INDEX 367 



Flinders (with Bass) demonstrates the existence of the Strait and circum- 

 navigates Tasmania, i., 17 ; street in Melbourne named after him, 167. 



Foster, J. F. L., i., 323, 360; candidate for N.S.W. Legislative Council, 1848, 

 293 ; nominated but withdraws before poll at new Election, 295 ; succeeds 

 Curr, who resigned, 1849, 296 ; visits England, appointed Colonial Secre- 

 tary, 360 ; suggests New Constitution with two Chambers, and introduces 

 Bill, 360 ; officer administering the Government, May and June, 1854, 

 388 ; on Goldfields Committee, ii., 18; with Governor receives deputation 

 from Ballaarat, 32 ; his dismissal asked for by mass meetings, 47 ; his re- 

 signation, 55; vindicates himself, 55; elected M.L.A., 65; Treasurer in 

 O'Shanassy Ministry, 76. 



Francis, J. G., retires from Nicholson Ministry, ii., 84 ; joins McCulloch Min- 

 istry, 91 ; Treasurer in McCulloch Ministry, 1870, 154 ; declined knight- 

 hood, 161 ; forms Ministry, 162 ; retires on plea of failing health, 172 ; on 

 Chinese Poll Tax, 234 ; on Irish disloyalty, 231, 232 ; decease, 249. 



Franklin, Sir John, midshipman with Flinders, i., 23 ; report on G. A. Robin- 

 son's method with the Tasmanian aborigines, 1837, 223. 



Franklin, Lady, visits Melbourne, 1839, i., 173. 



Free Trade versus Protection, Service's speech on, ii., 238. See Protection. 



French interests in the New Hebrides, ii., 246, 333 ; and in New Caledonia, 247. 



Fyans, Capt. Foster, police magistrate, Geelong district, i., 172, 176, 177 ; pur- 

 chases land lots, 311, 312 ; reports on Portland Settlement, 1839, 314 ; on 

 aborigines and the Protector, 231. 



Fysh, Sir Philip, M.L.A., Tasmania, goes to London to assist in passing 

 Commonwealth Act, ii., 338. 



GABBIELLI'S Corporation Loan, and offer of loans for railways, ii., 94. 



Gardiner, John, pastoralist and banker, i., 140; names creek near Melbourne, 

 172 ; manager P. P. Bank, 172 ; proceeds to England to raise capital, 173 ; 

 brings stock overland, 174 ; on deputation for " Separation," 285 ; pur- 

 chases Melbourne lots, 393. 



Geelong (Corio) Bay, surveyed by Bobbins and Grimes, Feb., 1803, i., 26; 

 Batman's itinerary and agreement with the natives of country around 

 Geelong and Indented Head, 1835, 103-112 ; allotted to Robertson Brothers 

 by the P.P. Association, 134, 143 ; site occupied by Dr. Thomson's sheep 

 station, 146; the settling of the district, 175, 176; appointment of a 

 magistrate, 177. 



Geelong, town, L, 310, visited and name approved by Bourke, 167, 311; 

 settlers there, 311 ; land sale, 213, 311-313 ; progress of, 1841 to 1849, when 

 incorporated, 313 ; railway, 385 ; visited by Hotham, 389 ; by Prince 

 Alfred, ii., 151; represented by Berry, 237; Geelong Advertiser and gold 

 discoveries, ii., 4 ; on the police " massacres" at Ballaarat, 43 ; Geelong 

 Reform Association, 63. 



Gellibrand, J. T. (with Batman), applies for grant of land at Western Port, 

 1827, i., 101 ; joins P.P. Association, 102, 113 ; his selection, 133 ; goes to 

 P.P., 140 ; with Buckley and others at Indented Head, 143 ; names the 

 Plenty River, 145 ; holds conference with Gov. Bourke in Sydney, 160, 

 193 ; revisits P.P., 160 ; lost in the bush, 161 ; his fate unknown, 162, 163. 



Geoghegan, Father, and Bp. Perry, i., 269, and John O'Shanassy, 339. 



Gillies, Duncan, M.L.A., opposes Darling Grant, ii., 141 ; Minister of Lands, 

 145 ; declined knighthood, 161 ; Minister for Railways, 162 ; against 

 Education Bill, 1867, 164 ; joins McCulloch Ministry, 1875, 185 ; Service 

 Ministry, 211 ; on Chinese question, 234 ; Service-Berry Ministry, 241 ; 

 forms new Ministry, 253 ; his great Budgets and surpluses, 1885-86 to 

 1888-89, 258 ; increases tariff, 259 ; attends anti-Chinese Conference in 

 Sydney, 1888, 270, 272 ; negotiates loan of 4,000,000, and introduces 

 extraordinary Railway Bill, 275 ; opposition to, 277 ; refuses to start 

 Government relief works for the unemployed, 278 ; and the Maritime 

 Strike, 1890, 286 ; defeated, gives place to Munro, 289 ; Agent-General, 

 318 ; returns to colony, 324 ; arranges Federation Conference, 1890, 334. 



