ADA CAMBRIDGE
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "PATH AND GOAL" AND "THE DEVASTATORS"
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON 1903
TO MY TWO LIVING CHILDREN AND THE DEAR MEMORY OF ONE WHO WAS LIVING WHEN I WROTE IT I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. "ISLE OF BEAUTY, FARE THEE WELL!" 1
II. AUSTRALIA FELIX 11
III. THE BUSH 23
IV. THE FIRST HOME 35
V. DIK 48
VI. THE SECOND HOME 64
VII. THE THIRD HOME 79
VIII. THE MURRAY JOURNEY 93
IX. LOCAL COLOUR 111
X. THE FOURTH HOME 126
XI. THE FIFTH HOME 143
XII. THE SIXTH HOME 161
XIII. THE BOOM 177
XIV. THE SEVENTH HOME 189
XV. TOBY 203
XVI. THE GREAT STRIKE 214
XVII. OVER THE BORDER 236
XVIII. THE END OF BUSH LIFE 253
XIX. THE EIGHTH HOME 272
XX. CONCLUSION 295