PAGE INTRODUCTORY[ v] chap. I. MY FIRST EXPERIENCES ON LEAVING HOME[ 3] II. ON THE EMIGRANT SHIP—THE JOURNEY TO QUEENSLAND[19] III. MY ARRIVAL IN QUEENSLAND[ 43] IV. GAINING COLONIAL EXPERIENCE[ 73] V. TOWNSVILLE: MORE COLONIAL EXPERIENCES[ 101] VI. ON THE HERBERT RIVER[ 131] VII. LEAVING THE HERBERT—RAVENSWOOD[ 161] VIII. SHANTY-KEEPING, PROSPECTING, THORKILL'S DEATH[ 185] IX. GOING TO THE PALMER[ 211] X. RETURNING FROM THE PALMER[ 231] XI. A LOVE STORY[ 259] XII. BRISBANE—TRAVELS IN THE "NEVER NEVER" LAND[ 271] XIII. THE END[ 315]