Chapter I: Front Matter

Our Little Australian Cousin

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(unless otherwise indicated)

=Our Little African Cousin=
=Our Little Alaskan Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Arabian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Armenian Cousin=
=Our Little Australian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Brazilian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Brown Cousin=
=Our Little Canadian Cousin=
By Elizabeth R. MacDonald
=Our Little Chinese Cousin=
By Isaac Taylor Headland
=Our Little Cuban Cousin=
=Our Little Dutch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Egyptian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little English Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Eskimo Cousin=
=Our Little French Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little German Cousin=
=Our Little Greek Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Hawaiian Cousin=
=Our Little Hindu Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Hungarian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Indian Cousin=
=Our Little Irish Cousin=
=Our Little Italian Cousin=
=Our Little Japanese Cousin=
=Our Little Jewish Cousin=
=Our Little Korean Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike
=Our Little Mexican Cousin=
By Edward C. Butler
=Our Little Norwegian Cousin=
=Our Little Panama Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike
=Our Little Persian Cousin=
By E. C. Shedd
=Our Little Philippine Cousin=
=Our Little Porto Rican Cousin=
=Our Little Russian Cousin=
=Our Little Scotch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Siamese Cousin=
=Our Little Spanish Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Swedish Cousin=
By Claire M. Coburn
=Our Little Swiss Cousin=
=Our Little Turkish Cousin=

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JEAN

Our Little Australian Cousin

By

Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

_Author of "God, the King, My Brother," "Our
Little Spanish Cousin," "Our Little Alaskan
Cousin," "Our Little Grecian Cousin,"
"Our Little Brazilian Cousin," etc._

_Illustrated by_
Diantha W. Horne

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
Publishers

_Copyright, 1908_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, September, 1908
Second Impression, October, 1909

TO
Kirby McDonough
_A Little Texas Friend_

Preface

Australia, though a continent, is a part of the Empire of Great Britain. A few years ago it was a wild country, where no white people lived, filled with Blacks, who were man-eating savages. These are fast dying out, but in this story you will learn something about them, and of the lives of your Australian Cousins.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. "LAND!" 1
II. SAILING TO SYDNEY 8
III. A DRIVE 20
IV. ON THE WAY TO THE "RUN" 32
V. LIFE AT DJERINALLUM 47
VI. "LOST!" 60
VII. JEAN FINDS A FRIEND 76
VIII. IN THE BUSH 90
IX. HOUSEKEEPING IN A CAVE 101
X. DANDY SAVES THE DAY 117

List of Illustrations

PAGE
JEAN _Frontispiece_
"'I THOUGHT PACIFIC MEANT PEACEFUL,' SAID FERGUS" 11
"'THAT IS THE LYRE BIRD, ISN'T HE A HANDSOME FELLOW?'" 58
"'THAT WAS A PLATYPUS, OR WATER MOLE,' SAID MR.
MCDONALD" 66
"THE LEAVES PARTED AND A BLACK FACE PEERED THROUGH
THE BUSHES" 99
"THE BLACK BOY ON A PONY LED BY A WHITE CHILD" 128

Our Little Australian Cousin