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papers that are a feature of Australian journalism. 

 The windows run down to the floor ; the doorway 

 is wide and inviting, and opens to a spacious cool- 

 tiled hall. On one side is a drawing-room, with 

 grand piano, polished floor, and Persian rugs ; 

 water-colours are on the walls and large mirrors, 

 all in the best of modern taste. On the other side 

 is a dining-room, large and handsomely furnished, 

 and behind it a cheerful morning-room, with the 

 newest novels lining the book-shelf and the latest 

 music on the upright piano. Bedrooms, cool and 

 airy, open on to the wide veranda, but to see the 

 kitchen and laundry, it is necessary to pass to a 

 group of detached buildings in the rear. Here, 

 too, are the quarters occupied by the bachelors, of 

 whom more will presently be told, and the school- 

 room, which also serves as concert-hall and chapel. 

 One side of the veranda overlooks a large lake 

 of fresh water, formed by damming the course of 

 one of the boundary streams. Flocks of wild 

 swan and ducks feed in it undisturbed, and even 

 shyer water fowl, such as the ibis and pelican, 

 may often be observed upon it. From this lake, 

 an ingeniously contrived windmill raises water to 

 the level of an elevated platform, on which, pro- 

 tected by a roof of thick wooden shingles, are a 

 number of iron tanks. From this reservoir, pipes 

 conduct the water throughout the house and 

 garden. From the other side of the house may 

 be seen the wool-shed, a long building of wood 

 with a galvanised- iron roof. Except at shearing 



