Acknowledgments Notes on dates, quotations, and references Introduction The Great Tradition: James Murray and the OED Just Another Oxford Dictionary: The Making of the AND (1) Dreams, Delights, and Downright Drudgery: The Making of the AND (2) Of Kiwis and Kangaroos: Lessons from Loanwords Waste Land to Wonderland: The Land and Its Use Good Man de Queen: Loanwords from Aboriginal Languages Two Vignettes from the Past: For the Term of a Natural Life and the Golden Handshake Walkabout: Swagmen or Squatters Eureka: The Hour of the White, Anglo-Saxon, Australian Male One Nation, One Language, One World Word Index General Index