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Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands_of the South Seas
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. JUST A WORD BEFORE WE START 1
II. THE GIANT OF THE SOUTH SEAS 3
III. QUEENSLAND 10
IV. A CROWN OF GOLD AND A CROSS OF CACTUS 19
V. THE METROPOLIS OF THE ANTIPODES 24
VI. WALKS ABOUT SYDNEY 31
VII. THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE 37
VIII. IN THE GREAT WOOL MARKET 42
IX. LIFE ON THE SHEEP STATIONS 47
X. RABBITS AND DINGOES 56
XI. WATER FOR THIRSTY LANDS 62
XII. MELBOURNE 72
XIII. IN THE MARTS OF THE CITY 80
XIV. THE STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS 85
XV. GOLD DIGGINGS IN CREEK AND DESERT 95
XVI. A WHITE WORKERS’ CONTINENT 104
XVII. THE THREE “R’S” IN AUSTRALIA 113
XVIII. THE ABORIGINES 120
XIX. KANGAROOS AND DANCING BIRDS 129
XX. AUSTRALIA AS OUR CUSTOMER 137
XXI. TASMANIA 144
XXII. THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THURSDAY ISLAND 152
XXIII. AUSTRALIA’S ISLAND WARDS 159
XXIV. ACROSS THE TASMAN SEA TO WELLINGTON 165
XXV. THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND 170
XXVI. “SOCIAL PESTS” 178
XXVII. THE WOMEN OF THE DOMINION 186
XXVIII. A COUNTRY WITHOUT A POORHOUSE 194
XXIX. WHERE THE WORKING MAN RULES 202
XXX. ON THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS 213
XXXI. THE YELLOWSTONE OF NEW ZEALAND 220
XXXII. THE MAORIS 227
XXXIII. MUTTON AND BUTTER FOR LONDON TABLES 236
XXXIV. SOME FREAKS OF NATURE 246
XXXV. AMERICAN GOODS IN NEW ZEALAND 255
XXXVI. THE FIJIS AND THE TONGAS 263
XXXVII. THE SAMOAS 273
SEE THE WORLD WITH FRANK G. CARPENTER 282
INDEX 287
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