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INDEX. 



207 ; mode of travelling, 207 ; sheep 

 run?, 207 ; drought, 208 ; houses, 

 208; sheep shearing, 210; carriers, 



210 ; swagmen or sundowners, 210 ; 

 farming, 211 ; harvesting system, 



211 ; stripper, the, 211 ; selecting, 

 mode of, 212 ; fires, 213 ; lest in the 

 bush, 217 



Staghorn fern, 196 

 Stanthorpe, 122 

 Stapleton, Mr., murder of, no 

 Sterculia acerifolia, 201 

 Stevenson, falls of the, 72 

 Stirling, Sir James, in Western Au- 

 stralia, 134 

 Storms, 22 



Strangways Springs, 1 10 

 Stripper, the, 211 



Stuart, J. M. D., travels of, no, 161 

 Sturt's detention at Depot Glen, 23 

 Sunday observance, 32 

 Sundowners, 210 

 Surrey Hills, a suburb of Melbourne, 



43 

 Swagmen, 210 

 Swan, black, 191 

 Swan, river, 135, ] 38 

 Sydney : harbour, 79 ; North Shore, 



79 ; view from Morsman's Bay, 80 ; 



churches, 80 ; public buildings, 80 ; 



railways, 84 

 Sydney Cove, 76 



Tamar, river, 144 



Tarana, 91 



Tasmania : a holiday resort for Austra- 

 lians, 143 ; Tamar, the, 144 ; Laun- 

 ceston, 144 ; North Esk, the, 144 ; 

 South Esk, the, 144 ; Corra Linn, 

 145 ; Deloraine, 145 ; Menada, the, 

 145 ; Mersey, the, 145 ; sheep, 145 ; 

 Quamby Bluff, 146 ; Don, the, 146 ; 

 Cam, the, 146 ; Forth, the, 146 ; 

 Mount Bischoff, 146 : Waratah, the, 

 146 ; Ben Lomond, 147 ; St. Mary's 

 Pass, 147 ; Fingal, 147 ; St. Helen's, 

 147 ; macadamised road, the great, 

 148; Hobart, 150; Derwent, the, 

 150; Lake St. Clair, 150; Lake 

 Sorell, 150 ; New Norfolk, 150 ; 

 convicts at Port Arthur, 151 ; Eagle- 

 bank Neck, 151 ; D'Entrecasteaux 

 Channel, 151 ; Heron, the, 151 ; 

 Macquarie Harbour, 151 ; area, 151; 



population, 152 ; revenue, 152 ; rail- 

 ways, 152; exports and imports, 152 



Taylor, Dr. J. E., on Geology of Emu 

 Plains, 90 



Tea- tree scrub, 200 



Temperature, 22 



Tennisson-Woods on the caves of the 

 Masquito Plains, 106 



Thomas, Mr., on Lake District of 

 Victoria, 64 



Tiger snake, 192 



Tiger- wolf, Tasmanian, 182 



Thursday Island, 124 



Thylacinus, the, 182 



Todd, Mr. Charles, and the Overland 

 Telegraph Line, 108 



Toongabbie, 87 



Tooaoomba, 119, 122 



Torrens, lake, 101 



Trackers, black, 174 



Townsville, 123 



Trollope, Anthony, oa Ballarat, 62 ; 

 on coaching, 70 



Trout, 193 ; fly-fishing for, 191 



Turkey, wild, 190 



Tweed, river, 95 



Victoria: area, 15; population, 15; 

 protectionist, 30 ; foundation, 37 ; 

 convicts there, 38 ; bad name given 

 to, 38 ; settlement, 38 ; mountains, 

 40; Melbourne, 43; railways, 49, 

 56 ; Sandhurst, 56 ; Ballarat, 59 ; 

 Wendouree, lake, 60 ; discovery of 

 gold at Golden Point, 60 ; Geelong, 

 62 ; Corangamite, lake, 64 ; Lake 

 Colac, 65 ; Warnambool, 66 ; Belfast, 



66 ; Portland, 66 ; potatoes, 66 ; 

 Portland Bay, 67 ; mountains, 67 ; 

 Gippsland, 67 ; Murray plains, 67 ; 

 Shepparton, 67 ; Wimmera District, 



67 ; rabbits, 68 ; Avon, the, 68 ; 

 Richardson, the, 68 ; Wimmera, the, 



68 ; Loddon, the, 68 ; wheat lines of 

 railway, 68 ; Beechworth, 69 ; Sale, 



69 ; Bairnsdale, 69 ; State schools, 



70 ; Cobb, story of, 70 ; coaching, 

 70 ; Falls of the Stevenson, 72 ; 

 Black Spur, the, 72 ; Loutit Bay, 72 ; 

 Lome, 72 ; Black Thursday, 214 



Wages, 30 



Walerawang, 91 



Walker, expedition of, 164 



Wallace, Mr. A. A. on flowers of 

 Australia, 138 



Waratah, river, 146 



Warburton, expedition of, 164 



Warratah, 202 



Warwick, 122 



Wattle, 200 



Welcanna, 94 



Wellington Valley, 94 



Wendouree, lake, 60 



W'entworth, 94 



Western Australia : area, 15, 133; 

 population, 15 ; foundation of the 

 colony, 134 ; large estates in, 134 ; 

 convicts, 135 ; Swan, river, 135 ; 

 Fremantle, 135 ; Perth, 135 ; Guild- 

 ford, 135 ; Bunbury, 135 ; Albany, 

 135 ; Geraldton, 135 ; Roeburne, 

 135 ; vegetation, 136 ; jarrah forests, 

 136; poisonous plants, 136 ; King 

 George's Sound, 138 ; climate, 138 ; 

 wild flowers of, 138 ; Sir F. N. 

 Broome on life there, 140 ; gold 

 discoveries, 140 



Western District of Victoria, 40, 63 ; 

 Mr. Thomas on, 64 



Wheat lines of Wimmera, 68 



Whittaker, Mr. S. IL, on fire at Otway 

 ranges, 214 



Whiting, 194 



Wianamatta Shales, the, 90 



Wills, W. J., story of, 161 



Windsor, 89 



Wimmera District, 67 ; rabbits in, 68 ; 

 wheat lines of, 68 



Wimmera, river, 68 



Winter day at Bourke, New South 

 Wales, 94 



Wombat, 1 81 



Wonga-wonga, 192 



Wornambool, 66 



Wreck Creek, native encampment at, 



173 

 Wnght, story of, 161 

 Wylie, the black boy, faithfulness of, 



158 



Xanthorrhcea, 202 



Yagan, an aborigine, story of, 169 

 Yarra Park, Melbourne, 54 

 Varra, river, 54 

 York-road plant, the, 136 



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