Foreword; Fairfax Family Preface; Author's Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1: Beginnings; 1. Heritage; 2. Early Years in Business and Journalism; 3. The Leamington Chronicle; Part 2: Travail and Triumph; 4. Disaster and Departure; 5. Sydney: A New Beginning; 6. Early Days at The Sydney Morning Herald; 7. Kemp and Fairfax; 8.

The 'Fast and Furious' 1850s; 9. The Granny and the Empire; 10. Politics, Politics .; Part 3: Heralding the News; 11. 'My wigs, won't he catch it'!; 12. Church, Education and Society; 13. Free Trade and Intercolonial Union; 14. Unlock the Lands!; 15.

The Secret Ballot, Democracy and Manhood Suffrage; 16. What Became of the 'Leamington Liberal'?; Part 4: Faith; 17. Faith and Family; 18. Faith, Church and Philanthropy; 19. Faith and Home Mission; Part 5: Fairfax at Large; 20. 'Hercules': The AMP Society; 21. Wider Commercial Involvement; 22. Wider Civic Engagement; Part 6: 'Angels Ever Bright and Fair'; 23.

Love and Loss; 24. Sunset; 25. Tribute; 26. Succession and Appraisal; An ode to John Fairfax; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index.