Chapter XXI: Appendix

THE RELIGIOUS STATISTICS OF THE CHIEF COLONIES.

Numbers are but poor tests of the religious condition and progress of a country, but they have their value, and many of the readers of this volume may find the following facts interesting. It has not been found possible to get the information respecting Queensland and Western Australia. It is quite evident at a glance that there is a large number of trained men who are engaged in the great work of the Gospel, and that their efforts are supported by a very considerable section of the Australian people.

VICTORIA.--There being no State religion in Victoria, and no money voted for any religious object, the clergy are supported by the efforts of the denomination to which they are attached. The ministers in all sections of the Church number 828, of whom 185 belong to the Church of England, 121 to the Roman Catholic Church, 177 to the Presbyterian Church, 161 to the Methodist Churches, 54 to the Independent Church, 38 to the Baptist Church, 29 to the Bible Christian Church, 56 to other Christian Churches, and 7 to the Jewish Church. Besides these there are other officials connected with these bodies, who, without being regularly ordained, perform the functions of clergymen, and are styled lay readers, lay assistants, local preachers, mission agents, &c. The number of these is not known, but it no doubt materially swells the ranks of religious instructors in the colony. The buildings used for public worship throughout Victoria number at the present time (1886) about 3700, of which 2000 are regular churches and chapels, 400 school-houses, and 1400 public or private buildings. Accommodation is provided for 500,000 persons, but the number attending the principal weekly services is said not to exceed 315,000. More than 304,000 services are performed during the year. Of the whole number of buildings used for religious worship, 764 belong to the Church of England, 618 to the Roman Catholics, 906 to the Presbyterians, 962 to the Methodists, 76 to Independents, 99 to the Baptists, 154 to the Bible Christians, 146 to other Christians, and 6 to the Jews. The Salvation Army have erected their "barracks" in various localities, and sometimes rent edifices for Divine Service, but no statistics of their operations have yet been obtained.

NEW SOUTH WALES.--With regard to religion, all the Churches stand on the same level of equality, there being no Established or State Church. These Churches are supported entirely by voluntary subscriptions, as all State aid ceased in 1862, except some small outstanding liabilities to the then existing incumbents. Roughly speaking, out of a population of 950,000 there are some 600,000 Protestants, the great majority belonging to the Church of England, and about 280,000 Roman Catholics, the remainder being made up of various denominations. At the taking of the census of 1881 the numbers were as follows: Church of England, 342,359; Lutherans, 4836; Presbyterians, 72,545; Wesleyan Methodists, 57,049; other Methodists, 7303; Congregationalists, 14,328; Baptists, 7307; Unitarians, 828; other Protestants, 9957; total Protestants, 516,512; Roman Catholics, 207,020: Catholics undescribed, 586; total Catholics, 207,606; Hebrews, 3266; other persuasions, 1042; unspecified persuasions, 13,697; Pagans, 9345. In 1883 there were 770 ministers of religion and 1521 churches, with an average attendance at public worship of 243,369 persons. The Sunday Schools have 105,162 scholars on their registers.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.--Of this Colony the only facts obtainable are the following round numbers. The number of churches or chapels existing in 1884 was 928; the number of sittings provided was 200,123; the number of Sunday schools was 727; teachers, 6729; scholars. 57,311.

INDEX.

ABORIGINES:
appearance, 167;
life, 168;
fighting, 168;
Mr. Moore's narrative about, 169;
customs, 169;
dress, 170;
Mr. Carr's story, 170;
Ngooraialum and Bangerang tribes, 170;
weapons, 173;
fierceness of Northern blacks, 173;
Corroboree, a, 174;
cannibalism, 174;
trackers, their usefulness as, 174;
Mission stations, 175;
Lake Tyers station, 176;
Hagenauer, Rev. F. A., letter of, about, 177

Acacia, 200

ADELAIDE:
founding, 103;
Glenelg, 103;
houses, 103, 104;
streets and parks, 103;
surroundings, 103;
churches, 104;
Victoria Square, 105;
King William Street, 105;
Botanical Gardens, 105

Albany, 138

Albert, river, 125

Alligator stories, 113

Amadeus, lake, 101

Araucarias, 202

Argus snipe, 192

AUSTRALIA:
former errors about, 14, 23;
exports, 14;
population, 14;
prosperity, 14;
colonies, 15;
capitals, 15;
people, 16;
area, 19;
mountains, 20;
snow, 20;
river system, 20;
physical geography, 21;
climate, 21, 76, 101, 112, 138;
hot winds, 22;
temperature, 22;
storms, 22;
natives, 23, 167;
fires, 23, 213;
rainfall, 24;
drought, losses by, 25, 76, 94, 208;
not yet fully explored, 25;
democracy, 29;
securities, rise in, 30;
federation movement, 30;
immigration, 30;
wages, 30;
prices, 31;
religion, 31;
service, a rural, 32;
Sunday observance, 32;
sects, 34;
Sunday schools, 34;
church building, 34

_Australia Felix_, 40

Australian Alps, the, 40

Avon, river, 68

BAIRNSDALE, 69

BALLARAT:
impressions, 59;
Botanical Gardens, 60;
discovery of gold, 60;
situation, 61;
the Corner, 61;
Trollope on, 62

Barcoo, river, 164

Barrier Reef, the, 123

Barrow Creek, station at, 109

Bass, story of, 155

Bass's Straits, 144

Bathurst, 93

Batman, settlement of, in Victoria, 38

Baudin, M., treachery of, 157

Baxter, murder of, 158

Bear, native, 181

Beechworth, 69

Belfast, 66

Ben Lomond, 147

Bendigo, _see_ SANDHURST.

Big Scrub, New South Wales, 95

Birds of Paradise, 186

Bishopscourt, view from, Melbourne, 43

Black boy, 202

Black-fish, 194

Black Spur, the, 72

Black Thursday in South Australia, 213;
in Victoria, 214

Blackheath, 90

Blayney, 94

Blue gum, 200

Blue Mountains, 87

Blue wren, 186

Boomerang, the, 173

Booth, Mr. E. C., on Shepparton, 67

Boroina, 202

Bosisto, Mr. J., on Eucalyptus, 199

Botany Bay, discovery of, 76

Bottle-tree, 201

Bourke Street, Melbourne, 49

Bourke, New South Wales, 94;
a winter day at, 94

Bowen, 123

Box-tree, 208

Bower bird, 188

Box-scrub, the, 136

Bream, 193

Breeza plains, 95

Bremer, river, 119

Bremoroma, 94

Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, 43

BRISBANE, population, 119;
site, 119;
streets, 119;
beauty, 120;
garden of Acclimatisation Society, 120;
houses, 121

Broome, Sir F. N., on life in Western Australia, 140

Brown, Mr. G. A., on sheep breeding, 205

Buffaloes, 113

Bulmer, Rev. J., at Lake Tyers, 176

Bundaberg, 112

Bunbury, 135

Burke, R. O'Hara, expedition of, 161

Burketown, 125

Burnett, river, 122

Bustard, 190

CAIRNS, 124

Caldwell, Mr. W. H., on the platypus, 185

Cam, river, 146

Camels at Beltana, 107

Canoona rush, the, in Queensland, 129

Cape Grant, 67

Cape Nelson, 67

Cape Otway ranges, fire at, 214

Capertee, 91

Capitals, 15

Cardwell, 124

Carr, Mr. E. M., on the natives, 170

Carriers, 210

Castle hill, 87

_Casuarina Striata_, 200

Cats, native, 182

Cattle-raising, 204

Cattle, number of, in Australia, 14

Central Trunk Railway, Queensland, 122

Charters Towers, 123

Churches, the, state of, 31

Clarence, river, 96

Clermont, 123

Climate, 21, 76, 101, 112, 138

Coaching, Trollope on, 70

Cobb, who he was, 70

Cockatoo, 186

Cohan, 94

Colac lake, 65

Collins lands at Sorrento, 38

Collins Street, Melbourne, 49

Concherry, river, 162

Cook, Captain, discovers Botany Bay, 76

Cooktown, 124

Cooper's Creek, native settlement at, 164

Corangamite lake, 64

Corra Linn, 145

Corroboree, a, 174

Cotton growing in Queensland, 129

Crosbie, Clara, story of, 219

Cunningham's Gap, 119

Cutting out cattle, 204

Cycads, 202

DALBY, 122

Darling Downs, 118, 119

Darling, river, 21, 94

_Dasyuridae_, the, 182

Deloraine, 145

Democracy, 29

D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 151

Depot Glen, Sturt at, 23

Derwent, river, 150

Devil, Tasmanian, 182

Dibbs, Mr., on losses by drought, 25

Dingo, 183

Dog, wild, 183

Don, river, 146

Dow, Mr. T. K., on farming, 211

Drought, losses by, 25, 76, 94, 208

Dubbo, 94

Ducks, wild, 191;
mountain duck, 191;
black duck, 191;
wood duck, 191;
teal, 191;
widgeon, 191;
blue wing, 191

EAGLEBANK NECK, 151

Elder, Sir Thomas, introduces camels, 107

Emu, chase of, 188

Emu Plains, 88;
Dr. J. E. Taylor on, 90

Eucalypt, 194

_Eucalyptus amygdalina_, 196

_E. dumosa_, 199

_E. ficifolia_, 199

_E. globus_, 200

_E. rostrata_, 197

EXPLORATION:
Sturt's exploration, 23;
Bass and Flinders, story of, 155;
Baudin, M., treachery of, 157;
Eyre, E. J., travels of, 158;
Forrest, J., journey of, 159, 164;
Leichhardt, L., story of, 159;
Kennedy disaster, the, 160;
Stuart, J. McDougall, journey of, 161;
Burke's expedition, 161;
M'Kinlay's party, 164;
Landsborough's party, 164;
Walker's party, 164;
Howitt's party, 164;
Warburton's party, 164

Exports of Australia, 14

Eyre, E. J., explorations of, 158

Eyre, lake, 101

FARMING, 211

FAUNA:
alligators, 113;
buffaloes, 113;
pearls, 139;
kangaroo, 'old men,' 181, 185;
marsupial mouse, 181;
wombat, 181;
flying fox, 181;
native bear, 181;
native cats, 182;
Bass River opossum, 182;
Tasmanian tiger-wolf, 182;
Tasmanian devil, 182;
dingo, 183;
platypus, 185;
birds, 185;
parrots, 185;
birds of Paradise, 185;
king parrot, 186;
blue mountain parrot, 186;
lories, 186;
parroquets, 186;
love-birds, 186;
blue wren 186;
cockatoos, 186;
lyre-birds, 186;
bower birds, 188;
laughing jackass, 188;
emu, 188;
bustard, 190;
native companion, 191;
wild ducks, 191;
black swan, 191;
snipe, 191;
quail, 192;
wonga-wonga, 192;
bronze-wing pigeon, 192;
snakes, 192;
shark catching, 193;
trout, 193;
salmon, 193;
perch, 193;
bream, 193;
Murray cod, 193;
sea salmon, 193;
Murray-perch, 193;
golden-perch, 193;
black-fish, 194;
whiting, 194;
schnapper, 194

Favenc, Mr. E., on exploration, 25

Fawkner, settlement of, in Victoria, 39

Fawkner's Park, 39

Federation movement, the, 30

Feilberg, Mr. C. A, on Queensland, 117

Ferns, 196

Fig-tree, the, 126

Fingal, 147

Fires, 23, 213

Fish River caves, 91

Fitzroy, river, 122

Flame-tree, 201

FLORA:
nettle-tree, 127;
poisonous plants, 136;
box scrub, 136;
rock plant, 136;
heart-leaf plant, 136;
York road plant, 136;
wild flowers, 138;
eucalypt, 194;
mallee scrub, 195;
giant gums, 195, 197;
spinifex, 195;
ferns, 196;
palm-tree, 196;
musk-tree, 196;
_Pittosporum_, 196;
silver gum, 197;
red gum, 197;
jarrah, 136, 198;
blue gum, 200;
acacia or wattle, 200;
tea-tree scrub, 200;
shea-oak, 200;
bottle-tree, 201;
flame-tree, 201;
cycads, 202;
palm lilies, 202;
grass-trees, 202;
warratah, 202;
boroina, 202;
araucarias, 202;
heaths, 202;
grapes, 202;
Mitchell grass, 205;
box-tree, 208

Flinders, story of, 155

Flinders' Lane, Melbourne, 44

Flying fox, 181

Forbes, 94

Forrest, John, journey of, 159, 164

Firth, 146

Fremantle, 137

_Gastrolobium anylobiaides_, 136

_G. bilobum_, 136

_G. callistachys_, 136

_G. calycinum_, 136

Gardiner, lake, 101

GEELONG, founding, 62;
growth, 62;
exports, 62;
tweeds of, 63

Geraldton, 135

Gippsland, scenery of, 67

Gladstone, 122

Glenelg, 103

Golden perch, 193

Golden Point, discovery of gold at, 60

Gould on Australian birds, 186

Grant, Lieut., discovers Port Phillip, 37

Grapes, 202

Grass-trees, 202

Gray, story of, 161

Great Divide, the, 96

Great West Railway, New South Wales, 87

Grey, Earl, circular of, on convicts, 135

Guildford, 135

Guilfoyle, Mr., director of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 52

Gulf of Carpentaria, 125

Gums, giant, 195; height of, 196, 197

Gympie, 123;
discovery of gold field at, 130

HAGENAUER, Rev. F. A., on the aborigines, 177

Harvesting system, 211

Hawkesbury sandstone, 90

Hayter, Mr. H. H., on wages, 30

Heart-leaf, the, 136

Heaths, 202

Henty, Messrs., in Portland Bay, 38

Heron, river, 151

Heytesbury forest, 215

Hindmarsh, Captain, first governor of South Australia, 103

Hobart, description of, 150

Hoddle, Robert, lays out Geelong, 62

Holdfast Bay, first landing at, 103

Horses, number of, in Australia, 14

Horsham, 67

Hospitality, 207

Hot winds, 22

Hovell arrives at Port Phillip, 38

Howitt, party of, 164

Hume arrives at Port Phillip, 38

Hurleys, the, at the fire at Otway ranges, 215

IMMIGRATION, extent of, 30

Ipswich, 119, 122

JACKY, the black, fidelity of, 160

Jarrah forests, 136, 198

Jenola, 91

KANAKAS, the, 128

Kangaroo, old man, 181, 185

Kangaroo hunting, 184

Kennedy, Edmund, story of, 160

Kiama, 87

King, story of, 161

King George's Sound, 138

Kingfisher, or laughing jackass, 188

Knocklofty, 150

LAKE ST. CLAIR, 150

Lake Sorell, 150

Lake Tyers Mission Station, 176

Landells, story of, 161

Landsborough, expedition of, 164

Laughing jackass, 188

Launceston, 144

Leichhardt, Ludwig, story of, 159

_Leptospermum_, 200

Lithgow Vale, New South Wales, 91

_Livistonia_ palm, the 196

Loddon, river, 68

Lories, 186

Lorne, 72

Lost in the bush, 217

Loutit Bay, 72

Love-birds, 186

Lyre-bird, 186

MACARTHY, RIVER, 111

Mackay, 123

Macquarie Harbour, 151

Macquarie, river, 93

Magpie, musical, 188

Mallee scrub, rabbits in, 68;
extent of, 195

Mary, river, 121

Maryborough, 121

MELBOURNE:
site, 43;
population, 43;
area, 43;
description, 43;
houses, 43;
Government House, 43;
Exhibition Building, 43;
streets, 43;
Flinder's Lane, 44;
Collins Street, 49;
Scott's, 49;
Bourke Street, 49;
inrush and outrush, 49;
railways, 49;
public buildings, 50;
university, 52;
botanic gardens, 52;
water supply, 52;
reserves, 53;
cricket, 54;
the Yarra, 54;
drawbacks, 55;
climate, 55;
unearned increment, 56

Meander, river, 145

_Menura Victoriae_, the, 186

Merino sheep, 206

Mermaid's Cave, the, New South Wales, 90

Mersey, river, 145

Mitchell, Sir Thomas, verdict of, 39

Mitchell grass, 205

M'Kinlay, expedition of, 164

Moreton Bay, 118

Moore, Mr. G. F., on aborigines, 169

Morriss, Mr., school teacher to the blacks, 176

Morsman's Bay, view from, 80

Mosquito Plains, caves of the, 106

Mount Barker, 106

Mount Baw-Baw eucalypt, height of, 197

Mount Bischoff tin mine, 146

Mount Clay, 67

Mount Franklin, 40

Mount Kosciusko, 20

Mount Lindsay, 96

Mount Lofty range, 103

Mount Wellington, 150

Mountain system, 20

Mouse, marsupial, 181

Mudgee line, New South Wales, 91

Mueller, Baron von, on tea-tree scrub, 200

Murray cod, 193

Murray perch, 193

Murray plains, 67

Murray, river, 21, 100

Musk-tree, 196

Myers, Mr. F. H., on Sydney, 79

NARRAWONG, 67

Nash discovers Gympie gold-field, 130

Native companion, the, 191

Natives, destructiveness of, 23

Nettle-tree, the, 127

New Norfolk, 150

NEW SOUTH WALES:
area, 15, 75;
population, 15;
losses by drought, 25;
climate, 76;
drought, 76, 94;
settlement, 76;
Port Jackson, 76;
statistics, 79;
Sydney, 79;
South Coast Railway, 84;
Kiama, 87;
Great West Railway, 87;
Paramatta, 87;
Castle Hill, 87;
Toongabbie, 87;
Blue Mountains, 87;
Emu Plains, 88;
Penrith, 89;
Windsor, 89;
Richmond, 89;
geology, 90;
Blackheath, Mermaid's Cave, 90;
Lithgow Vale, 91;
Capertee, 91;
Mudgee line, 91;
Walerawang, 91;
Tarana, 91;
Fish River caves, 91;
Jenola, 91;
Bathurst, 93;
Blayney, 94;
Orange, 94;
Forbes, 94;
Wellington Valley, 94;
Dubbo, 94;
cattle, 94;
Darling, the, 94;
Cohan, 94;
Bourke, 94;
Bremoroma, 94;
Welcanna, 94;
Wentworth, 94;
Great Northern Railway, 95;
Newcastle, 95;
Breeza Plains, 95;
Richmond, the, 95;
Tweed, the, 95;
Big Scrub, 95;
Cane fields, 96;
Great Divide, the, 96;
Mount Lindsay, 96;
Clarence, the, 96;
Nightcap, the, 96

Newcastle, 95

Nightcap, the, New South Wales, 96

Norman, river, 125

Normanton, 125

North Esk, river, 144

Northern Territory, _see_ S. Australia.

Northern Trunk Line of Queensland, 123

OAKLEIGH, a suburb of Melbourne, 43

Opossum, 182

Orange, 94

_Ornithorhynchus_, the, 185

Overland Telegraph Line, 108

PALM-LILIES, 202

Palm-trees, 196

Palmer gold-field, 124, 130

Palmerston, mines of, 111

Palmerston and Pine Creek line, 110

Paramatta, 87

Parrots, 185

Parroquets, 186

Peake Telegraph Station, 109

Pearl fisheries of Western Australia, 139

Penrith, 89

Perch, 193

Perouse, expedition of, 76

Perth, description of, 136

Phillip, Captain Arthur, governor at Port Jackson, 76

Physical geography, 21

Pigeon, bronze-wing, 192

Piping crow, 188

_Pittosporum_, 196

Platypus, 185

Poole, death of, at Depot Glen, 23

Population of Australia, 14

Porcupine grass, 195

Port Arthur, convicts at, 151

Port Darwin, vegetation at, 111

Port Douglas, 124

Port Essington, 113

Port Jackson, 76

PORT PHILLIP:
discovery, 37;
beauty, 38;
Howell and Hume arrive at, 38;
settlement, 38

Portland, 66

Portland Bay, 67

Potatoes, yield of, 66

Power, Mrs., at the fire at Otway ranges, 215

Prices, 31

QUAIL, 192

Quamby Bluff, 146

QUEENSLAND:
area and population, 15;
description, 117;
settlement, 118;
convicts there, 118;
Toowoomba, 119, 122;
Bremer, the, 119;
Ipswich, 119, 122;
Brisbane, 119;
Maryborough, 121;
Rockhampton, 121;
Bundaberg, 122;
Gladstone, 122;
Warwick, 122;
Stanthorpe, 122;
Dalby, 122;
Roma, 122;
Central Trunk Railway, 122;
Clermont, 123;
Gympie, 123, 130;
Mackay, 123;
Bowen, 123;
Barrier Reef, the, 123;
Townsville, 123;
Charters Towers, 123;
Ravenswood, 123;
Northern Trunk Line, 123;
Cardwell, 124;
Cairns, 124;
Port Douglas, 124;
Palmer gold field, 124, 130;
Cooktown, 124;
Thursday Island, 124;
Gulf of Carpentaria, 125;
Normanton, 125;
Burketown, 125;
cattle, 125;
sheep farming, 125;
agriculture, 126;
scrublands, 126;
vegetation, 126;
labour question, the, 127;
sugar growing, 128;
exports, 128;
cotton growing, 129;
olives, 129;
almond, 129;
figs, 129;
silk, 129;
mineral wealth, 129;
coal, 129;
Canoona rush, the, 129;
Nash discovers Gympie gold field, 130

RABBITS, CURSE OF, 68

Raffles Bay, 113

Railways in Victoria, 49;
in Sydney, 84;
in Tasmania, 152

Rainfall, 24;
in Sydney, 84;
in Tasmania, 152

Rainfall, taking advantage of, 209

Ravenswood, 123

Red gum, 197

Richardson, river, 68

Richmond, 89

Richmond, river, 95

Ring barking, 209

River system, 20

Rock plant, the, 136

Rockhampton, 121

Roeburne, 135

Roma, 122

Roper, river, 111;
alligators in, 113

Russell, Mr. H. C., on physical geography and climate of Australia, 21

ST. HELENS, 147

St. Mary's Pass, 147

Sale, 69

Salmon, 193

Sandhurst, ups and downs of, 56;
gold in, 60

_Sarcophilus_, the, 182

Satin bird, 188

Schools of Victoria, 70

Schnapper, 194

Scott's, Melbourne, 49

Sea-salmon, 193

Selectors, 212

Service, a rural, 32

Settler's clock, 188

Shark catching, 193

Shea-oak, 200

Sheep, number of, in Australia, 14

Sheep breeding, 205

Sheep runs, 207

Sheep shearing, 210

Shepherds, life of, 206

Shepparton, 67

Silk cultivation in Queensland, 129

Silver gum, 197

Smith, philosopher, story of, 146

Smyth, Mr. B., on native weapons, 173;
on gum-trees, 197

Snakes, 192;
treatment for bites of, 193

Snow, 20

Snipe, 191

Sorrento occupied by Collins, 38;
beauty of, 38

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Area, 15, 99;
population, 15;
divisions, 99;
Murray, the, 100;
scenery, 100;
Lake Torrens, 101;
Lake Eyre, 101;
Lake Gardiner, 101;
Lake Amadeus, 101;
climate, 101;
fruits, 102;
Adelaide, 103;
Mount Lofty range, 103;
industries, 105;
wheat, 106;
Mount Barker, 106;
Caves of the Mosquito Plains, 106;
camels at Beltana, 107;
Overland Telegraph Line, 108;
Peake Telegraph Station, 109;
Barrow Creek 'stuck up' at, 109;
railway construction, 110;
Northern Territory: history, 110;
settlement, 111;
climate, 112;
Roper, the, 111;
Macarthy, the, 111;
alligators, 113;
buffaloes, 113;
Black Thursday, 213

South Coast Railway, N. S. Wales, 84

South Esk, river, 144

South Sea Islanders in Queensland, 128

Spinifex, 195

SQUATTERS AND SETTLERS:
Description, 203;
cattle raising, 204;
cutting out, 204;
sheep breeding, 205;
merino sheep, 206;
hospitality, 207;
mode of travelling, 207;
sheep runs, 207;
drought, 208;
houses, 208;
sheep shearing, 210;
carriers, 210;
swagmen or sundowners, 210;
farming, 211;
harvesting system, 211;
stripper, the, 211;
selecting,
mode of, 212;
fires, 213;
lost in the bush, 217

Staghorn fern, 196

Stanthorpe, 122

Stapleton, Mr., murder of, 110

_Sterculia acerifolia_, 201

Stevenson, falls of the, 72

Stirling, Sir James, in Western Australia, 134

Storms, 22

Strangways Springs, 110

Stripper, the, 211

Stuart, J. M. D., travels of, 110, 161

Sturt's detention at Depot Glen, 23

Sunday observance, 32

Sundowners, 210

Surrey Hills, a suburb of Melbourne, 43

Swagmen, 210

Swan, black, 191

Swan, river, 135, 138

SYDNEY:
harbour, 79;
North Shore, 79;
view from Morsman's Bay, 80;
churches, 80;
public buildings, 80;
railways, 84

Sydney Cove, 76

TAMAR, river, 144

Tarana, 91

TASMANIA:
a holiday resort for Australians, 143;
Tamar, the, 144;
Launceston, 144;
North Esk, the, 144;
South Esk, the, 144;
Corra Linn, 145;
Deloraine, 145;
Menada, the, 145;
Mersey, the, 145;
sheep, 145;
Quamby Bluff, 146;
Don, the, 146;
Cam, the, 146;
Forth, the, 146;
Mount Bischoff, 146;
Waratah, the, 146;
Ben Lomond, 147;
St. Mary's Pass, 147;
Fingal, 147;
St. Helen's, 147;
macadamised road, the great, 148;
Hobart, 150;
Derwent, the, 150;
Lake St. Clair, 150;
Lake Sorell, 150;
New Norfolk, 150;
convicts at Port Arthur, 151;
Eaglebank Neck, 151;
D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 151;
Heron, the, 151;
Macquarie Harbour, 151;
area, 151;
population, 152;
revenue, 152;
railways, 152;
exports and imports, 152

Taylor, Dr. J. E., on Geology of Emu Plains, 90

Tea-tree scrub, 200

Temperature, 22

Tennison Woods on the caves of the Mosquito Plains, 106

Thomas, Mr., on Lake District of Victoria, 64

Tiger snake, 192

Tiger-wolf, Tasmanian, 182

Thursday Island, 124

_Thylacinus_, the, 182

Todd, Mr. Charles, and the Overland Telegraph Line, 108

Toongabbie, 87

Toowoomba, 119, 122

Torrens, lake, 101

Trackers, black, 174

Townsville, 123

Trollope, Anthony, on Ballarat, 62;
on coaching, 70

Trout, 193;
fly-fishing for, 194

Turkey, wild, 190

Tweed, river, 95

VICTORIA:
area, 15;
population, 15;
protectionist, 30;
foundation, 37;
convicts there, 38;
bad name given to, 38;
settlement, 38;
mountains, 40;
Melbourne, 43;
railways, 49, 56;
Sandhurst, 56;
Ballarat, 59;
Wendouree, lake, 60;
discovery of gold at Golden Point, 60;
Geelong, 62;
Corangamite, lake, 64;
Lake Colac, 65;
Warnambool, 66;
Belfast, 66;
Portland, 66;
potatoes, 66;
Portland Bay, 67;
mountains, 67;
Gippsland, 67;
Murray plains, 67;
Shepparton, 67;
Wimmera District, 67;
rabbits, 68;
Avon, the, 68;
Richardson, the, 68;
Wimmera, the, 68;
Loddon, the, 68;
wheat lines of railway, 68;
Beechworth, 69;
Sale, 69;
Bairnsdale, 69;
State schools, 70;
Cobb, story of, 70;
coaching, 70;
Falls of the Stevenson, 72;
Black Spur, the, 72;
Loutit Bay, 72;
Lorne, 72;
Black Thursday, 214

WAGES, 30

Walerawang, 91

Walker, expedition of, 164

Wallace, Mr. A. A., on flowers of Australia, 138

Waratah, river, 146

Warburton, expedition of, 164

Warratah, 202

Warwick, 122

Wattle, 200

Welcanna, 94

Wellington Valley, 94

Wendouree, lake, 60

Wentworth, 94

WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
area, 15, 133;
population, 15;
foundation of the colony, 134;
large estates in, 134;
convicts, 135;
Swan, river, 135;
Fremantle, 135;
Perth, 135;
Guildford, 135;
Bunbury, 135;
Albany, 135;
Geraldton, 135;
Roeburne, 135;
vegetation, 136;
jarrah forests, 136;
poisonous plants, 136;
King George's Sound, 138;
climate, 138;
wild flowers of, 138;
Sir F. N. Broome on life there, 140;
gold discoveries, 140

Western District of Victoria, 40, 63;
Mr. Thomas on, 64

Wheat lines of Wimmera, 68

Whittaker, Mr. S. H., on fire at Otway ranges, 214

Whiting, 194

Wianamatta Shales, the, 90

Wills, W. J., story of, 161

Windsor, 89

Wimmera District, 67;
rabbits in, 68;
wheat lines of, 68

Wimmera, river, 68

Winter day at Bourke, New South Wales, 94

Wombat, 181

Wonga-wonga, 192

Wornambool, 66

Wreck Creek, native encampment at, 173

Wright, story of, 161

Wylie, the black boy, faithfulness of, 158

_Xanthorrhoea_, 202

YAGAN, an aborigine, story of, 169

Yarra Park, Melbourne, 54

Yarra, river, 54

York-road plant, the, 136

LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Punctuation has been standardised.

Unexpected spelling has been retained as it appears in the original publication for Lechlan (which might be meant to be Lachlan), Morsman's Bay (possibly now Mosman's Bay), Woolahra (Woollahra), Walerawang (Wallerawang), Wornambool (Warnambool).

Both Goldfields and Gold-fields have been retained as they appear in the original.

The following changes have been made:

Title Page - Add closing ' to 'The Melbourne Argus'

Page 8 - Waterfall at Gowett changed to Waterfall at Govett

Page 9 - Corra Lynn, Tasmania changed to Corra Linn, Tasmania

Page 9 - Ludwig Leichardt changed to Ludwig Leichhardt

Page 64 - There is no indication in the original publication where the quotation starting "This lake country ..." attributed to Mr. Julian Thomas ends

Page 84 - Paramatta and Lan Cove changed to Paramatta and Lane Cove

Page 87 - Begar changed to Bega

Page 94 - brigalow and nulga changed to brigalow and mulga

Page 110 - lonely hut beleagured changed to lonely hut beleaguered

Page 139 - expecially at Shark Bay changed to especially at Shark Bay

Page 139 - Avicula margaratifera changed to Avicula margaritifera

Page 143 - Corra Lynn, Tasmania changed to Corra Linn, Tasmania

Page 155 - Ludwig Leichardt changed to Ludwig Leichhardt

Page 159 - Ludwig Leichardt changed to Ludwig Leichhardt (3 instances)

Page 197 - Ecalpytus rostrata, or red gum changed to Eucalyptus rostrata, or red gum

Page 202 - The boroina, with change to The boronia, with

Page 206 - There is no indication in the original publication where the quotation attributed to Mr. G. A. Brown in Sheep Breeding in Australia ends

Index - boroina, 202; change to boronia, 202;

Index - Gympsie, 123; changed to Gympie, 123;

Index - Leptospernum, 200 changed to Leptospermum, 200

Index - Leichardt changed to Leichhardt (2 instances)

Index - Menada, river, 145 changed to Meander, river, 145

Index - Nash discovers Gympsie changed to Nash discovers Gympie

Index - Tennisson Woods on the caves of the Masquito Plains, 106; changed to Tennison Woods on the caves of the Mosquito Plains, 106;

End of Project Gutenberg's Australian Pictures, by Howard Willoughby