CHAPTER XXIX
Religion—Blacks in the service of the white men—Fickle minds—Settlers and natives on the borders of civilisation—Morality—A life and death struggle—The cruelty of the whites—Future prospects of the Australian natives 339–349
APPENDIX
I. AN OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY— PAGE The Condition before the European Discovery 353
History of the Discovery 355
History of the Colonies 359
II. GEOLOGY 366
III. FLORA 369
IV. FAUNA 376
INDEX 389
Ἀνδροφάγοι δὲ ἀγριώτατα πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἔχουσιν ἤθεα οὔτε δίκην νομίζοντες οὔτε νόμῳ οὐδενὶ χρεόμενοι· νομάδες δὲ εἴσιν.
HERODOTUS, IV. 106.
ILLUSTRATIONS
PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR IN AUSTRALIAN DRESS _Frontispiece_
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BLACK SWAN 1
FLINDERS STREET, ADELAIDE 3
VIEW NEAR ADELAIDE 4
THE LIBRARY, MELBOURNE 6
THE GOVERNOR’S HOUSE, MELBOURNE 7
NATIVE BEAR WITH ITS YOUNG 10
HUNTING THE OPOSSUM _To face page_ 11
TREE-FERNS IN VICTORIA 11
SYDNEY HARBOUR 13
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 15
THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, BRISBANE 17
FROGS (_Hyla cærulea_) ENTERING A WATER-JAR 18
GRACEMERE STATION 20
THE MAIN BUILDING, GRACEMERE STATION 21
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ROCKHAMPTON _To face page_ 24
LAUGHING JACKASS (_Dacelo gigas_) 26
VINE-SCRUB NEAR GRACEMERE _To face page_ 27
TRUE AUSTRALIAN SCENERY _To face page_ 29
A WOOL-WAGGON 31
HEAD OF “MORE PORK” (_Podargus cuvierii_) 32
A KANGAROO HUNT _To face page_ 34
SPIDER PARALYSED BY A HORNET 38
QUEENSLAND NATIVE MOUNTED POLICE 46
FLINT KNIFE FROM GEORGINA RIVER WITH ITS SHEATH 48
POUCH FOR THE CARRYING OF PITURI 49
BOOMERANGS FROM QUEENSLAND 51
STOCK-MAN’S WHIP 53
REST UNDER A BOTTLE-TREE (_Sterculia_) 55
BUSHMEN 58
A SQUATTER’S HOMESTEAD 59
ELEPHANT SUGAR-CANE, MACKAY 63
MY GORDON SETTER POINTING A BLACK SNAKE _To face page_ 64
A NATIVE MAN FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, NEAR ROCKHAMPTON 68
A NATIVE WOMAN FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, NEAR ROCKHAMPTON 69
NOLLA-NOLLAS 73
PECULIAR POSITION OF NATIVES WHEN RESTING 77
NELLY IN THE KITCHEN _To face page_ 81
JACKY, A “CIVILISED” BLACK-FELLOW 83
CLIMBING WITH THE AID OF KĀMIN _To face page_ 89
WALLABY HUNT _To face page_ 92
WALLABY NET FROM HERBERT RIVER 94
THE SCREW-PALM (_Pandanus_) 95
YOUNG CASSOWARY 98
PALM FOREST IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 103
A WOMAN FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND, NEAR TOWNSVILLE 107
MY CAMP _To face page_ 110
WOODEN SHIELDS FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 120
FILLET OR BROW-BAND FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 121
A WARRIOR IN GREAT EXCITEMENT JUST BEFORE BORBOBY _To face page_ COMMENCES 122
A BORBOBY _To face page_ 124
OLD WOMEN PROTECTING A FALLEN WARRIOR 125
A WOMAN FROM MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND _To face page_ 129
A YOUNG GIRL FROM MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND _To face page_ 130
AN OLD MAN FROM HERBERT RIVER 132
A GROUP OF NATIVES FROM HERBERT RIVER 133
A YOUNG BOY FROM HERBERT RIVER, SHOWING ORNAMENTAL SCARS 135
SMALL BASKET CARRIED ABOUT THE NECK, HERBERT RIVER 136
MAKING FIRE 141
JUNGLE-HEN (_Megapodius tumulus_) 149
TOOLLAH (_Pseudochirus archeri_)—Coloured plate _To face page_ 152
EDIBLE BEETLE (_Eurynassa australis_) 154
LARVA OF SAME 154
NATIVES FROM HERBERT RIVER _To face page_ 163
RIFLE-BIRD (_Ptiloris victoriæ_) 171
MONGAN (_Pseudochirus herbertensis_)—Coloured plate _To face page_ 173
YARRI (_Dasyurus maculatus_) 174
DINGO 179
START FOR AN EXPEDITION _To face page_ 188
BASKET FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND 190
A BASKET MADE OF SOFT MATERIALS (GRASS) FROM HERBERT RIVER 194
BASKET FROM HERBERT RIVER, PAINTED WITH STRIPES AND DOTS OF HUMAN BLOOD 195
YABBY (_Pseudochirus lemuroides_)—Coloured plate _To face page_ 197
YELLOW NECKLACE WORN BY THE BLACKS AS AN EMBLEM OF MOURNING 203
_Cicada aurora_ 222
BOONGARY (_Dendrolagus lumholtzii_)—Coloured plate _To face page_ 226
ALL THE DOGS WERE PRODUCED _To face page_ 229
KÉLANMI 233
A TUFT OF TALEGALLA FEATHERS 237
A SHELL USED AS AN ORNAMENT 237
DANCE OF THE NATIVES _To face page_ 238
STRIPED-FACED POUCHED MOUSE (_Sminthopsis virginiæ_) 252
JIMMY 255
A MALE CRANIUM FROM ROCKHAMPTON, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, SEEN FROM FIVE SIDES 259
DALRYMPLE CREEK _To face page_ 261
AN OLD MAN FROM TOWNSVILLE, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 263
NATIVES ON HERBERT RIVER 269
BURIAL IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 275
A LARGE BASKET FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND FOR CARRYING CHILDREN 276
HUNTING THE PYTHON 293
SNAKE FEAST IN MY CAMP _To face page_ 298
A MESSAGE STICK FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 304
REVERSE SIDE OF THE SAME 304
MESSAGE STICK, WITH INTERPRETATION OF INSCRIPTION 304
THE FREEZING ESTABLISHMENT, LAKES CREEK, NEAR ROCKHAMPTON 314
A WIRE HARPOON POINT 317
A WOODEN PLUG 317
A WOODEN HARPOON POINT 317
THE DUGONG, OR AUSTRALIAN SEA-COW (_Halicore dugong_) 319
NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL QUEENSLAND. JABIRU IN THE _To face page_ FOREGROUND 323
MOUNT MORGAN GOLD MINE _To face page_ 324
_Nephrurus asper_ 325
NATIVES FROM THE VICINITY OF ROCKHAMPTON 330
BROW-BAND FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 331
OPOSSUM THREAD 332
APRON MADE FROM OPOSSUM YARN 332
SHIELDS FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 333
WOODEN SWORD FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 334
BENDI FROM COOMOOBOOLAROO 334
CRYSTALLINE AXE FROM PEAK DOWNS IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 335
A SPEAR FROM THE COAST OF CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 335
“KING BILLY OF GRACEMERE” WITH HIS “GIN” (WIFE) 337
CIVILISED GIRLS FROM THE VICINITY OF TOWNSVILLE 341
“THE LONELY OLD PEOPLE,” NATIVES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF TOWNSVILLE 344
NATIVE POLICE DISPERSING THE BLACKS _To face page_ 348
COOK’S MONUMENT IN SYDNEY 356
A LARGE FOSSIL SEA-SHELL FROM WESTERN QUEENSLAND (_Inoceramus maximus_) 367
LEAVES, FLOWERS, AND FRUIT OF _Eucalyptus amygdalina_ 370
AN AUSTRALIAN SPRUCE (_Araucaria bidwillii_) 372
THE TEA-TREE (_Melaleuca Leucadendron_) 373
_Chlamydosaurus kingii_ 376
WILD GEESE FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND (_Anseranas _To face page_ melanoleuca_) 383
EGG OF _Daphnia lumholtzii_ 386
_Daphnia lumholtzii_ 386
_Cyclestheria hislopi_ 387
SHELL OF A _Cyclestheria hislopi_ 388
MAP OF AUSTRALIA _At end_
MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE AUTHOR’S TRAVELS IN QUEENSLAND „