CONTENTS. 



EARLY DISCOVERIES. BY FRED. J. BROOMFIELD 

 AND ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND 



CAPTAIN COOK. By FRED. J. BROOMFIELD AND 

 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND .... 



HISTORICAL REVIEW OK NEW SOUTH WALES. 



BY G. I!. BARTON, ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND 



AND FRED. J. BROOMFIELD. 



EARLY SETTLEMENT ..... 

 GOVERNOR HUNTER ..... 

 THE INTRODUCTION OF WOOL 

 GOVERNOR KING ..... 

 GOVERNOR BLIGH ..... 

 GOVERNOR MACOUARIE .... 



GOVERNOR BRISBANE ..... 

 GOVERNOR DARLING ..... 

 GOVERNOR BOURKE ..... 

 GOVERNOR GIPPS ..... 

 SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS FITZROY . 

 THE NEW CONSTITUTION .... 



EARLY AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION. BY FRED. 



J. BROOMFIELD. 

 BASS AND FLINDERS ..... 



FLINDERS IN THE "INVESTIGATOR" 



OXI.F.Y AND CUNNINGHAM .... 



HUME AND HOVELI. ..... 



PROGRESS OF EXPLORATION FROM 1828 



TOPOGRAPHY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. BY 

 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, R. VON LENDENFEI.DT 

 AND FRANCIS MYERS. 



THF, COAST-LINE ..... 



MOUNTAINS ...... 



RIVERS ...... 



THE CITY OF SYDNEY. BY THE EDITOR, FRANCIS 



MYERS AND FRED. J. BROOMFIELD. 

 THE HARBOUR 



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THE CITY AND SUBURBS 

 PARKS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS 



THE TOWNS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. BY 

 FRANCIS MYERS, FRED. J. BROOMFIELD AND 

 J. P. DOWLING. 



THE HUNTER RIVER DISTRICT 



THE NORTHERN DISTRICT . 



THE WESTERN DISTRICT 



THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT . 



THE JENOLAN CAVES. Bv FRANCIS MYERS. 



HISTORICAL REVIEW OF VICTORIA. BY JAMES 



SMITH. 



THE DISCOVERY OF PORT PHILLIP 

 COLLINS AT SORRENTO 

 THE FIRST SETTLEMENT THE HENTYS 

 THE ARRIVAL OF BATMAN . 

 THE STORY OF BUCKLEY 



JOHN PASCOE FAWKNER .... 

 CAPTAIN LONSDALE . 



GOVERNOR LATROBE ..... 

 THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD . 

 SIR HENRY DARKLY BURKE AND WILLS . 

 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR DARLING 

 THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 

 THE COLONY OF VICTORIA IN 1890 



TOPOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA. BY JAMES SMITH. 

 THE COAST-LINE ..... 



MOUNTAINS ...... 



LAKES ...... 



RIVERS ..... 



THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. BY JAMES SMITH. 

 PORT PHILLIP BAY ..... 

 THE CITY .... 

 THE SUBURBS . 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



CAPTAIN COOK . . . FRONTISPIECE. 



TORRES SIRAIIS TO-DAY . . . . i 



TORRES ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA . 3 

 SIGHTING LAND . .... 4 



THE "DUYPHEN" IN THE GULF (IF CARPENTARIA . 5 

 .\\iosv VAN DIEMEN ..... 7 



TA.S.M VN'S CARPENTER LANDING AT STORM HAY . 9 

 WILLIAM DAMPIER ... .11 



A MALAY PROA IN IHK GULF OF CARPENTARIA . 13 

 CAPE TRIIIUI.ATKIN, NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AUS- 

 TRALIA ...... 15 



THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BARRIER REEF . . 17 



A NORTH AUSTRALIAN NATIVE . . . .19 



\T - 1 R AUA'S IRON-HOUND COAST . . .21 



THE "CYGNET" BEACHED . (TAIL-PIECE) . 22 

 INITIAL " F " . . . . .23 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS . 24 



A MOUNTAIN GORGE ON THE NEW ZEALAND COAST 



FACING ...... 25 



CAPE GREEN, ON THE EASTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA 



CAPTAIN COOK'S PIGEON HOUSE 



BARE ISLAND, BOTANY BAY 



COOK LANDING AT BOTANY BAY 



AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND FISH .... 



CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDING-PLACE, BOTANY BAY 



CAPTAIN COOK PROCLAIMING NEW SOUTH WALES A 

 BRITISH POSSESSION, BOTANY BAY, 1770 



CAPTAIN COOK SIGHTING THE GLASS-HOUSE MOUN- 

 TAINS, EASTERN AUSTRALIA 



ESTUARY NEAR WHICH THE " ENDEAVOUR " STRUCK 



THE "ENDEAVOUR" ON A REEF 



BURIAL OF CAPTAIN COOK'S REMAINS AT SEA, AND 

 ins MONUMENT AT HAWAII 



ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE .... 



FIGURE-HEAD OF THE "RESOLUTION" . 



COOK'S MONUMENT, HYDE PARK, SYDNEY 



A FOREST GLADE IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA FACING . 



SHAKESPEARE HEAD, MERCURY BAY, NEW ZEALAND 



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