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INDEX 



floating, 137 ; old ideas about the 

 bird wrong, 137 ; is a marine vulture, 

 137 ; a greedy bird, 138 ; anecdote 

 of, 138 ; size and weight, 138 



Albany, beautiful town of W. Australia, 

 148 ; decided English appearance, 

 148-149 



Albicores, abundant in Australian 

 Bight, 125 ; ravenous fish, 138 



Alps, Australian. See Australian Alps 



Amadina gouldice^ a beautiful weaver- 

 bird found on the Gascoyne, 218 ; 

 description of bird and nest, 218 



Animals, driven by flood to take refuge 

 on hills, 237-238, 239 



Anseranas melanoleucas^ 76 



Ant, country covered with ant-hills, 

 231 ; enormous size and great age 

 of hills, 231 ; parasites in, 231-232 ; 

 accidents as a result of their de- 

 structiveness, 232 



Anthistiria aus traits. See Kangaroo- 

 grass 



Ant/wzoa^ on Great Barrier Reef, 303 



Apium prostratum^ the " native parsley," 

 149; cultivated by colonists, 150; 

 found on Gascoyne River, 150 



Appearance of countrj', desolate in 

 Riverine, 20 ; blackness of summer 

 on the Bogan, 3031 ; in Victoria, 

 67-68 ; English-like orchards, hedges, 

 and landscapes, 74-75 ; well watered 

 and grassed in Victoria, 75-76 ; tame 

 and uninteresting near Port Augusta, 

 103 ; about Lake Torrens a series of 

 marshes, 107-109 ; sand-hills and 

 mallee-scrub at head of Australian 

 Bight, 118 ; from top of cliffs in the 

 Bight, 120 ; about King George's 

 Sound, 142 ; near Albany, 149 ; in 

 Swan River district flat, with few 

 hills, 1 56 ; near townships fenced 

 into meadows, 157 ; a monotonous 

 plain beyond Swan River, 161 ; a 

 level horizon in the desert, 182 ; 

 change in character Swan River 

 desert, 185 ; about Port Grey, arid 

 but fertile under cultivation, 194-195 ; 

 in neighbourhood of Port Darwin, 

 225 ; near Fitzmaurice River mono- 

 tonous and poorly wooded, 247 ; 

 forest and park land in Queensland, 

 258 ; in interior of Queensland, 265 



Ardea flavirostris^ 53, 152 



Ardea garzetta^ 250 



A triplex halimus^ a species of orach at 

 King George's Sound, 149 



Augustifolia^ splendid clusters of blossom, 

 265 



Austin's Marsh, a sink, 191 

 Australian Alps, general description, 54 ; 



variously named, 67 ; some of the 



most delightful scenery in Australia, 



67 ; cliff-like outline, 67 

 Australian Bight, head of. See Head 



of Australian Bight 

 Australian mines. See Mines, Australian 



Bandicoot, a destructive and om- 

 nivorous animal, 238 



Banyan-tree, fine specimens at Port 

 Darwin, 225 ; is it indigenous, or 

 imported, 253 



Barking-lizard. See Lizard 



Barracudas, abundant in Australian 

 Bight, 125 ; and on Barrier Reef, 313 



Bat, see Fruit-bat, Tube-nosed bat, and 

 Leaf-nosed bat ; Indian Seas species 

 found near Fitzmaurice River, 244- 

 245 ; flying about all night, 245 



Berniclajubata. See Brent-goose 



Bettongia lesueuri. See Rat-kangaroos 



Bettongia penicillata^ 38. See Rat- 

 kangaroos 



Bight, Great. See Head of Australian 

 Bight 



Big-trees, completely eclipse Welling- 

 tonias, 86 ; within six miles journey 

 of Melbourne, 86 ; more than 500 

 feet high, 86 ; not valued because a 

 gum-tree, 86 ; girth, 87 ; a 200-feet 

 plank, 87 ; finest specimens at Fern- 

 shaw, 87 



Billabungs, native name for backwater, 

 42 



Biu-nuts, eaten by natives, 184 ; apt to 

 cause sickness if eaten uncooked, 184 ; 

 in Swan River and Champion Bay 

 districts, 2 1 1-2 1 2 



Black-backed gull. See Gull 



Black-boy, colonial name for Grass- 

 tree, which see 



Black fan-tailed finch, a lateral wag- 

 tail, 82 ; amusing antics when fly- 

 catching, 82 ; nests of, 83 



Blackfellow. See Aborigine 



Black-Snake. See Snake 



Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth, 

 first explorers of Blue Mountains, i 



Bleekeri plesiopsy 315 



Blue Mountains, deep colour of, i; 

 affection of Australians for, I ; first 

 explorers, 1,2; difficult passes in, 2 ; 

 enclosed valleys, 2-4 ; composition of 

 rocks, 3 ; parrot, 9 ; snow, 1 1 ; strong- 

 hold of lyre-bird, 12 ; eagles, 16 



Bob-tailed goanna. See Stump-tailed 

 lizard, 240 



