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176 ; on Payment of Members, 181 ; his opponents " enemies of the 

 people," 182; the fickle crowd "a pack of howling idiots," 183, 347; his 

 promises to the masses and manufacturers, 183 ; proposes Land Tax, 183 ; 

 his Ministry thrown out, 184 ; his Party's stonewalling tactics, 186, 187 ; 

 his Party returned, sixty supporters, 191 ; invites Service, Casey, Duffy to 

 join his Ministry, 192 ; his Budget and Land Tax, 193-195 ; sum for Pay- 

 ment of Members included in Appropriation Bill, 196 ; in separate Bill 

 rejected by Legislative Council, 197; Assembly adjourned, 197; wholesale 

 dismissal of civil servants, 8th Jan., 1878, " Black Wednesday," 198, 199 ; 

 effect in the country, 200 ; some officials reinstated, 201, 202 ; condemna- 

 tion of the Press, 202 ; on reform of the Legislative Council, 205 ; Em- 

 bassy to London, 201, 208, 210 ; defeated at Election, Feb., 1880, resigns, 

 211 ; comes back with -large majority, 212 ; forms new Ministry, 213 ; 

 again defeated, 216; results of five years' rule and "The Berry Blight," 

 217 ; and Irish disloyalty, 232 ; allied with Service in Coalition Ministry, 

 240 ; his readiness in debate, power of arousing enthusiasm, 241 ; retires 

 to assume Agent-Generalship, 249 ; proceeds to London, 252 ; knighted, 

 161, 252 ; attends Colonial Conference, 268 ; returns to colony, re-enters 

 Parliament, 289 ; Treasurer in Shiels Ministry, 289 ; Director of Freehold 

 Investment and Banking Company, 304 ; a liquidator of the Mercantile 

 Bank, 305, 316 ; his Budget and deficiency, 1892, 316 ; elected Speaker, 

 1894, 322 ; defeated at poll, 1897, 324 ; Parliament provides an annuity, 

 325; delegate Federal Convention, Sydney, 1883, 333; attends Federal 

 Council, Hobart, Jan., 1886, 333. 



Best, R. W., M.L.A., Minister of Lands, ii., 321. 



Bindon, Samuel H., Minister of Justice in McCulloch Cabinet, 1866, ii., 146. 



Black, George, editor Diggers' Advocate, Ballaarat rebel, ii., 30, 34, 35, 40 ; did 

 not fight, 41 ; 200 offered for his capture, 44. 



"Black Thursday" fires, 6th Feb., 1851, i., 331-334. 



Blackburn, James, City Surveyor, on Batman's itinerary, i. , 110. 



Blair, David, his animosity to Latrobe, i., 387 ; denounces military despotism 

 of the Government, ii., 47 ; elected M.L.A. for Talbot, 63 ; takes part in 

 agitation against penal department, 102. 



Bonwick, James, quoted or referred to, i., 99, 110, 149, 150, 324, 396. 



Botany Bay designated a penal settlement, 1786, i., 2 ; for a time " Botany 

 Bay " significant of the entire continent, 322. 



Bourke, Gov. Sir Richard, and Mitchell's Exploration of Aiistralia Felix, i., 

 88 ; treats Batman and P.P. Association as trespassers, 135, 136 ; reports to 

 the British Government the intrusion of Batman and others, 137, 181 ; re- 

 cognises the great pastoral interest of the Colonies, 138 ; proposes a town 

 where Batman's party had proceeded, 138 ; proceeds of sales of land to be 

 devoted to survey, government and education, 139 ; receives reply from 

 Lord Glenelg, 152 ; instructs Lonsdale, 153-155 ; ignores claims of 

 Batman, Fawkner and others, 157 ; visits Port Phillip, names towns of 

 Melbourne, Geelong, Williamstown ; visits Werribee Plains, Mt. Macedon, 

 etc., reports to Colonial Minister and advises the appointment of a Lieut. - 

 Governor, 163-168, 177, 240, 311 ; street in Melbourne, 166, and county 

 named after him, 168 ; decision as to P.P. Association's claims, 195 ; 

 authorises sales of lands, 209, 212. 



Boursiquot, G. D., the Port Phillip Patriot and Daily News, i., 325. 



Bowen, Sir George Ferguson, Governor, ii., 178; his Thirty Years of Colonial 

 Government, 178 ; his part in social and public functions, 179 ; a year's 

 holiday in England, 179 ; sides with Berry against the Council, 196, 203 ; 

 sanctions wholesale dismissal of civil servants, 198 ; opens Portland rail- 

 way, 199 ; excuses his action in regard to dismissals, 200 ; some officials 

 reinstated, 201 ; transferred to Mauritius, 203 ; and Berry Embassy, 207. 



Boyd, Benj., banker and land speculator, i., 206; represents P.P. in N.S.W. 

 Legislative Council, 282, 288 ; signs petition for Separation, 290. 



Brassey, Thomas, offers to construct railways, ii., 94. 



Brassey, Lord, Governor, Oct., 1895 to Jan., 1900, ii., 326. 



