| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose of Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| ·Studies on the Novel at Home | 第14-17页 |
| ·Studies on the Novel Abroad | 第17-25页 |
| Chapter Three The Main Conflicts in The Secret River | 第25-41页 |
| ·William Thornhill's Struggle to Change His Life | 第25-38页 |
| ·The Reason of Leaving His Homeland | 第25-26页 |
| ·New Life in Australia | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Fight between Thornhill and the Aborigines | 第30-38页 |
| ·Smasher—Wiping Out the Aborigines | 第38-41页 |
| ·Contempting the Aborigines | 第38-39页 |
| ·Slaughtering the Aborigines | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Harmonious Relationship between the White People and the Aborigines | 第41-48页 |
| ·Thornhill's Harmonious Relationship | 第41-45页 |
| ·Kindness to Scabby Bill | 第42页 |
| ·Living in Peace with a Group of Aborigines | 第42-44页 |
| ·Communicating with the Aborigines on the Daily Life | 第44-45页 |
| ·Blackwood's Harmonious Relationship with the Aborigines | 第45-48页 |
| ·A Kind Man at Heart | 第46-47页 |
| ·Blackwood's Co-existence with Two Ethnicities | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Five Reflection of Conflict and Harmonious Relationship | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Notes | 第54-55页 |
| Internet Information | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
