INDEX. 



223 



Mount Barker, 106 



Mount Baw-Baw eucalypt, height of, 



Mount Bischoft tin mine, 146 



Mount Clay, 67 



Mount Franklin, 40 



Mount Kosciusko, 20 



Mount Lindsay, 96 



Mount Lofty range, 103 



Mount Wellington, 150 



Mountain system, 20 



Mouse, marsupial, 181 



Mudgee line, New South Wales, 91 



Mueller, Baron von, on, tea-tree scrub, 



200 

 Murray cod, 193 

 Murray perch, 193 

 Murray plains, 67 

 Murray, river, 21, 100 

 Musk-tree, 196 

 Myers, Mr. F. H., on Sydney, 79 



Narrawong, 67 



Nash discovers Gympie gold-field, 130 



Native companion, the, 191 



Natives, destructiveness of, 23 



Nettle-tree, the, 127 



New Norfolk, 150 



New South Wales: area, 15, 75 ; po- 

 pulation, 15 ; losses by drought, 25 ; 

 climate, 76 ; drought, 76, 94 ; settle- 

 ment, 76; Port Jackson, )6 ; statis- 

 tics, 79 ; Sydney, 79 ; South Coast 

 Railway, 84 ; Kiama, 87 ; Great 

 West Railway, 87 ; Paramatta, 87 ; 

 Castle Hill, 87 ; Toongabbie, 87 ; 

 Blue Mountains, 87 ; Emu Plains, 

 88 ; Penrith, 89 ; Windsor, 89 ; Rich- 

 mond, 89 ; geology, 90 ; Blackheath, 

 Mermaid's Cave, 90 ; Lithgow Vale, 

 91 ; Capertee, 91 ; Mudgee line, 91 ; 

 Waleravvang, 91 ; Tarana, 91 ; Fish 

 River caves, 91 ; Jenola, 91 ; Bath- 

 urst, 93 ; Blayney, 94 ; Orange, 94 ; 

 Forbes, 94 ; Wellington Valley, 94 ; 

 Dubbo, 94 ; cattle, 94 ; Darling, the, 



94 ; Cohan, 94 ; Bourke, 94 ; Bre- 

 moroma, 94 ; Welcanna, 94 ; Went- 

 worth, 94 ; Great Northern Railway, 



95 ; Newcastle, 95 ; Breeza Plains, 

 95 ; Richmond, the, 95 ; Tweed, 

 the, 95 ; Big Scrub, 95 ; Cane fields, 



96 ; Great Divide, the, 96 ; Mount 

 Lindsay, 96 ; Clarence, the, 96 ; 

 Nightcap, the, 96 



Newcastle, 95 



Nightcap, the, New South Wales, 96 

 Norman, river, 125 

 Normanton, 125 

 North Esk, river, 144 

 Northern Territory, see S. Australia. 

 Northern Trunk Line of Queensland, 

 123 



Oakleigii, a suburb of Melbourne, 



43 

 Opossum, 182 

 Orange, 94 



Ornithorhynchiis, the, 185 

 Overland Telegraph Line, 108 



Palm-lilies, 202 



Palm-trees, 196 



Palmer gold-field, 124, 130 



Palmerston, mines of, III 



Palmerston and Pine Creek line, 110 



Paramatta, 87 



Parrots, 185 



Parroquets, 186 



Peake Telegraph Station, 109 



Pearl fisheries of Western Australia, 



139 



Penrith, 89 



Perch, 193 



Perouse, expedition of, 76 



Perth, description of, 136 



Phillip, Captain Arthur, governor at 



Port Jackson, 76 

 Physical geography, 21 

 Pigeon, bronze-wing, 192 

 Piping crow, 188 

 Pittosporiim, 196 

 Platypus, 185 



Poole, death of, at Depot Glen, 23 

 Population of Australia, 1 4 

 Porcupine grass, 195 

 Port Arthur, convicts at, 151 

 Port Darwin, vegetation at, in 

 Port Douglas, 124 

 Port Essington, 113 

 Port Jackson, /6 

 Port Phillip : discovery, 37 ; beauty, 



38 ; Howell and Hume arrive at, 



38 ; settlement, 38 

 Portland, 66 

 Portland Bay, 67 

 Potatoes, yield of, 66 

 Power, Mrs., at the fire at Otway 



ranges, 215 

 Prices, 31 



Quail, 192 



Quamby Bluff, 146 



Queensland : area and population, 

 15 ; description, 117; settlement, 118 ; 

 convicts there, 1 18; Toowoomba, 

 119, 122 ; Breme:', the, 119 ; Ipswich, 

 119, 122; Brisbane, 119; Mary- 

 borough, 121 ; Rockhampton, 121 ; 

 Bundaberg, 122; Gladstone, 122; 

 Warwick, 122 ; Stanthorpe, 122 ; 

 Dalby, 122 ; Rr.mi, 122 ; Central 

 Trunk Railway, 122; Clermont, 123 ; 

 Gympie, 123, 130; Mackay, 123; 

 Bowen, 123 ; Barrier Reef, the, 123 ; 

 Townsville, 123 ; Charters Towers, 

 123; Ravenswood, 123 ; Northern 

 Trunk Line, 123; Cardwell, 124; 

 Cairns, 124; Port Douglas, 124; 

 Palmer gold field, 124, 130; Cook- 

 town, 124 ; Thursday Island, 124 ; 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, 125 ; Norman- 

 ton, 125 ; Burketown, 125 ; cattle, 

 125 ; sheep farming, 125 ; agriculture, 

 126; scrublands, 126; vegetation, 

 126 ; labour question, the, 127 ; 

 sugar growing, 128 ; exports, 128 ; 

 cotton growing, 129 ; olive?, 129 ; 

 almond, 129 ; figs, 129 ; silk, 129 ; 

 mineral wealth, 129 ; coal, 129 ; Ca- 

 noona rush, the, 129 ; Nash discovers 

 Gympsie gold field, 130 



Rabbits, curse of, 68 



Raffles Bay, 113 



Railways in Victoria, 49 ; in Sydney, 

 84 ; in Tasmania, 152 



Rainfall, 24 ; in Sydney, 84 ; in Tas- 

 mania, 152 



Rainfall, taking advantage of, 209 

 Ravenswood, 123 

 Red gum, 197 

 Richardson, river, 68 

 Richmond, 89 

 Richmond, river, 95 

 Ring barking, 209 

 River system, 20 

 Rock plant, the, 136 

 Rockhampton, 121 

 Roeburne, 135 

 Roma, 122 



Roper, river, in; alligators in, 113 

 Russell, Mr. H. G, on physical geo- 

 graphy and climate of Australia, 21 



St. Helens, 147 



St. Mary's Pass, 147 



Sale, 69 



Salmon, 193 



Sandhurst, ups and downs of, 56 ; gold 

 in, 60 



Sarcophilus, the, 182 



Satin bird, 188 



Schools of Victoria, 70 



Schnapper, 194 



Scott's, Melbourne, 49 



Sea-salmon, 193 



Selectors, 212 



Service, a rural, 32 



Settler's clock, 188 



Shark catching, 193 



Shea-oak, 200 



Sheep, number of, in Australia, 14 



Sheep breeding, 205 



Sheep runs, 207 



Sheep shearing, 210 



Shepherds, life of, 206 



Shepparton, 67 



Silk cultivation in Queensland, 129 



Silver gum, 197 



Smith, philosopher, story of, 146 



Smyth, Mr. B., on native weapons, 

 173 ; on gum-trees, 197 



Snakes, 192 ; treatment for bites of, 193 



Snow, 20 



Snipe, 191 



Sorrento occupied by Collins, 38 ; 

 beauty of, 38 



South Australia: area, 15, 99; 

 population, 15 ; divisions, 99 ; Mur- 

 ray, the, IOO ; scenery, 100 ; Lake 

 Torrens, IOI ; Lake Eyre, 101 ; 

 Lake Gardiner, 101 ; Lake Amadeus, 

 101 ; climate, 101 ; fruits, 102 ; Ade- 

 laide, 103 ; Mount Lofty range, 103 ; 

 industries, 105 ; wheat, 106 ; Mount 

 Barker, 106 ; Caves of the Mosquito 

 Plains, 106 ; camels at Beltana, 107 ; 

 Overland Telegraph Line, 10S ; 

 Peake Telegraph Station, 109 ; Bar- 

 row Creek 'stuck up' at, 109 ; rail- 

 way construction, no; Northern 

 Territory: history, no; settlement, 

 in ; climate, 112; Roper, the, III ; 

 Macarthy, the, in ; alligators, 113; 

 buffaloes, 113 ; Black Thursday, 213 



South Coast Railway, N. S. Wales, 84 



South Esk, river, 144 



South Sea Islanders in Queensland, 128 



Spinifex, 195 



Squatters and Settlers : De- 

 scription, 203 ; cattle raising, 204 ; 

 cutting out, 204; sheep breeding, 

 205 ; merino sheep, 206 ; hospitality, 



