An Australian Ramble; Or, A Summer in Australia
CHAPTER IV.
IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. Melbourne Gleanings—Dr. Bevan—Night at a Bungalow—Cole’s 66–108 Book-shop—A Day at Sorrento—White Cruelty to the Aborigines—Coffee Palaces—Dr. Strong—The Presbyterian Church in Collins Street—The Late Peter Lalor—Ballarat—Romance of Gold Mining—Sydney and Melbourne compared—Australian Rogues—Suburban Melbourne—Victorian M.P.’s—Victorian Politics