Chapter II: Introduction

AREA OF AUSTRALIA--ENGLAND'S HERITAGE--NATURAL
RICHES--POPULATION--PRESENT PROSPECTS OF IMMIGRANTS--THE SIX
COLONIES--FACILITIES OF TRAVEL--CHARACTER OF PEOPLE. 11-16

_Illustrations_:

A Native Climbing a Tree for Opossum 12
A Road through an Australian Forest 13
Coranderrk Station 16

CHAPTER II.

CONFIGURATION AND CLIMATE.

DIMENSIONS OF AUSTRALIA--MOUNT KOSCIUSKO--THE MURRAY RIVER
SYSTEM--WIND LAWS--THE HOT WIND--INTENSE HEAT PERIODS--THE EARLY
EXPLORERS--STURT'S EXPERIENCE--BLACKS AND BUSH
FIRES--DROUGHTS--UNEXPLORED AUSTRALIA. 17-26

_Illustrations_:

The Giant Gum-tree 18
Railroad through the Gippsland Forest 19
Junction of Murray and Darling Rivers 20
The National Museum, Melbourne 26

CHAPTER III.

THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE.

AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACIES--THE FEDERAL MOVEMENT--IMMIGRATION--CURRENT
WAGES--COST OF LIVING--ABSENCE OF AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH--RELIGION
IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS--A TYPICAL SERVICE--SUNDAY OBSERVANCE--MISSION
WORK--CHURCH BUILDING. 27-34

_Illustrations_:

Statue of Prince Albert in Sydney 28
The Bower-Bird 29
The Independent Church, Collins Street, Melbourne 33

SECTION II.--BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE COLONIES.