CHAPTER I
AUSTRALIA, ITS BEGINNING[1]
CHAPTER II
AUSTRALIA OF TO-DAY[15]
CHAPTER III
THE NATIVES[33]
CHAPTER IV
THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS[46]
CHAPTER V
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH[63]
CHAPTER VI
THE AUSTRALIAN CHILD[73]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

KANGAROO-HUNTINGFrontispiece
facing page
SNOWY MOUNTAINS NEAR THE SITE OF THE FEDERALCAPITAL[viii]
THE BARRIER OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS[9]
THE GARDEN STREETS OF ADELAIDE[16]
COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE[25]
THE TOWN HALL, SYDNEY[32]
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES IN CAPTAIN COOK’S TIME[41]
THE AUSTRALIAN FOREST AT NIGHT—“MOONING”OPOSSUMS[48]
A SHEEP DROVER[57]
A HUT IN THE BUSH[64]
SURF-BATHING—SHOOTING THE BREAKERS[73]
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN RIDING TO SCHOOL[80]
THE NOMAD OF THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR[On the cover]
Sketch-Map of Australia on pages vi and vii.

Map of Australia

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