Port Phillip gentlemen and good society in Melbourne before the gold rushes

Paul De Serville. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 238-245. Frontmatter Acknowledgements (page 11) I A Most Unfortunate Set of Colonists (page 13) II Manners and Morals (page 35) III The Pale of Fashion (page 55) IV The Gentleman Squatter (page 82) V A Question of Honour (page 106) VI Blood, Merit...or Money? (page 125) VII The End of the Golden Age (page 150) Appendix I: Gentlemen by Birth (page 171) Appendix II: Gentlemen in Society (page 188) Appendix III: Colonists Claiming Gentle Birth (page 197) Appendix IV: Club Members (page 209) Appendix V: Magistrates and Committees (page 211) Appendix VI: Duels, Challenges, Horsewhippings and Courts of Honour (page 214) Appendix VII: A Select List of Insolvents (page 217) Appendix VIII: Necrology (page 218) Abbreviations (page 219) Notes (page 220) Bibliography (page 238) Index (page 246)