CHAPTER III.

THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE.

AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACIES--THE FEDERAL MOVEMENT--IMMIGRATION--CURRENT WAGES--COST OF LIVING--ABSENCE OF AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH--RELIGION IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS--A TYPICAL SERVICE--SUNDAY OBSERVANCE--MISSION WORK--CHURCH BUILDING. 27-34

_Illustrations_:

Statue of Prince Albert in Sydney 28 The Bower-Bird 29 The Independent Church, Collins Street, Melbourne 33

SECTION II.--BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE COLONIES.