[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS.
I. --INTRODUCTION L
QUEENSLAND.
II. --OCCUPATION OF LAND ..... 16
III. --GLADSTONE AND ROCKHAMPTON ..... 27
IV. --ABORIGINALS ..... 39
V. --GOLD ..... 50
VI. --SQUATTERS AND THEIR TROUBLES ..... 61
VII. --DARLING DOWNS ..... 72
VIII. --SUGAR LABOUR FROM THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ..... 86
IX. --GOVERNMENT ..... 101
X. --LABOUR ..... 108
NEW SOUTH WALES.
XI. --BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, AND STEAMBOATS ..... 121
XII. --EARLY HISTORY OF THE COLONY ..... 128
XIII. --SYDNEY ....... 135
XIV-- RELIGION AND EDUCATION ..... 144
XV. --LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNMENT ..... 151
XVI. --COUNTRY TOWNS, RAILWAYS, AND ROADS ..... 161
XVII. --LAND ....... 171
XVIII. --MEAT ..... 178
XIX. --METALS ..... 182
XX. --COUNTRY LIFE IN THE BUSH ..... 193
XXI. --SCENERY IN NEW SOUTH WALES ..... 204
XXII. --THE RIVERINA ..... 212
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VICTORIA.
XXIII. --SEPARATION ....... 227
XXIV. --EARLY HISTORY OF PORT PHILLIP ..... 233
XXV. --MELBOURNE ....... 247
XXVI. --BALLARAT ...... 260
XXVII. --BENDIGO OR SANDHURST ..... 270
XXVIII. --GIPPS LAND, WALHALLA, AND WOODS POINT ..... 278
XXIX. --LAND ....... 287
XXX. --LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ..... 301
XXXI. --NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, TOWNS, AND WINES ..... 313
XXXII. --RAMA YUCK ...... 324
XXXIII. --LEGISLATION, GOVERNMENT, AND COMMERCE ..... 328
TASMANIA.
XXXIV. --PAST HISTORY ..... 335
XXXV. --PORT ARTHUR ....... 348
XXXVI. --PRESENT POSITION ..... 359
XXXVII. --FUTURE PROSPECTS ..... 375
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
XXXVIII. --EARLY HISTORY ..... 386
XXXIX. --ROTTNEST AND FREEMANTLE ..... 402
XL. --PRESENT CONDITION ..... 410
XLI. --FUTURE PROSPECTS - - - - - 422
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
XLII. --EARLY HISTORY ..... 435
XLIII. --ADELAIDE ..... 447
XLIV. --AGRICULTURE ..... 455
XLV. -- WOOL ..... 467
XLVI. --MINERALS ------ 478
XLVII. --THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. --TELEGRAPH AND RAILWAY ..... 487
XLVIII. --LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNMENT ..... 492
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTIONS.
XLIX. --SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES. POORHOUSE, ARMIES, AND CHURCH ..... 499
L. --AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATURES ..... 506
LI. --AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ..... 521
NEW ZEALAND.
LII. --EARLY HISTORY ..... 529
LIII. --OTAGO, --THE LAKE DISTRICT ..... 541
LIV-- OTAGO -- DUNEDIN..... 553
LV. --JOHN ROBERT GODLEY ..... 562
LVI. --THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS .... 572
LVII. --MARLBOROUGH AND NELSON .... 582
LVIII. --THE MAORIS ..... 589
LIX. --WELLINGTON AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ..... 609
LX. --TARANAKI ...... 628
LXI. --AUCKLAND ..... 630
LXII. --THE AUCKLAND LAKES AND HOT WELLS ..... 639
LXIII. --THE WAIKATO ..... 652
LXIV. --CONCLUSION ..... 656
APPENDIX ..... 659
