[12] Dr. J. W. Barrett, C.M.G., M.D., in the “Handbook to Victoria.”
[13] See Mr. H. M. Murphy, Chief Inspector of Factories, on the “Victorian Labour Laws,” “Handbook to Victoria,” p. 203.
[14] H. M. Murphy.
[15] “Handbook to Victoria,” p. 40.
[16] “Handbook to Victoria,” p. 42.
[17] In the “Half-time” school the teacher divides his time between two centres.
[18] See “Sheep and Wool for the Farmer,” Part I., J. Wrenford Matthews. Published by the Department of Agriculture, N.S. Wales.
[19] For details of this system see “Wheat in New South Wales,” by G. L. Sutton, Tourist Bureau, Sydney.
[20] “Farming on the Shares System,” Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney.
[21] In reference to the vast amount of sand in West Australia, the West Australians are called “Sand-gropers.” Life was hard in early South Australia, and hence the South Australians remain “Crow-eaters”: Victorians, proud of their giant gum trees in Gippsland, are called “Gum-suckers,” and only the New South Wales people are genuine “Cornstalks.”