INDEX 



335 



in Port Darwin district, 249 ; boulders 

 at Bowen, 301-302 



Geopsittacus occidentalism 5 1 



Giant-moth, size, 83 ; colour, 84 ; 

 larvae harbour in hollow stems of 

 gum-tree, 84 ; price of moth in 

 Australia, 84 ; a swift high-flyer, 84 ; 

 difficult of capture, 84 ; seldom 

 abroad till afternoon, 85 ; description 

 of larva, 85 ; eaten by aborigines, 85 ; 

 distribution, 85 ; a haunter of gum- 

 trees, 86 ; not gregarious, 86 



Globe-fish, weighing half a ton taken 

 on Barrier Reef, 315 



Godwits, European varieties in Swan 

 River and Champion Bay districts, 

 216 



Goose. See Brent-goose, Pied-goose, 

 etc. 



Gouty-stem tree, 242-243 ; monstrous 

 appearance, 242 ; description of fruit, 

 242 ; not found so far north as Port 

 Darwin, 243 ; scattered growth, 243 ; 

 enormous size, 243 ; destruction of, 

 by idlers, 243 



Govett's Leap, 5 



Grampians, part of Alps range, 67 



Grampus gris^ Risso's dolphin captured 

 in King George's Sound, 154; de- 

 scription of, 154 



Grasshoppers, emigrants from England, 



83 

 Grass-tree, first appears at King 

 George's Sound, 150 ; fine specimens 

 at Fremantle, 1 59 ; great age, 1 59 ; 

 extraordinary method of growth, 



159 ; wood of, hard and full of resin, 



160 ; in Swan River and Champion 

 Bay district, 2ii ; a different species 

 in (Queensland, 263 



Great Barrier Reef, general appearance 

 of, 301-302 ; dangerous navigation, 

 302 ; weird submarine growths, 302 ; 

 lurking-place of monsters, 302, 305 ; 

 valuable nursery for fish, 303 ; 

 " brain-stones " and coral, 303 ; 

 magnificent sea-anemones, sponges, 

 etc, 303-304 ; depths of water on and 

 about, 304; crustaceans, sharks, etc., 

 abound on, 31 1, 313 ; fish, 313, 

 315 ; turtle found on Barrier Reef, 

 316 



Green Turtle. See Turtle 



Ground paroquet, found on dry plains, 

 51 ; quarrels with other birds, 51 ; 

 nesting, 51 



Grus australiaca^ 34. See Native com- 

 panion 



Gull, Larus pacificus^ the only one 



found in Australian waters, 135 ; 

 distribution, 1 36 ; breeds and is 

 abundant on Great Bight, 136 



Gum-trees, red-gum on Darling, 44 ; 

 largest trees in the world, 86-87 ; 

 many varieties, 87 ; strange habit 

 of shedding bark, 87-88 ; killed by 

 barking, 88 ; forests of, at King 

 George's Sound, 150 ; fourteen 

 species in Swan River and Champion 

 Bay districts, 21 1 ; fine specimens in 

 Queensland, 260 



Gymnorhina tibica and G. leuconota^ 34. 

 See Piping-crow 



Hcematopus unicolour^ 216 



Hcemipodius melinatus. See Painted 

 quail 



Halia'etus leucogaster^ 16. See Eagles 



Halicore dugong. See Dugong 



Hapalotis genus, 186 



Hare Wallaby. See Wallaby 



Harpyia australis. See Tube-nosed 

 bat 



Hawksbill. See Turtle 



Head of the Australian Bight, inset of 

 long rolling waves, 114-115 ; heavy 

 surf at foot of cliffs, 115; charac- 

 teristics of the cliffs, 115, 118; 

 difficulties of landing, 116 ; narrow 

 strip of beach at foot of cliffs, 119 ; 

 caverns in cliffs, 119; view inland, 

 1 20-1 21 ; troublesome thorn bushes, 

 121 ; view of country affords no relief 

 to the eye, 121 ; soundings in Bight, 

 115, 123, 126 ; no variation in back- 

 country, 123 ; impossible to penetrate 

 scrub, 124 ; species of fish and 

 immense shoals, 125-126 ; no fresh 

 water anywhere on, 126 ; gulls and 

 terns found in, 135 ; immense 

 numbers of sea-birds on east part, 136 



Heat, very noticeable at Port Darwin, 

 225 



Himantopius leucocephalus^ 216 



Honeysuckle, a universal favourite 

 with colonists, 150 ; a Banksia, 21 1 ; 

 flourishes in Westralia, 21 1 



Hoplognathus conwayi. See Rasper 



Horses, hobbling for the night. III ; 

 terrified at night-storm, 165-166 ; 

 very poor in quality at Port Darwin, 

 227 ; fed on dough, 238 ; tormented 

 by flies, 251 



Hume, river, source of Murray, 57 ; 

 a rushing torrent in deep chasm, 57 



Hunger-belt, 294 



Hydromys chrysogoster^ 323 



