INDEX 



Ahhpharus genus, 271 



Aborigines, 7, 45 ; never penetrated 

 enclosed valleys, 7 ; rough 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 

 adventure with party of, 1 34 ; skill 

 of blind, 188 ; kindness and care of 

 colonists for, 189 ; a strange, way- 

 ward people, 170, 191 ; cliffs covered 

 with clever drawings of, 192-193 ; 

 capture and eat snakes, 202-203 ; no 

 navigatoi s, 208 ; chase fish in the 

 water, 208 ; loafers at Port Darwin, 

 but brave and manly in interior, 226 ; 

 dangerous in Port Darwin district, 

 228 ; 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, 279 ; 

 doubtful if there are two races, 280- 

 281 ; average height, 281 ; infanticide, 



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 

 out, 285 ; property in the woman, 

 285-286 ; 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 in 

 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, 21 1 



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 



Y 



