INDEX 



Ablepharus genus, 271 



Aborigines, 7 45 . nev er penetrated 

 enclosed valleys, 7 ; r0U gh justice 

 for on the Darling, 45 ; "station 

 blacks, 46, 164 ; inability to bear 

 restraint, 46 ; abject condition, 46 • 

 vanity versus rags, 47 ; often strongly 

 attached to white man, 47 ; affecting 

 anecdote of Jacky-Jacky, 47 ; corro- 

 borees, 48-49, 295-296 ; the Darling 

 blacks not a fine race, 49 ; blindness 

 and disease amongst them, 49; an 

 instance of awful cruelty, 49 ; cruelty 

 to women 50, 281 ; a few seen at 

 head of Australian Bight, 124 ; as 

 cattle hunters, 160 ; drink blood of 

 animals, 164 ; fanciful names of 

 station blacks, 164 ; acute observa- 

 tion and tracking powers of, 166 • 

 prowl round camp at night, 168 ! 

 communicate with a party in the 

 desert, 169-170; description of men, 

 women and children, 170 ; trading in 

 eggs of brush-turkey, 179; awkward 



ru?f e o2 th P art ^ of > J 34 5 skill 

 of blind, 188; kindness and care of 

 colonists for, 189 ; a strange, way- 

 ward people, 170, 191 ; cliffs covered 

 with clever drawings of, 1 92- 193 • 

 capture and eat snakes, 202-203 -no 

 navigates, 208; chase fish in ' the 

 water, 208 ; loafers at Port Darwin 

 but brave and manly in interior, 226 • 

 dangerous in Port Darwin district! 

 22« ; fine men in north, 230 ; not so 

 treacherous as often described, 233 • 

 singular nose-ornament, 233 ; fires 

 and smoke signals, 238 ; an extra- 

 ordinary feast, 239-240; causes of 

 so-called treachery, 252 ; in Queens- 

 land dead placed in trees, 269 • mis- 

 representation of, 279 ; tendency of 

 Australians to be just to, 270- 

 doubtful if there are two races, 280- 

 281 ; average height, 281 ; infanticide, 

 329 



282 ; pathetic custom of mother, 282 • 

 splendid services to whites, 282 • 

 languages of tribes differ, 283 • treat- 

 ment of infants, 283 ; tests of man- 

 hood, 283 ; wife-stealing and trial of 

 robber, 283-285 ; old customs dying 

 °fj fj> ; Property in the woman, 

 25 3 -2»b ; the woman a slave, 286 • 

 her personal appearance, 286 ; unions 

 with whites, 287 ; what he eats, 287 • 

 intelligent methods of hunting and 

 capturing game, 288-289 ; and fishing 

 289-290; beautiful workmanship m 

 twine and net, 290, 298 ; weapons, 

 290 ; the wommera, 290 ; boomerang, 

 292 ; personal bravery of, 292-293 ; 

 dress and ornament, 293-294 • re- 

 ligious beliefs, 296 ; ceremonial 

 mutilation, 296; wonders of track 

 following, 296-297 ; gunyas, 297 ; 

 property, 297-298 ; method of carry- 

 ing articles, 298 ; general disposition, 

 298 ; general customs, 298 - 299 ; 

 power of chiefs, 299; disposal of 

 dead, 299-300 

 Abrolhos Islands, general description 

 of, 203 ; soil of some removed, 208 ; 

 haunt and breeding-place of sea- 

 birds, 208 ; the most southern point 

 in the world where coral is found, 

 208; curious relics at, 207-208 ; how 

 an island is tenanted with life, 209 ; 

 painted quail found on 217 

 Acacias, " beef-tree," " black-wattle," 

 and "raspberry-jam," in Champion 

 Bay district, 211 

 Accidental and cosmopolitan species 



list of, 251 

 Adelaide, an elegant city, 91 ; terminus 

 of one of the best railway lines, 91 ; 

 important mines and quarries in 

 neighbourhood of, 91-92 

 Albatross, wandering, seen in Bight, 

 137 ; and occasionally on all parts of 

 Australian coast, 137 ; sleeps while 



