- 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;
- Blackheath, 90
- Blayney, 94
- Blue gum, 200200
- 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;
- Bowen, 123
- Box-tree, 208
- Bower bird, 188
- Box-scrub, the, 136
- Bream, 193
- Breeza plains, 295
- Bremer, river, 119
- Bremoroma, 94
- Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, 43
- Brisbane, population, 119;
- 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
- Dasyuridæ, the, 182
- Deloraine, 145
- Democracy, 29
- D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 151
- Depôt 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, 76, 208
- Dubbo, 94
- Ducks, wild, 191;
- Eaglebank Neck, 151
- Elder, Sir Thomas, introduces camels, 107
- Emu, chase of, 188
- Emu Plains, 88;
- 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;
- 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;
- boronia, 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;
- 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;
- 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 Victoriæ, 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
- Pérouse, 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 Depôt 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Snakes, 192;
- treatment for bites of, 193
- Snow, 20
- Snipe, 191
- Sorrento occupied by Collins, 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 Depôt 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;
- Trout, 193;
- 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;
- 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
- Yagan, an aborigine, story of, 169
- Yarra Park, Melbourne, 54
- Yarra, river, 54
- York-road plant, the, 136