INDEX.
Reading edition
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Aboriginals at Work, 65
Acres under Cultivation for various Crops, 43
Act of Parliament under which the Colony was formed, 11
Adelaide, Capital of the Colony, 19, 21, 28
Albert, Lake, 5
Alexandrina, Lake, 5
Angas, Mr., 12
Ballot, 77
Barker, Captain, Mountain named after him, 6
Burra Burra Copper-mines, 60
Church of England, 24
Cockatoo Farmers, 33
Constitution given to the Colony, 15-18
Coorong River, 6
Copper, 58
Darling River, 5
Debates in Parliament, 79
Droughts prevalent, 38, 45
Early History of the Colony, 3
Farming badly done, 32
Gambier-Town, 55
Gawler, Colonel, second Governor, 12
Gold, 58
Gordon, A. L., the Poet, 57
Goyder’s Line of Rainfall, 38
Great Northern Railway through the Colony, 72
Grey, Captain, Governor, 13
Hindmarsh, Captain, first Governor, 12
Hutt, Sir William, 12
Kapunda Copper Mines, 59
Kooringa-Town, 60
Land, Price of, as regards the Colonies generally, 10
Land, Sale of, 36-38
Legislature, 76
Light, Colonel, Surveyor-General, 12
Mail Coach “Bushed,” 67
Meat, Price of, and Exportation, 52, 53
Moonta Copper-mine, 61, 62
Mount Gambier, 55
Murray River, 5
Murrumbidgee River, 4
Nepean Bay, 12
Nobs and Snobs, 60
Northern Territory, 68
Pastoral Rents, 54
Population, 19
Portalloch Cattle Station, 55
Port Darwin, 74
Port Wallaroo, 62
Religious Sects, 25
Revenue, 81
Robe, Colonel, Governor, 14
Salt-bush, Pasture for Sheep, 50
Sheep, Loss of, for Want of Rain, 45
Sinnett, Mr., his Account of the Colony, 12
Smelting Works at Wallaroo, 66
Strathalbyn-Town, 55
Sturt, Captain, his Discoveries, 4
Telegraph Wire from Adelaide to Port Darwin, 69
Torrens, Colonel, 12
Torrens River, 26
Victoria, Re-emigration to, from South Australia, 14
Vineyards, 41
Wakefield, Mr. Gibbon, 8-11, 37
Wallaroo Copper-mine, 61, 65
Water Supply, 26
Wheat, Staple of the Colony, 30
Wine, 42
Wool, 44, 47
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Aborigines, 89
Albany, Town of, 122
Cathedrals, 125
Certificate needed on leaving the Colony, 114
Coal, 95
Convicts, Condition of, 96, 99, 110, 113
Convicts, Effect of, 96
Convicts, Native, 107
Convicts, Petitions that they may be sent out, 93, 94
Corroboree, Native Dance, 109
Emigrants, Allowance to, in Land, 140
Emigrants cannot be sent out by Government, 135
Eyre, Mr., Explorer, 94
Farming badly carried on, 104, 127
Freemantle, Captain, of the “Challenger,” 87
Freemantle, Town of, 109
Free-Selecters, 137
Future Prospects of Colony, 131
Gas, 95
Gold, 100, 132
Government, Form of, 120
Grapes, 93, 123
Hargreaves, Mr., searches for Gold, 100
Jarrah-Wood, 103
Journey to Perth, 123
King George’s Sound, 86, 94, 123
Knight, Mr., his Book on the Colony, 115
Land, Grants of, 115
Land, Modes of Sale, 116, 137
Land selected for Special Occupation, 139
Lockyer, Major, 87
New Norcia, Roman Catholic Establishment for Native Children, 90
Newcastle, 127
Nickol Bay, 101
Nuyt, Peter, afraid of Frogs, 124
Pearls, Fishery, 101
Perth, Capital of the Colony, 112, 125
Poisonous Shrub, 103
Population, 115, 141
Provisions, Price of, 133
Rottnest, 106
Sandal-Wood, 103
Schools of the Colony, 129
Sheep, Number of, 102
Stirling, Governor, 87, 93
Squatters, 128
Ticket-of-Leave Men, 126
Toodjay District, 95, 127
Wages, Rate of, 129
Weld, Governor, 104, 119, 121
Wine, 144
Wool, Staple of the Colony, 102, 128
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