CONTENTS. 



Mount Kosciusko Frontispiece 



In the Mountains, Fernshaw ....... 5 



The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne .... 6 



Section L— 3ntrofcuctort>. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Area of Australia— England's Heritage— Natural Riches— Population— Present Prospects of Immi- 

 grants—The Six Colonies— Facilities of Travel— Character of People. pages 11-16 



Illustrations : 



A Native Climbing a Tree for Opossum . . page 12 A Road through an Australian Forest . page 13 



Coranderrk Station ......... 16 



CHAPTER II. 

 CONFIGURATION AND CLIMATE. 



Dimensions of Australia — Mount Kosciusko — The Murray River System — Wind Laws— The Hot 

 Wind — Intense Heat Periods — The Early Explorers — Spurt's Experience — Blacks and Bush 

 Fires— Droughts— Unexplored Australia. pages 17-26 



Illustrations : 



The Giant Gum-tree page 18 Junction of Murray and Darling Rivers . page 20 



Railroad through the Gippsland Forest . . 19 The National Museum, Melbourne ... 26 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE. 



Australian Democracies— The Federal Movement — Immigration — Current Wages— Cost of Living- 

 Absence of an Established Church — Religion in the Rural Districts— A Typical Service — 

 Sunday Observance— Mission Work— Church Building. pages 27-34 



Illustrations : 



Statue of Prince Albert in Sydney . . page 28 The Bower-Bird page 29 



The Independent Church, Collins Street, Melbourne . . 33 



