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CONTENTS 



DALRYMPLE'S EXPEDITION, 1873 THE BEGIN- 

 NINGS OF COOKTOWN AND THE FlRST RUSH 



FROM COOKTOWN TO THE PALMER 



LXI. MULLIGAN'S SECOND PALMER EXPEDITION, 

 1874 FROM THE PALMER TO THE JUNCTION 

 OF THE ST. GEORGE AND MITCHELL RIVERS, 

 AND BACK ...... 



LXII. MULLIGAN'S THIRD EXPEDITION, 1874 FROM 

 THE PALMER TO THE WALSH . 



LXIII. MULLIGAN'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, 1874 S T - 

 GEORGE AND McLEOD RIVERS AND THE 

 HEADS OF THE NORMANBY AND PALMER . 



LXIV. MULLIGAN'S FIFTH EXPEDITION, 1875 COOK- 

 TOWN TO JUNCTION CREEK 



LXV. MULLIGAN'S FIFTH EXPEDITION, 1875, con- 

 tinued : JUNCTION CREEK TO THE COLEMAN 

 RIVER AND COOKTOWN SIXTH EXPEDITION 

 AND DISCOVERY OF THE HODGKINSON GOLD- 

 FIELD ....... 



LXVI. THE COEN GOLDFIELD AND ITS PROSPECTORS, 

 1876-8 



LXVII. THE AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80 

 INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY . 



LXVIII. THE. AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80, con- 

 tinued : FIRST EXPEDITION COOKTOWN TO 

 COEN DIGGINGS AND THE ARCHER RIVER, 

 AND BACK TO COOKTOWN, 1879 



LXIX. THE AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80, con- 

 tinued : SECOND EXPEDITION WITH 

 CROSBIE'S PROSPECTING PARTY COOKTOWN 

 TO THE ARCHER RIVER .... 



LXX. THE AUTHOR'S EXPLORATIONS, 1879-80, con- 

 tinued : SECOND EXPEDITION, continued : 

 WITH CROSBIE'S PROSPECTING PARTY 

 ACROSS THE MclLWRAITH RANGE FROM 

 THE ARCHER RIVER TO THE NISBET RIVER 



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