CHAPTER V.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

SURVEY OF THE COLONY--SYDNEY AND ITS HARBOUR--THE GREAT WEST--THE BLUE MOUNTAINS--THEIR GRAND SCENERY--AN AUSTRALIAN SHOW PLACE--THE FISH RIVER CAVES--DUBBO TO THE DARLING--THE GREAT PASTURES--THE NORTHERN TABLELAND--THE BIG SCRUB COUNTRY--TROPICAL VEGETATION. 73-96

_Illustrations_:

Views in Sydney: Government House, the Cathedral, and Sydney Heads 74 Government Buildings, Macquarie Street, Sydney 75 Statue of Captain Cook at Sydney 77 The Post Office, George Street, Sydney 80 Sydney Harbour 82 Macquarie Street, Sydney 83 The Town Hall, Sydney 85 Emu Plains 88 The Valley of the Grose 89 Zigzag Railway in the Blue Mountains 91 Fish River Caves 92 Waterfall at Govett 93