374 INDEX 



King, Governor P. G., urges settlement of Port Phillip, i., 25; sanctions re- 

 moval of establishment to the Derwent, 44 ; with regret, 46. 



King, Capt. P. P., accompanied Bourke to Port Phillip and made map, i., 163, 

 167, 168 ; street in Melbourne named after him, 166. 



Kingston, C. C., goes to London to assist in passing Commonwealth Act, ii., 

 338. 



Knopwood, Rev. B., at Port Phillip, 1803, i., 30 ; sermons, 35. 



Kyte, Ambrose, gives 1,000 towards exploring expedition, ii., 105. 



LABILLIEBE, P. P., his History of Victoria referred to, i., 42, 149, 398. 



Labouchere, Bt. Hon. H. (Lord Taunton), on a proposed Federal Assembly for 

 Australia, 1857, ii., 330. 



Labour and labour questions : Labour immigration, i., 204 ; disorganisation of 

 labour during gold fever, 374 ; rates of wages, 1856, ii., 71 ; unemployed 

 provfded for on public works, 100, 101 ; labour and wages ample in 1865, 

 fallen to a deplorable condition in 1895, 116 ; dearth of labour, 1884-86, 

 248 ; strikes and labour troubles, 254 ; labour largely concentrated in 

 Melbourne, 257, 356 ; relief works refused by Gillies, 1890, 278 ; the great 

 maritime strike, 1890, 278, 288 ; labour diverted into artificial channels, 

 351 : affected by burdensome duties, 351 ; unemployed, how produced, 

 352 ; labour organisations representing the people, 257, against State- 

 assisted immigration, 248 ; Trade Unions' influence, 278 et seq. ; Mel- 

 bourne Trades Hall Council, 278 ; Amalgamated Miners' Association, 

 279 ; Shearers' Union, 279 ; Carriers' Union, 279 ; Seamen's Union and 

 Corinna case, 280 ; Cooks and Stewards, 280 ; Stevedores, 281 ; Carters 

 and Wharf Labourers, Gas Workers' Unions, 282; Marine Officers' As- 

 sociation, 280 ; Institute of Marine Engineers refuse to strike, 282 ; gas 

 supply stopped, Government takes action, 283 ; mass meeting held, 283 ; 

 H. H. Champion, English labour leader, advising moderation is de- 

 nounced, 284 ; International Labour Conference (Sydney) orders shearers 

 to cease work, 284 ; afatuitous step, work generally resumed, 285 ; Marine 

 Officers withdraw from the Trades Hall Council, 285 ; finances of labour 

 movements, 287 ; effect of labour strikes, 1893, 291. 



Lalor, Peter, Ballaarat reformer, ii., 30, 34 ; chosen leader, 37 ; defends Eureka 

 Stockade, 40 ; wounded, 41 ; 200 offered for, 44 ; he escapes capture, 

 45 ; represents Ballaarat in Legislative Council, 46 ; votes for censure of 

 Hotham and his Ministers, 60; M.L.A., 65; declined knighthood, 161; 

 Minister of Customs, 183; elected Speaker, 213; voted 4,000 on his 

 vacating position, 261, 270. 



Landells, G. J., second in command Burke's Exploring Expedition, ii., 105 ; 

 quarrels with leader and returns, 106. 



Lands proclaimed Port Phillip, i., 152; surveyed, 157; first sales, 169, 172, 

 200-213, 391-395 ; land speculation, 1838, 172, 213, 250 ; in 1840, 251 ; 

 large land grants in Western Australia, 179 ; Crown lands regulations, 

 N.S.W., 194, 196, 201 ; land grants in N.S.W., 200, 208 ; area alienated, 

 201 ; fixed prices, 201 ; Special Surveys, 202, abolished, 203 ; Crown Lands 

 Sales Act, 1842, 203 ; policy of Land Acts of Victoria, 204 ; cultivated land, 

 1841, 204 ; grazing licences, 204 ; Act of 1846, regulations, 1847, as affecting 

 the squatters, 206 ; settled, intermediate and unsettled districts, 207 ; land 

 funds used for immigration purposes, 253 ; land under cultivation, 1851, 

 305; sales at Geelong, 1837, 311, 312; Wakefield system, 314; public 

 demand for land, 352, 353 ; Latrobe advises amendment of Orders in 

 Council, 355; land alienated to squatters under pre-emption claims to 

 1854, 356 ; British Act repealing that of 1842, gives absolute control of 

 lands to the colonists, 358 ; land " boom," 1853, 364 ; heavy fall in value, 

 1854-55, 364; land speculation in the suburbs, 379; cry of "unlock the 

 lands," 380 ; land out of cultivation during gold fever, 375, 380 ; sales, 

 1853-54, 690,000 acres, 381 ; grants for University and colleges, 385 ; land 

 alienated and unsold, 1856, ii., 71 ; land sold at absurdly low price, 100; 

 source of future troubles, 71 ; Haines' Land Bill, thrown out by Upper 



