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deficient, 1897-98 all that could be desired, 1898-99 transcendent, 324; 

 in Victoria and in N.S.W. in 1866 and in 1900, 351, 354, 355. See Land, 

 Produce. 



Aitken, John, takes stock to Port Phillip, i., 129, 133, 134, 145, 146. 



Alberton. See Port Albert. 



Alexander, Mt., discovered and named Mt. Byng by Mitchell, 1836, i., 94 ; 

 goldfields, 366 ; ii., 6. See Bendigo. 



Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, visits the colony in 1867-68, ii., 149 ; his 

 enthusiastic reception and some of its incidents, 150 ; shot near Sydney 

 and rapid recovery, 151. 



Anderson, R. S., M.L.A., Commissioner of Customs, ii., 85 ; joins O'Shanassy 

 Ministry, 87 ; McCulloch Ministry, 185 ; on reform of Legislative Council, 

 205 ; joins Service Ministry, 211 ; on Chinese question, 234 ; Minister of 

 Justice, death, 241, 249. 



Arden, George, his Australia Felix, 1840, i., 171 ; Port Phillip Gazette, 324. 



Argus, The, and the public demand for the lands, i., 353 ; as the people's 

 advocate attacks Latrobe, 388 ; " Wanted a Governor," 380 ; too urgent 

 and impatient, 381; advocates miners' grievances, ii., 16; again de- 

 nounces Latrobe, 16 ; on brutality of police in Ballaarat riots, 43 ; on 

 Hotham's Government, 54 ; on Haines Ministry, 74 ; on Manhood 

 Suffrage, 78 ; favourable to Duffy's Land Act, 1862, 88 ; on the " tacking " 

 process, 130 ; printer (Hugh George) ordered into custody, 131 ; on Berry 

 Embassy, 207. See Press. 



Armytage, Thomas, goes in search of Gellibrand and Hesse, i., 161. 



Art and Art Gallery, Melbourne, ii., 97, 222, 356. 



Arthur, Sir George, Governor of V.D.L., and the Henty claims, i., 83 ; his 

 interest in Batman's expedition, 101, 114, 135, 180 ; pardons Buckley, 125. 



Arthur's Seat . . . named by Murray, i., 21 ; Collins's Settlement of 1803-4, 

 36, 37, 41 ; proposed as site for a town in 1836 (now Dromana), 309. 



Aspinall, Butler Cole, defends Ballaarat rebels, ii., 50; elected M.L.A., 65; 

 welcomes Duffy, 68 ; opposes Haines' Land Bill, 78 ; opposes Darling 

 Grant, 141 ; Solicitor-General, McPherson Ministry, 152. 



Audit office, under Grimes, i., 366 ; Childers, 383 ; ignored during crusade 

 against Upper House, ii., 127, 132. 



Austin, Thomas, Geelong settler, i., 176. 



Australia Felix, named by Mitchell, i., 88. 



Australian flag hoisted Ballaarat, ii., 34, 37; taken by troops at Eureka 

 Stockade, 43. 



Australian Natives Association, ii., 149 ; meeting at Corowa on Federation, 

 336 ; its influence and loyalty, 340. 



Avoca River discovered by Mitchell, 1836, i., 90. 



BACKHOUSE, Quaker Missionary at Melbourne, 1837, i., 170; visits Mission 

 Station for aborigines, 222. 



Ballaarat goldfields, i., 350, 365, 377; fetes to Gov. Hotham, 389; ii., 5, 6; 

 land sale at Geelong, 23 ; in 1854, 21 ; revolt of the diggers, 22 et seg. ; 

 Bentley's " Eureka Hotel," 25 ; burnt by the diggers, 27 ; military force sent, 

 28 ; three diggers arrested and sent for trial to Melbourne, 28 ; sentenced to 

 imprisonment, 29; " Ballaarat Reform League," 29 ; its chief articles, 29 ; 

 deputation to Governor, 32 ; further military force despatched, 32 ; de- 

 mands of deputation refused, 32 ; mass meeting summoned, 32, 33 ; held, 

 35 ; diggers burn their licences, 36 ; companies formed and oath of 

 allegiance taken, 37 ; Eureka Stockade formed, 38 ; stormed and captured 

 by the military and police, 40, 45 ; martial law proclaimed and order 

 restored, 46 ; petition for amnesty dismissed by Governor, 49 ; trials of 

 rebels, 50, 51 ; their acquittal, 53 ; first Election under Responsible 

 Government, 63 ; railway opened to Melbourne, 1862, 96 ; visited by Prince 

 Alfred, 151 ; rejects Service, 172 ; Ballaarat Times, ii., 23, 29 ; on 

 brutality of the police at the Eureka Stockade, 43. 



Banks and Banking, 1838 : Opening of Derwent Bank Co., Bank of Austral- 

 asia and Union Bank of Australia, i., 171 ; Port Phillip Bank, its brilliant 



