CONTENTS. 



. . CHAPTER VII. 



QUEENSLAND. 



Size and Configuration — Early Settlement — Brisbane Island and Coast Towns— Gladstone — Roma 

 — gympie — toowoomba — townsville — cooktown — squatting — the cattle station — the sheep 

 Station — The Queensland Forest — The Nettle-tree — Sugar Planting — Polynesian Natives — 

 Stoppage of the Labour Trade — Gold Mining — The Palmer — Silver, Tin, and Copper. 



pages 1 1 5- 1 30 

 Illustrations : 



Brisbane page 116 Valley of the River Brisbane, Queensland . page 120 



A Village on Darling Downs . . . . 117 Townsville, North Queensland . . . 124 



Sugar Plantation, Queensland . . . . . .127 



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CHAPTER VIII. 



WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



Early Settlement — Mistaken Land System — Convict Labour — The System Abandoned — Poison 

 Plants— Perth— King George's Sound — Climate — Pearls— Prospects. pages 131-140 



Illustrations : 



Sheep-Shearing ..... page 132 Government House, Perth . . . page 137 

 Perth 133 Albany 139 



CHAPTER IX. 



TASMANIA. 



A Holiday Resort for Australians — Launcestun — The North and South Esk — Mount Bischoff — 

 A Wild District — The Old Main Road — Hobart — The Derwent — Port Arthur — Convicts — 

 Facts and Figures. pages 141-152 



Illustrations : 



View of Mount Wellington, Tasmania . page 142 Views in Tasmania ..... page 147 



Corra Lynn, Tasmania . . . . .143 Launceston ....... 148 



On the South Esk, Tasmania . . . . 145 Hell Gate, Tasmania . . . . .149 



On the River Derwent . . . . . . 152 



Section ill.— Australian life anfc> H>rofcucte. 



CHAPTER X. 



HEROES OF EXPLORATION. 



Tragic Stpries— Flinders and Bass— Adventures in a Small Boat— Discoveries— Disappearance of 

 Bass— Death .of Flinders — Eyre's Journey — Ludwig Leichardt — Disappearance of his Party- 

 Theory of .his Fate— The Kennedy Catastrophe — The Burke and Wills Expedition — Across the 

 Continent — The Deserted Depot— Slow Death by Starvation— Later Expeditions, pages 153-164 



Illustrations : 



Native Encampment page 154 Splitters in the Forest .... page 1 57 



A New Clearing i 55 After Stray Cattle 160 



Monument to Burke and Wills in Melbourne . 163 



