A convict prison -- The graving docks -- The early dockyard 1857-1913 -- Administration under Commonwealth ownership 1913-92 -- Dockyard development -- Shipbuilding -- Ship repair and conversion -- Submarines -- Engineering -- Other activities -- The people of Cockatoo Dockyard -- In retrospect -- Postscript ---- Appendices -- Selected plans and ship drawings -- Ships built before 1913 -- Ships built after 1913 -- Major ship repairs and alterations during World War I -- Transports converted during World War I -- Transports refitted during World War I -- Ships reconverted for merchant service after World War I -- Ship refits and repairs during World War II -- Ship's boilers built during World War II -- Naval surface ship refits and repairs after 1945 -- Submarine refits -- Docking and slipping of ships at Cockatoo Dockyard -- Corporate information