CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. | INTRODUCTORY—THE EARLIEST AUSTRALIAN VOYAGERS: THE PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, AND DUTCH | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | DAMPIER: THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN AUSTRALIA | [18] |
| CHAPTER III. | COOK, THE DISCOVERER | [45] |
| CHAPTER IV. | ARTHUR PHILLIP: FOUNDER AND FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES | [73] |
| CHAPTER V. | GOVERNOR HUNTER | [91] |
| CHAPTER VI. | THE MARINES AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS | [114] |
| CHAPTER VII. | GOVERNOR KING CHAPTER | [136] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | BASS AND FLINDERS | [167] |
| CHAPTER IX. | THE CAPTIVITY OF FLINDERS | [194] |
| CHAPTER X. | BLIGH AND THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY" | [218] |
| CHAPTER XI. | BLIGH AS GOVERNOR | [247] |
| CHAPTER XII. | OTHER NAVAL PIONEERS—THE PRESENT MARITIME STATE OF AUSTRALIA—CONCLUSION | [278] |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | |
| MARTIN FROBISHER | [2] |
| FROBISHER'S MAP | [4] |
| A DUTCH SHIP OF WAR | [12] |
| SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS | [24] |
| A SIXTH RATE, 1684 | [32] |
| DAMPIER | [38] |
| COOK | [48] |
| GOVERNOR PHILLIP | [78] |
| VIEW OF BOTANY BAY | [80] |
| SYDNEY COVE | [84] |
| CAPTAIN JOHN HUNTER | [96] |
| ATTACK ON THE WAAKSAMHEYD | [102] |
| GOVERNOR KING | [138] |
| LA PÉROUSE | [140] |
| SIR JOSEPH BANKS | [158] |
| GEORGE BASS | [168] |
| MATTHEW FLINDERS | [170] |
| VIEW OF WRECK REEF | [192] |
| GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY, IN 1802 | [198] |
| VIEW OF SYDNEY | [208] |
| GOVERNOR BLIGH | [256] |
"Whenever I want a thing well done in a distant part of the world; when I want a man with a good head, a good heart, lots of pluck, and plenty of common sense, I always send for a Captain of the Navy."—LORD PALMERSTON.