an illustration of the} heavy, fine wool of an australian merino ram 



(see page 533) 



leisure — a feeling more prevalent in Ade- 

 laide than in Melbourne, or even in 

 Sydney, and almost unknown in Ameri- 

 can cities — is partly responsible for the 

 universal impression among visitors that 

 Adelaide ranks high in general culture. 



But climate and the high quality of the 

 South Australian pioneers are also fac- 

 tors which have helped to make Adelaide 

 such a desirable place of residence. Those 

 who are attracted by the climate, people, 

 and manner of life of the foothill cities 

 of Southern California, who care for out- 

 of-door life and flowers and fruit, and 

 wish to spend week-ends in near-by moun- 

 tains or at the seashore, would feel at 

 home in Adelaide. 



Most writers on Australia profess to 

 see differences in types and manners in 

 the three leading cities of the Common- 

 wealth, and the natives feel sure that dif- 

 ferences exist. Melbourne is "hustling ;" 

 Sydney is "easy-going" ; Adelaide is 

 "solid" and "contented." On the basis 

 of short acquaintance these characteriza- 



tions seem as unreal as "dead" Philadel- 

 phia or "provincial" Boston would to an 

 Australian traveler. In the American 

 sense, no Australian city is hustling; all 

 are easy-going and contented ; all are 

 doing much business in an orderly, effi- 

 cient manner. As places for residences, 

 they have few competitors among cities 

 of the United States. 



THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH 



The "bush" of Australia is the back 

 country anywhere away from thickly set- 

 tled communities, where life resembles 

 that of the ranchman of New Mexico, 

 the dry farmer of western Kansas, or the 

 settler in a remote Colorado valley, whose 

 daily round of duties involves energy, 

 skill, and daring. The enemies of the 

 bushman are not disagreeable persons 

 who may be ignored or bought off or 

 turned over to the police ; they are heat 

 and winds and floods — forces of nature 

 to which man's resistance is feeble. 



For the weak-hearted and the lover of 



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