PART VI. TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

XX. THE GREAT BARRIER REEF 245 XXI. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 272

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE COVER OF A CLEARING IN THE BUSH IS FROM A WATER-COLOUR IN THE POSSESSION OF MAJOR C. J. MARTIN, F.R.G.S.

KARRI COUNTRY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ PERTH FROM “THE NARROWS” 20 FELLING KARRI 43 OXEN HARNESSED TO A LOG AT BIG BROOK 49 ORCHARD AND HOMESTEAD, BRIDGETOWN 59 THE PREMIER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 63 NORTH TERRACE, ADELAIDE 89 WOOL STORE, PORT ADELAIDE 94 WATERFALL GULLY, BURNSIDE, NEAR ADELAIDE 104 OSTRICH FARM, SOOTH AUSTRALIA 108 THE RIVER YARRA, FORTY-EIGHT MILES FROM MELBOURNE 122 THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS, NORTH-EAST VICTORIA, MOUNT FEATHERTOP, 6,300 143 THE DIVIDING RANGE 147 TREE FERNS IN THE BUSH, NEAR MELBOURNE 155 VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS FROM THE MURRAY RIVER FLATS 158 CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY 178 SOUTH COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES 180 NATIONAL PASS, BLUE MOUNTAINS 188 SHEARING TIME, NEW SOUTH WALES 193 A FLOCK OF SHEEP, KINROSS STATION 195 MANLY BEACH 198 THE BRISBANE RIVER 214 CHARLEVILLE BORE 218 NAMBOUR 226 BOTANIC GARDENS, BRISBANE 238 TOWNSVILLE 248 BARRON FALLS SCENERY AT CAIRNS 254 THE BARRON RIVER 258 THURSDAY ISLAND 265 VIEW NEAR DARWIN 275 COCONUT GROVE, DARWIN 279 ANTHILLS, NORTHERN TERRITORY 289