| CHAPTER I.
OFF TO AUSTRALIA. |
| PAGE |
| The Orizaba—Reasons for Travelling—The Bishop—Soda and Whisky—The Spanish Coast—Heroic Memories—Gibraltar—Wickedness of Naples—Port Said | 1–28 |
| CHAPTER II.
EGYPT TO COLOMBO. |
| Coaling in Port Said—The Suez Canal—England the Main Support—Donkey-drivers—The Electric Light—Ismailia—Suez—Aden—The Red Sea | 29–49 |
| CHAPTER III.
COLOMBO TO ALBANY. |
| Prosperity of Colombo—Native Extortioners—Buddhist Temple—Life in the Streets—On the Indian Ocean—Stormy Seas guard Australia—English Coolness—Western Australia | 50–65 |
| CHAPTER IV.
IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. |
| Melbourne Gleanings—Dr. Bevan—Night at a Bungalow—Cole’s Book-shop—A Day at Sorrento—White Cruelty to the Aborigines—Coffee Palaces—Dr. Strong—The Presbyterian Church in Collins Street—The Late Peter Lalor—Ballarat—Romance of Gold Mining—Sydney and Melbourne compared—Australian Rogues—Suburban Melbourne—Victorian M.P.’s—Victorian Politics | 66–108 |
| CHAPTER V.
A LITTLE ABOUT NEW SOUTH WALES. |
| Sunny Sydney—Public Buildings—Educational Establishments—Sanitary State—Its Climate—Bathurst—The Blue Mountains—Romish Aggression—Botany Bay—Old Days—A Wonderful Change—New South Wales Scenery | 109–138 |
| CHAPTER VI.
AMONGST THE BANANA BOYS. |
| Collision in Sydney Harbour—Brisbane—Queensland—The Banana Boys—Sir Samuel Griffith | 139–146 |
| CHAPTER VII.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| Holy Adelaide—Its Situation—Its Public Buildings—Its Mining-market—Dr. Arnold—Australian Plagues—Fleas and Mosquitoes and Serpents—Sunday Observance—The Macleay Mission—Number of Churches | 147–165 |
| CHAPTER VIII.
LIFE AT A STATION. |
| Mr. Dooleete’s Station—Sheep-shearing—Patriarchal Life Improved—Snakes—Drought | 166–172 |
| CHAPTER IX.
THE HEATHEN CHINEE. |
| His Persecution—His Usefulness—His Intellectual Ability | 173–183 |
| CHAPTER X.
THE LARRIKIN IN AUSTRALIA. |
| What the Larrikin is—A Social, Moral, and Political Danger—A Natural Foe of the Chinaman | 184–191 |
| CHAPTER XI.
IN AN AUSTRALIAN VINEYARD. |
| Fruit Supply—Tintarra Wine—Mr. Thomas Hardy—The Temperance Question | 192–205 |
| CHAPTER XII.
AN AUSTRALIAN MILLIONAIRE. |
| Mr. James Tyson | 206–211 |
| CHAPTER XIII.
AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES. |
| Increase of the Colonies—Further Emigration required—New South Wales and Free Trade—The Australian Type | 212–223 |
| CHAPTER XIV.
COMING HOME. |
| The Sea—Colombo—Arabi—Ceylon Tea—Stoppage in the Canal—Tilbury Docks—The Future of Australia—Australia as a Field for Emigration | 224–235 |
