CONTENTS.
| Mount Kosciusko | [Frontispiece] |
| In the Mountains, Fernshaw | [5] |
| The Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne | [6] |
Section I.—Introductory.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.
Area of Australia—England's Heritage—Natural Riches—Population—Present Prospects of Immigrants—The Six Colonies—Facilities of Travel—Character of People. pages [11]-[16]
Illustrations:
| A Native Climbing a Tree for Opossum | [12] |
| A Road through an Australian Forest | [13] |
| Coranderrk Station | [16] |
CHAPTER II.
CONFIGURATION AND CLIMATE.
Dimensions of Australia—Mount Kosciusko—The Murray River System—Wind Laws—The Hot Wind—Intense Heat Periods—The Early Explorers—Sturt's Experience—Blacks and Bush Fires—Droughts—Unexplored Australia. pages [17]-[26]