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tion Bill, 122 et seq. ; sends it again to Upper House separately but with 

 aggressive preamble, appeals to country, returned with increased majority, 

 128 ; Tariff Bill again sent up and rejected, 130 ; crusade against the 

 press, 131 ; fears publication of Colonial Office correspondence, 132 ; and 

 the " Darling Grant," 141 et seq. ; refuses to submit to dictation and 

 resigns, 145 ; after interval of two months forms new Ministry, 145 ; 

 supersedes McPherson who joins him, 1870, 154 ; his growing conser- 

 vatism, 154 ; divorced from Higinbotham no longer the popular idol, 155 ; 

 his squatting interests, 155 ; overthrown by the Protectionist Party, 156 ; 

 knighted, 160; Agent-General and K.C.M.G., 160; attitude towards 

 Education Bill, 1867, 164 ; votes against Service's Modified Tariff Budget, 

 175 ; on Payment of Members, 180 ; on increase in expenditure, ousts 

 Berry and forms new Ministry, 1875, 184 ; scene with Higinbotham, 185 ; 

 his Budget, 186 ; withdraws proposal for land, property and income, taxes, 

 186 ; his " Iron Hand " government, 186 ; denounced by Berry and his 

 colleagues as a traitor to the popular cause, etc., 187 ; stops " Stone- 

 walling " with the Iron Hand, 188 ; leaves Victoria, 252, 331. 



McCulloch, Wm., M.L.A., Minister of Defence, Turner Ministry, ii., 321. 



Macedon, Mt., discovered and named by Mitchell, 1836, i., 94 ; ascended by 

 Gov. Bourke, 167 ; its present aspect and associations, 168. 



Mackay, Angus, Minister of Mines, ii., 162. 



McKean, James, M.L.A., expelled for reflection upon members, ii., 190. 



M'Killop, G., excursion into Gippsland, 1835, i., 396 ; attends first public 

 meeting Melbourne, 1836, 150. 



McKinlay, John, expedition in search of Burke and Wills, ii., 110. 



McLean, Allan, Minister of Lands, Munro Ministry, ii., 289 ; displaces Turner 

 Ministry, 1899, 321, 326. 



Macleay, Alex., Colonial Secretary, speaks in N.S.W. Legislative Council 

 against Separation of Port Phillip, i., 288 ; eventually votes for it, 291. 



Macleay, George, accompanies Sturt, 1829, i., 69. 



McLellan, Wm., Minister of Mines, ii., 185. 



McMillan, Angus, discovers Gippsland, i., 317-321; Lakes Victoria and 

 Wellington, Rivers Nicholson, Mitchell, Avon, McAlister, and Glengarry 

 (Latrobe), names country "Caledonia Australis," 1839-40, 318. 



McPherson, J. A., forms Ministry, ii., 152 ; passes Land Act, 1869, and is put 

 out, 154 ; joins McCulloch, 1870, as Minister of Lands, 155. 



Madden, Frank, M.L.A., ii., 324. 



Madden, Sir John, Minister of Justice in McCulloch Ministry, ii., 185 ; in 

 Service Ministry, 211 ; Chief Justice, 317 ; Lieut.-Governor, 326. 



Mails overland to Sydney, etc., and by sea in 1837-39, i., 169, 170, 175; 

 between Melbourne and Europe, 328, 329. 



Mallee district visited by Gov. Hopetoun, ii., 275 ; increased settlement of, 

 323 ; Mallee Land Act, 246 ; Mildura, 159. See Irrigation. 



Manhood Suffrage introduced, i., 363. 



Manifolds, settlers, Geelong district, i., 176. 



Manners-Sutton, Sir J. H. (Viscount Canterbury), Governor, ii., 135; Disraeli 

 on his fitness, 135 ; opens Parliament, Jan., 1867, 137 ; the Darling Grant 

 and " deadlock," 142 ; advises concurrence in the vote, 143 ; accepts 

 McCulloch's resignation, communicates with Fellows and Sladen, 145 ; 

 refuses dissolution to Duffy, 161 ; his judicial impartiality, 178 ; returns 

 to England, March, 1878, 178. 



Manufactories, i., 256 ; manufacturing to be promoted by Parliament, ii., 114 ; 

 manufactories, mills and machinery, 1865, 116 ; local manufactures at 

 Exhibitions, 1866, 220; foreign exhibits, 1880, 221; artificial industries 

 restrict real production, 293 ; Factories Acts, 322. See Protection. 



Marine Board, ii., 254. 



Maryborough town, ii., 21; fetes Gov. Hotham, i., 389; railway, ii., 177. 



Meagher, Irish rebel, i., 292 ; ii., 68. 



Melbourne, site of, surveyed by Grimes, 1803, i., 26, 97 ; reserved as village 

 by Batman, June, 1835, 97, 111; founders and founding of, 97-127; its 



