CONTENTS. 



Section II.— Birfc's^e Dievo of tbe Colonies. 



CHAPTER IV. 



VICTORIA. 



Port Phillip — Early Settlement and Abandonment — The Pioneers Henty, Batman and Fawkner 

 — Size of Victoria — Melbourne--Its Appearance— Public Buildings— Streets — Reserves — Pride 

 of its People — Unearned Increment — Sandhurst — Ballarat — The Capital of the Interior — 

 Geelong — The Western District --View of the Lakes — Portland — The Wheat Plains — 

 Shepperton— The Mallee— Gipi^land— Mountain Ranges— School System— Cobb's Coaches— Facts 

 and Figures. pages 35-72 



Illustrations : 



Semi-Civilised Victorian Aborigines . . page 36 



Government House, Melbourne .... 37 



Melbourne, 1840 ...... 40 



A Railway Pier in Melbourne in 1886 . . 41 



A Melbourne Suburban House ... 44 



Bird's-eye View of Melbourne showing Public Offices 46 



Bird's-eye View of Melbourne looking Southwards 47 



Bird's-eye View of Central Melbourne . . 50 



Bourke Street, Melbourne, looking East . . 51 



University, Melbourne ..... 52 



The Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne 



The Yarra Yarra, near Melbourne 



Bird's-eye View of Sandhurst 



On Lake Wellington 



A Victorian Lake 



The Upper Goulbourn, Victoria . 



Waterfall in the Black Spur . 



A Victorian Forest . 



Staging Scenes 



A Sharp Corner 



CHAPTER V. 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Survey of the Colony — Sydney and its Harbour — The Great West— The Blue Mountains— Their 

 Grand Scenery — An Australian Show Place — The Fish River Caves — Dubbo to the Darling — 

 The Great Pastures — The Northern Tableland— The Big Scrub Country— Tropical Vegetation. 



pages 73-96 



Illustrations : 



Views in Sydney : Government House, the Cathe- 

 dral, and Sydney Heads .... page 74 



Government Buildings, Macquarie Street, Sydney 75 

 Statue of Captain Cook at Sydney . 

 The Post Office, George Street, Sydney 

 Sydney Harbour ...... 



Waterfall at Gowett . 



77 



82 



Macquarie Street, Sydney .... page 83 



The Town Hall, Sydney .... 85 



Emu Plains ....... 88 



The Valley of the Grose .... 89 



Zigzag Railway in the Blue Mountains . . 91 



Fish River Caves . . . . . . 92 



93 



CHAPTER VI. 



SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



Configuration — The Lake Country— Heat in Summer — Fruit — Glenelg — Adelaide — Mount Lofty 

 Range— Parks and Buildings— Mosquito Plain Caves— Camels— The Overland Telegraph Link — 

 Peake Station — The Northern Territory — Early Misfortunes— Present Prospects— Insect Life 

 — Alligators— Buffaloes. pages 97-114 



Illustrations : 



Overland Telegraph Party .... page 98 



Government House and General Tost Office, Adelaide 99 

 Waterfall Gully, South Australia . . . 100 



A Murray River Boat ..... 101 



Adelaide in 1837 ...... 102 



King William Street, Adelaide .... 104 



The Botanical Gardens, Adelaide 



An Adelaide Public School . . . page 105 



Reaping in South Adelaide .... 106 



Camel Scenes ...... 108 



Peake Overland Telegraph Station . . . 109 

 Collingrove Station, South Australia . . 1 1 1 

 Sheep in the Shade of a Gum-tree . . .112 

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