CONTENTS

PART I. WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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I. The Land of the Unlatched Door 3
II. First Impressions 9
III. Perth: a Paradise for the Working Man 20
IV. In the Bush 34
V. Agriculture and Gold 51
PART II. SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VI. A Bird’s-Eye View 73
VII. Adelaide 88
VIII. Compulsory Training and Social Life in Adelaide 98
PART III. VICTORIA
IX. Collins Street—Melbourne 113
X. Social Life in Melbourne 121
XI. Ballarat 132
XII. The Black Spur 146
PART IV. NEW SOUTH WALES
XIII. Sydney Harbour 165
XIV. Sydney and its Neighbourhood 173
XV. The Blue Mountains and a Bush Picnic 186
PART V. QUEENSLAND
XVI. Banana-Land 205
XVII. The Beginning of the Tropics 212
XVIII. A Day in the Queensland Bush 221
XIX. In and About Brisbane 230
PART VI. TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
XX. The Great Barrier Reef 245
XXI. The Northern Territory 272