CONTENTS
Frederic C. Spurr
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Foreword: Australia’s Place in the Empire
1
CHAPTER
?1.
Going to the Ends of the Earth
12
?2.
The Golden West
18
?3.
An Accomplished Miracle and a Prediction
26
?4.
Adelaide, the Queen City of Australia
37
?5.
The Romance of Melbourne
46
?6.
The Beauty of Sydney
54
?7.
At Botany Bay
64
?8.
Brisbane, the Queen City of the North
72
?9.
Queensland, the Rich Unpeopled State
79
10.
The Romance of Queensland Sugar
87
11.
The Australian Winter and Spring
95
12.
Bush Holidays
108
13.
Some Bush Yarns
114
14.
A Honeymoon in the Bush
122
15.
The Highwaymen of the Bush
130
16.
A Squatter’s Home and Daughter
138
17.
The Hardships of the Bush
146
18.
Amongst the Aborigines
153
19.
The Golden Cities
160
20.
The Miracle of the Mallee
174
21.
The Annual Shows
182
22.
An Interlude: a Dust Storm in Summer
188
23.
Christmas in Australia
192
24.
Social Life in Australia
201
25.
Labour Conditions in Australia
209
26.
Dead Flies in the Labour Movement
218
27.
Australian Politics
231
28.
Religion in Australia
238
29.
In Van Diemen’s Land—an Impression
257
30.
The Romance of Tasmania
265
31.
A Paradise of Fruit
274
32.
The Outlook in Tasmania
282
33.
Review
289
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