Chapter 1. Fanny Cochrane Smith: Flinders Island 1834-1842, Hobart December 1842-October 1843, Flinders Island October 1843-October 1847, Oyster Cove, Hamilton and Hobart 1847-1854, Marriage at Hobart and Annuity 1854, Early Married Life 1854-1858, Children 1858-1874, The Methodist Church, Aboriginality Debate and Pension Increase 1882, Extra Land Grant 1888, James Barnard's Paper: The Royal Society of Tasmania 1889, H. Ling Roth and the Beattie Portraits 1898, Sound Recordings 1899 and 1903, The Death of William Smith 1902, The Death of Fanny Cochrane 1905, The Smith House Burnt Down 1906, Memorial.
Chapter 2. Free Immigrants: (1860s: John Baldwin, James Brittain, Martin Brereton, Denis Brereton, Ellen Brereton, Patrick Calder, Henry Cane, Matthew Fitzpatrick senior, Matthew Fitzpatrick junior, Patrick Holloway, Alfred King, Mary Leahy, Michael Leahy, James Leahy, Michael Rabbitt, John Russell, Thomas Scanlon, George Tame, William Walshe; 1870s: John Bell, Edward Cross, William Folder, James Curtain, Francis Curtain, William Dance, Thomas Mills, Carl Olbrich, Patrick Synnott, James Sullivan, John Sullivan, Cornelius Sullivan, John Toohey; 1880s: John Cawthorn, Patrick Cranny, John Crowe, Arthur Davies, William Gordon, Alfred Griffiths, Richard Hill, Frederick Kupsch, Benjamin Loriman, William Whitbread; 1890s: Joseph Bacon, Samuel Cato, William Christie, Henry Cockerill, William Downham, W.N. Orlando Gilbert, William Kruse, James Wadsley).
Chapter 3. The Catholic Church: Fr. James Holehan (1864-1868), Fr. John McKernan (1868-1869), Fr. Thomas Kelsh (1869-1872), Fr. Michael O'Regan (1872-1879), Fr. Peter O'Reilly (1879-1888), Fr. James Holehan (1888-1894), Fr. Patrick O'Flynn (1894-1900).
Chapter 4. Protestant Churches: (St. Mark's Church, The Congregational Church, The Methodist Church).
Chapter 5. Public Schools: John Lindsay (1858-1865), Archibald Campbell (1865-1878), P.J. Develyn (1878-1882), Robert Mason (1882-1896) and Joseph Green (1896-1900); public schools in the Port Cygnet district.
Chapter 6. The Vagaries of Life: (Convict Violence, Timber Accidents, Drowning, Military Pensioners, Shooting Accidents, Suicides, Murder, Domestic Accidents, Causes of Death, Natural Disasters).
Chapter 7. Economic Enterprise: (Hotels, Timber, Jam Manufacture, Coal, Shipbuilding, The Discovery of Gold, Apples, Stores in the Township, the Post and Telegraph Office, The Harvey Factories and Commercial Stores).