DREDGING ON THE PARAMATTA RIVER, SYDNEY. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Melbourne (Victoria) to Sydney (New South Wales) and 
Wellington (New Zealand). 
Melbourne — The city and suburbs — Visit to Ballarat— The city— Its 
gold mines— Melbourne to Sydney — First sight of Sydney Heads— 
Arrive at Sydney, New South Wales — Anchor in Farm Cove — 
Sydney Harbour — Picnic on Mount Victoria — Zigzag on the 
Great Western Bail way— The Blue Mountains, and Valley of the 
Nepean — The city — Paramatta Kiver — Bhodes — The dredging pic- 
nic — Entertainments during our stay — Early history of the colony 
— Leave Sydney — The stormy weather — Beturn and anchor in 
Watson’s Bay— Sydney to New Zealand — Daily soundings — Bough 
weather — Anchor for shelter in Port Hardy and Queen Charlotte 
Sound — Man washed overboard and drowned — Sight Palliser 
Heads— Anchor off Wellington— Port Nicholson. 
Victoria is the wealthiest of all England’s colonial 
possessions ; her trade exceeds thirty-two millions 
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