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

the aberdeen university press.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[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

CONTENTS.

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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