Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Notational conventions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Australia's language habitat -- 1.1 Demographic, cultural and linguistic diversity -- 1.2 Past approaches to Australia's many voices -- 1.3 A unified approach to Australia's many voices -- 1.4 A coherent, inclusive account of Australia's languages -- Chapter 2 The demography of Australia's language habitat -- 2.1 Demography and the demography of Australia -- 2.2 The growth of Australia's population -- 2.3 The composition of the population -- 2.4 A profile of selected communities -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Australian English: The national language -- 3.1 Attitudes to English: From colonial cringe to epicentre -- 3.2 The British English heritage in mAusE -- 3.3 English in Australia in contact -- 3.4 Internal stratification of mAusE -- 3.5 Standard mAusE and Australia's national language -- 3.6 A social and linguistic history of mAusE -- 3.7 The language repertoire of the speech community of mAusE -- Chapter 4 An epi-centre in the Asia-Pacific region -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.