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Australia Unlimited
BY
Edwin Brady
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Author of "The King's Caravan," "The Ways of Many Waters,"
"River Rovers," "Bells and Hobbles," Si^c.
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MELBOURNE:
George Robertson and Company
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Patterson, Shugg Pty. Ltd., Burns Lane, offLonsdale Street, JVIelhourne.
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INTRODUCTION
Page
My Country (Poem by Dorothea Mackellar) i6
THE DAWN OF HISTORY
The Genesis of Australian Settlement 26
Old Colonial Days 33
Inland Exploration 39
Australia's Political Elvolution 55
THE COMMONWEALTH
Federation of the Australian States 64
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Canberra, the Federal Capital 68
Transcontinental Railways East-West 71
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„ „ North-South 74
Irrigation, Storages and Artesian Water 87
Undeveloped Industries lOI
Federal Administration: Post, Telegraph, and Telephones 107
Customs and Tariff III
Commerce and Finance 113
Immigration 119
Social and Intellectual Life. 123
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Outdoor Sports in Australia 131
NEW SOUTH WALES
Revenues and Resources 143
Trade and Production 159
Sydney Harbor at Night 173
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North Sydney and Beyond 178
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Picturesque New South Wales 183
Mount Kosciusko 193
The North Coast 199
The South Coast 217
Out West 225
The Western Division From Wentworth to Bourke 232
What a Railway Will Do 248
Broken Hill 255
The Land of Milk and Honey 263
Irrigation and the Riverina 275
The Future 283
VICTORIA
Evolution and Progress 291
Port Phillip and the Hills 305
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The Western District 325
Gippsland 339
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AUSTRALIA UNLIMITED
Victoria {cent.) Page
The Victorian Alps 355
Victorian Agriculture 367
Irrigation Settlements 385
Mallee Lands 398
QUEENSLAND
Queen of the North 405
The Trail of the Tropics 417
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Cedar and Gold 433
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Cooktown, Cape York, the Gulf 451
The Heart of Queensland 461
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East and West 475
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Southern Queensland 489
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Pioneers and Outposts 515
Coastal Climate and Production 524
Darwin and Pine Creek 539
The Daly River 550
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On the Adelaide 563
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Inland Districts 577
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Mineral Resources 594
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide and the Hills 611
Port Augusta, Hergott and the Great Inland 615
Primary Production 621
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The "Desert" Myth 628
Drought and Dry Country 638
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Irrigation, Water Conservation, and Drainage 649
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Dampier's "Miserablest Country" 659
What the West Will Do 679
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South to Leeuwin and Round Again 687
The Glamor of Gold 701
Kalgoorlie 715
The Six Divisions 725
TASMANIA
Launceston and the Tamar 743
Hobart and the Derwent 754
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Settlement and Development 761
Agriculture and Production 770
BRITISH NEW GUINEA (PAPUA) 787
PATRIOTIC, BENEVOLENT AND NATIONAL
Australia's Army and Navy 795
State Education in New South Wales 803
State Education in Victoria 811
The State Samaritan 815
The late Thomas Walker, of Yaralla 821
The Angas Family 829
George Lansell: Bendigo's "Quartz King" 845
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CONTENTS
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Patriotic, Benevolent and National (cont.) Page
The Abbott Family 853
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"Bell's Line" 859
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"Cox's Pass" 865
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THE AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL INDUSTRY
Introduction 871
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The Hon. Sir Samuel McCaughey, M.L.C. 877
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Table Top Estate: the late James Mitchell 885
Murgha : the late A. J. Austin 889
Uardry: Chas. Mills Ltd. 893
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Gum Swamp and Yooroobla Geo. F. Simpson 899
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Nowranie: Ferguson Simpson 903
Wangamong: W. B. Sanger 907
Big Springs: George Wilson 909
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Merribee W. W. KiUen 915
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Tantallon: William Hood 923
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Burrawang: C. Hedley Edols 927
Tocal Frank Reynolds 933
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Mooki Springs, Liverpool Plains 935
Edinglassie: the Hon. C. White, M.L.C. 941
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Belltrees Hy. L. White 947
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Palmerston and Noorindoo: N. N. Dangar 953
The Dight Family 959
Shannon Vale: Major T. White 961
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Ramornie: C. F. Tindal 967
Dungalear and Tubbo : the late J. A. Campbell 973
Gracemere: Archer Bros. .. .. 977
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Hidden Vale A. Cotton 981
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Edmund Jowett, M.P. a Great Queensland Pastoralist 987
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John Arthur Macartney Pioneer and Explorer 992
Kooralbyn C. L. Wyndham-Bundock 996
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Willoughby A. D. Alexander 1000
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Mount Crawford: Alick Murray 1004
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Robert McBride, of Burra ion
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Anlaby H. H. Dutton 1014
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Sidney Kidman, the Cattle King 1023
Keyneton R. R. Keynes 1035
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Koonoona: the late Hon. Walter Duffield 1039
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Bungaree R. M. and the late H. C. Hawker 1043
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North Bungaree: M. C. Hawker 1053
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Anama Walter Hawker 1059
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Lucernedale: Hy. Collins & Co. 1065
The Downies, of Glenelg 1074
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Government Saving Bank of New South Wales 1078
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Olive-Growing in South Australia: G. F. Cleland & Sons Ltd. 1083
Queensland Gems Eraser Limited 1084
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APPENDIX: CROWN LANDS LAWS OF AUSTRALIA
New South Wales iii
Victoria xiii
Queensland xix
South Australia xxiii
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The Northern Territory xxix
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Western Australia xxxii
Tasmania xxxvii
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