76-98

CHAPTER V.

A Zigzag Railway.--Wonderful Series of Caves.--Immense Sheep-
Runs.--Sheep-Shearing.--Central Australia.--City Characteristics.
--Fine Architectural Development.--Steam Tramways.--Labor
Unions.--Colonial Federation.--The Tariff.--Loyalty to England.
--Spirit of Local Rivalry.--The St. Giles of Sydney.--City
Clubs.--The Laughing Jackass.--Public Parks.--Gold Mines 99-125

CHAPTER VI.

The Capital of Queensland.--Public Gardens.--Gold Mines and
Gold Mining.--Pleasant Excursion.--Inducements to Emigrants.
--Coolie Principle of Labor.--Agricultural Products.--Sugar
Plantations.--Australian Aborigines.--Cannibalism.--Civil
Wars.--Indian Legends.--Fire-arms and Fire-water.--Missionary
Efforts.--A Brief Romance.--The Boomerang.--The Various Tribes.
--Antiquity of these Lands 126-151

CHAPTER VII.

Morning in the Forest.--Flying Foxes.--A Startling Snake-
story.--Geographical.--Want of Irrigation.--Droughts.--
Immense Sheep-Runs.--Seeking a Shepherd Life.--Wonderful Gold
Nuggets.--A "Welcome" Discovery.--Wool is King in Queensland.
--The Chinese Population.--Education in Australia.--Peculiar
Banking Business.--Waging War upon Kangaroos.--Journalism in
Australia.--Proposed New Colony 152-176

CHAPTER VIII.

An Inland Journey.--The Capital of Victoria.--Grand Public
Buildings.--Water-Supply of the City.--Public Parks and
Gardens.--Street Scenes.--Dashing Liveries.--Tramways.--
Extremes.--Melbourne Ladies.--Street Beggars.--Saturday
Half-Holiday.--Public Arcades.--The City Free Library.--The
Public Markets.--China-Town, Melbourne.--Victims of the
Opium Habit 177-201

CHAPTER IX.

A Melbourne Half-Holiday.--Inconsistency of Laborers.--Vice-
Royal Residence.--Special Gold-Fields of Victoria.--Ballarat.
--Great Depths in Mines.--Agricultural Interests.--Sandhurst.
--The Giant Trees of Australia.--The Kangaroo.--In Victorian
Forests.--Peculiar Salt Lakes.--The Bower-bird's Retreat.--
The Wild Dog.--Desirable and Undesirable Emigrants.--No Place
for the Intemperate 202-222

CHAPTER X.

From Melbourne to Adelaide.--Capital of South Australia.--New
Gold-Fields.--Agricultural Interests.--City Institutions.--
Inducements to Immigrants.--Public Buildings.