 |
| 4.2.3 Striving to Achieve the Spiritual Belonging | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Five "The Past Is A Foreign Country" | 第32-39页 |
| 5.1 The Failure of Leaving Australia for Europe to Seek More Civilized Culture | 第32-34页 |
| 5.2 The Failure of Constructing Another England | 第34-39页 |
| 5.2.1 Constructing the Houses and Gardens of English Style | 第35-36页 |
| 5.2.2 The Failure of the Constructing | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Six The White and Other Ethnicities | 第39-45页 |
| 6.1 The White Settlers' Intruding | 第40-41页 |
| 6.2 The Conflict between the Aboriginal Culture and the White's Culture | 第41-42页 |
| 6.3 The Reconciliation with Other Ethnicities and Their Cultures | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| Works Cited | 第48-52页 |
