Australian Heroes and Adventurers

CONTENTS.

Burke and Wills—Two Heroes of Exploration.
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CHAPTER I.
ACROSS AUSTRALIA	7
CHAPTER II.
THE RETURN JOURNEY	21
CHAPTER III.
SUFFERINGS AND DEATHS OF THE TWO LEADERS	34
CHAPTER IV.
SEARCH PARTIES, AND CONCLUSION	48
Old Times on the Gold-Fields.
CHAPTER I.
THE CONVICT'S STRATAGEM	63
EARLY DISCOVERIES IN NEW SOUTH WALES	66
HARGRAVES, THE PIONEER MINER	69
AN ABORIGINAL DISCOVERER	77
CHAPTER II.
GOLD IN VICTORIA	80
JAMES ESMOND, THE VICTORIAN PIONEER	81
OTHER PIONEERS	85

CHAPTER III.
EFFECT OF DISCOVERIES	89
CANVAS TOWN	94
RAG FAIR	95
NEW CHUMS AND OLD CHUMS	96
CHAPTER IV.
SLY GROG SHANTIES	100
CHAPTER V.
THE DIGGER'S LICENSE	105
DIGGER-HUNTING ANECDOTES	109
CHAPTER VI.
BEGINNINGS OF REVOLT	116
AN IRISH GALLANT	117
REFORM LEAGUES	120
CHAPTER VII.
THE EUREKA HOTEL MURDER	125
A LOYAL TOAST	130
BURNING THE LICENSES	131
THE LAST DIGGER-HUNT	134
CHAPTER VIII.
THE EUREKA STOCKADE	136
STORMING OF THE STOCKADE	141
EXCITEMENT IN MELBOURNE	145
WRONGS RIGHTED	149

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