| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Introducing the issue | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Objectives and plan of the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Historical review | 第18-33页 |
| ·From Sydney Cove to the White Australia policy | 第18-23页 |
| ·The root of a persisting ideology | 第18-20页 |
| ·From bush pioneers to diggers | 第20-21页 |
| ·White Australia | 第21-23页 |
| ·The demise of the digger | 第23-33页 |
| ·Word War Ⅱ and the crisis of identity | 第23-25页 |
| ·Postwar immigration and the policy of assimilation | 第25-27页 |
| ·The adoption of multiculturalism | 第27-29页 |
| ·Changes and debates | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Three Multiculturalism and Australian identity | 第33-48页 |
| ·Traditional values and multiculturalism | 第33-37页 |
| ·The basis of a multicultural identity | 第33-35页 |
| ·The impact of multiculturalism | 第35-36页 |
| ·The problems of a multicultural identity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Multiculturalism and social justice | 第37-48页 |
| ·The development of the definition of multiculturalism | 第37-41页 |
| ·The concept of social justice | 第41-45页 |
| ·Social justice and multiculturalism | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four On constructing an Australian identity | 第48-61页 |
| ·Defining national identity | 第48-52页 |
| ·National identity and the nation-state | 第48-49页 |
| ·The nation-state and the falling of nationalism | 第49-51页 |
| ·The problems of a unitary national identity | 第51-52页 |
| ·Citizenship and identity | 第52-58页 |
| ·Two theories of citizenship | 第52-55页 |
| ·Citizenship in Australia | 第55-57页 |
| ·The idea of developing an active citizenship | 第57-58页 |
| ·Towards a multicultural and just society | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Overview and comments | 第61-62页 |
| ·Problems and prospects | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-71页 |
