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INDEX. 



Ducks, wild, 191 ; mountain cluck, 191 ; 

 black duck, 191 ; wood duck, 191 ; 

 teal, 191 ; widgeon, 191 ; blue wing, 

 191 



Eaglebank Neck, 151 



Elder, Sir Thomas, introduces camels, 

 107 



Emu, chase of, 188 



Emu Plains, 88 ; Dr. J. E. Taylor on, 90 



Eucalypt, 194 



Eucalyptus amygdalina, 196 



E. dumosa, 199 



E. ficifolia, 199 



E. globus, 200 



E. rostrata, 197 



Exploration : Sturt's exploration, 

 23 ; Bass and Flinders, story of, 

 155 Baudin, M., treachery of, 157; 

 Eyre, E. J., travels of, 158 ; Forrest, 

 J., journey of, 159, 164; Leichardt, 

 L., story of, 159 ; Kennedy disaster, 

 the, 160; Stuart, J. McDougall, 

 journey of, 161 ; Burke's expedition, 

 161 ; M'Kinlay's party, 164 ; Lands- 

 borough's party, 164 ; Walker's party, 

 164; Howitt's party, 164; Warbur- 

 ton's party, 164 



Exports of Australia, 14 



Eyre, E. J., explorations of, 158 



Eyre, lake, 101 



Farming, 211 



Fauna: alligators, 113; buffaloes, 

 113 ; kangaroo, 'old men,' 181, 185; 

 marsupial mouse, 181 ; wombat, 181 ; 

 flying fox, 181 ; native bear, 181 ; 

 native cats, 182 ; Bass River opos- 

 sum, 182 ; Tasmanian tiger-wolf, 

 182 ; Tasmanian devil, 182 ; dingo, 

 183; platypus, 185; birds, 185; 

 parrots, 185 ; birds of Paradise, 185 ; 

 king parrot, 186 ; blue mountain 

 parrot, 186 ; lories, 186 ; parroquets, 

 186 ; love-birds, 186 ; blue wren 

 186 ; cockatoos, 186 ; lyre-birds, 186 ; 

 bower birds, 188 ; laughing jackass, 

 188 ; emu, 188 ; bustard, 190 ; native 

 companion, 191 ; wild ducks, 191 ; 

 black swan, 191 ; snipe, 191 ; quail, 



192 ; wonga-wonga, 192 ; bronze- 

 wing pigeon, 192 ; snakes, 192 ; 

 pearls, 139 ; shark catching, 193 ; 

 trout, 193 ; salmon, 193 ; perch, 



193 ; bream, 193 ; Murray cod, 193 ; 

 sea salmon, 193; Murray-perch, 193 ; 

 golden-perch, 193; black-fish, 194; 

 whiting, 194 ; schnapper, 194 



Favenc, Mr. E., on exploration, 25 

 Fawkner, settlement of, in Victoria, 39 

 Fawkner's Park, 39 

 Federation movement, the, 30 

 Feilberg, Mr. C. A, on (Queensland, 



117 

 Ferns, 196 

 Fig-tree, the, 126 

 Fingal, 147 

 Fires, 23, 213 

 Fish River caves, 91 

 Fitzroy, river, 122 

 Flame-tree, 201 

 Flora: nettle-tree, 127; poisonous 



plants, 136; box scrub, 136 ; rock 



plant, 136 ; heart-leaf plant, 136 ; 



York road plant, 136 ; wild flowers, 



138; eucalypt, 194; mallee scrub, 

 195 ; giant gums, 195, 197 ; spinifex, 

 195 ; ferns, 196 ; palm-tree, 196 ; 

 musk-tree, 196 ; Pittosporum, 196 ; 

 silver gum, 197 ; red gum, 197 ; 

 jarrah, 136, 198 ; blue gum, 200 ; 

 acacia or wattle, 200 ; tea-tree scrub, 

 200 ; shea oak, 200 ; bottle-tree, 201 ; 

 flame-tree, 201 ; cycads, 202 ; palm 

 lilies, 202 ; grass-trees, 202 ; warra- 

 tah, 202 ; boroina, 202 ; araucarias, 

 202 ; heaths, 202 ; grapes, 202 ; 

 Mitchell grass, 205 ; box-tree, 208 



Flinders, story of, 155 



Flinders' Lane, Melbourne, 44 



Flying fox, 181 



Forbes, 94 



Forrest, John, journey of, 159, 164 



Firth, 146 



Fremantle, 137 



Gastrolobiutn cttiylobiaides, 136 



G. bilobum, 136 



G, callistachys, 136 



G. calycinum, 136 



Gardiner, lake, 101 



Geelong, founding, 62 ; growth, 62 ; 



exports, 62 ; tweeds of, 63 

 Geraldton, 135 

 Gippsland, scenery of, 67 

 Gladstone, 122 

 Glenelg, 103 

 Golden perch, 193 



Golden Point, discovery of gold at, 60 

 Gould on Australian birds, 186 

 Grant, Lieut., discovers Port Phillip, 



37 

 Grapes, 202 

 Grass-trees, 202 

 Gray, story of, 161 

 Great Divide, the, 96 

 Great West Railway, New South Wales, 



Grey, Earl, circular of, on convicts, 135 



Guildford, 135 



Guilfoyle, Mr., director of the Botanic 



Gardens, Melbourne, 52 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, 125 

 Gums, giant, 195 ; height of, 196, 197 

 Gympsie, 123 ; discovery of gold field 



at, 130 



Hagenauer, Rev. F. A., on the abori- 

 gines, 177 



Harvesting system, 21 1 



Ilawkesbury sandstone, 90 



Ilayter, Mr. H. H., on wages, 30 



Heart-leaf, the, 136 



Heaths, 202 



Henty, Messrs., in Portland Bay, 38 



Heron, river, 151 



Ileytesbury forest, 215 



Ilindmarsh, Captain, first governor of 

 South Australia, 103 



Hobart, description of, 150 



Hoddle, Robert, lays out Geelong, 62 



Holdfast Bay, first landing at, 103 



Horses, number of, in Australia, 14 



Horsham, 67 



Hospitality, 207 



1 lot winds, 22 



Ilovell arrives at Port Phillip, 38 



Howitt, party of, 164 



Hume arrives at Port Phillip, 38 



Hurleys, the, at the fire at Otway 

 ranges, 215 



Immigration, extent of, 30 

 Ipswich, 119, 122 



Jacky, the black, fidelity of, 160 

 Jarrah forests, 136, 198 

 Jenola, 91 



Kanakas, the, 128 



Kangaroo, old man, 181, P85 



Kangaroo hunting, 184 



Kennedy, Edmund, story of, 160 



Kiama, 87 



King, story of, 161 



King George's Sound, 138 



Kingfisher, or laughing jackass, 188 



Knocklofty, 150 



Lake St. Clair. 150 



Lake Sorell, 150 



Lake Tyers Mission Station, 176 



Landells, story of, 161 



Landsborough, expedition of, 164 



Laughing jackass, 188 



Launceston, 144 



Leichardt, Ludwig, story of, 159 



Lcptospernum, 200 



Lithgow Vale, New South Wales, 91 



Livistonia palm, the 196 



Loddon, river, 68 



Lories, 186 



Lome, 72 



Lost in the bush, 217 



Loutit Bay, 72 



Love-birds, 186 



Lyre-bird, 186 



Macarthy, riyer, in 



Mackay, 123 



Macquarie Harbour, 15 1 



Macquarie, river, 93 



Magpie, musical, 188 



Mallee scrub, rabbits in, 68; extent of, 



195 



Mary, river, 121 



Maryborough, 121 



Melbourne : site, 43 ; population, 43 ; 

 area, 43 ; description, 43 ; houses, 43 ; 

 Government House, 43 ; Exhibition 

 Building, 43 ; streets, 43 ; Flinders 

 Lane, 44 ; Collins Street, 49 ; Scott's, 

 49 ; Bourke Street, 49 ; inrush and 

 outrush, 49 ; railways, 49 ; public 

 buildings, 50; university, 52 ; botanic 

 gardens, 52 ; water supply, 52 ; re- 

 seives, 53 ; cricket, 54 ; the Yarra, 

 54 ; drawback-:, 55 ; climate, 55 ; 

 unearned increment, 56 



Menada, river, 145 



Menura Victoriac, the, 186 



Merino sheep, 206 



Mermaid's Cave, the, New South 

 Wales, 90 



Mersey, river, 145 



Mitchell, Sir Thomas, verdict of, 39 



Mitchell grass, 205 



M'Kinlay, expedition of, 164 



Moreton Bay, 118 



Moore, Mr. G. F., on aborigines, 169 



Morriss, Mr., school teacher to the 

 blacks, 176 



Morsman's Bay, view from, 80 



Mosquito Plains, caves of the, 106 



