Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE

HISTORY

OF

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

FROM 1606 TO 1890

BY
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, M.A.
AND
GEORGE SUTHERLAND, M.A.

LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

GEORGE ROBERTSON AND CO.
MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, ADELAIDE, AND BRISBANE
1894

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THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE Captain Cook, _frontispiece._ William Dampier, 6 Rocks, South Heads, Sydney, 13 Town and Cove of Sydney, in 1798, 17 Matthew Flinders, 21 Cook's Monument, Botany Bay, 24 The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba, N.S.W., 26 Governor Collins, 33 Governor Macquarie, 39 Blue Mountain Scenery, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W., 41 St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 46 Captain Charles Sturt, 51 The First House Built in Victoria, 56 The First Hotel in Victoria, 57 Edward Henty, 61 John Pascoe Fawkner, 62 Governor Latrobe, 65 Collins Street, Melbourne, in 1840, 66 First Settlement at Adelaide, 1836, 69 Governor Hindmarsh, 71 Proclamation Tree, Glenelg, 74 Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 81 Edward Hargraves, 92 Perth, Western Australia, in 1838, 114 Perth, 1890, 115 Boomerangs, or Kylies, 122 Parliament House, Brisbane, 123 Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 126 Government House, Brisbane, 130 Robert O'Hara Burke, 144 William John Wills, 145 Sir John Franklin, 156 Queen Truganina, the last of the Tasmanians, 163 King William Street, Adelaide, 167 George Street, Sydney, 169 The Lithgow Zigzag, the Blue Mountains, 172 The Town Hall, Sydney, 174 Collins Street, Melbourne, 177 Town Hall, Melbourne, 182 Port of Melbourne, 183 A Maori Dwelling, 185 Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 191 Rev. S. Marsden, "the Apostle of New Zealand," 195 Auckland, from the Wharf, 206 Stronghold of the Maoris at Rangiriri, 222 Sir George Grey, 224 Knox Church, Dunedin, 228 Christchurch Cathedral, 230 The Maori King, 232 Rangiriri, from the Waikato, 236 The Cargill Fountain, 243 Victoria Defence Fleet, 245

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--The Early Discoverers, 1
II.--Convict Settlement at Sydney, 1788 to 1890, 11
III.--Discoveries of Bass and Flinders, 18
IV.--New South Wales, 1800 to 1808, 25
V.--Tasmania, 1803 to 1836, 31
VI.--New South Wales, 1808 to 1837, 38
VII.--Discoveries in the Interior, 1817 to 1836, 48
VIII.--Port Phillip, 1800 to 1840, 55
IX.--South Australia, 1836 to 1841, 67
X.--New South Wales, 1838 to 1850, 75
XI.--South Australia, 1841 to 1850, 84
XII.--The Discovery of Gold, 89
XIII.--Victoria, 1851 to 1855, 98
XIV.--New South Wales, 1851 to 1860, 107
XV.--West Australia, 1829 to 1890, 111
XVI.--Queensland, 1823 to 1890, 119
XVII.--Explorations in the Interior, 1840 to 1860, 131
XVIII.--Discoveries in the Interior, 1860 to 1886, 143
XIX.--Tasmania, 1837 to 1890, 155
XX.--South Australia, 1850 to 1890, 163
XXI.--New South Wales, 1860 to 1890, 168
XXII.--Victoria, 1855 to 1890, 175
XXIII.--The Times of the Maoris, 184
XXIV.--New Zealand Colonised, 200
XXV.--White Men and Maoris, 215
XXVI.--New Zealand, 1843 to 1890, 227

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HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.