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AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEA COAST AND INTERIOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA;
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH ITS INTERESTS.

Оглавление

CHAPTER III/I

DUTIES OF AN EXPLORER

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

DESCRIPTION OF ITS COAST LINE

SEA MOUTH OF THE MURRAY

ENTERED BY MR. PULLEN

RISK OF THE ATTEMPT

BEACHING

ROSETTA HARBOUR

VICTOR HARBOUR

NEPEAN BAY

KANGAROO ISLAND

KINGSCOTE

CAPT. LEE'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PORT ADELAIDE

PORT ADELAIDE

REMOVAL TO THE NORTH ARM

HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT

YORKE'S PENINSULA

PORT LINCOLN

CAPT. LEE'S INSTRUCTIONS

BOSTON ISLAND

BOSTON BAY

COFFIN'S BAY

MR. CAMERON SENT ALONG THE COAST

HIS REPORT

POSITION OF PORT ADELAIDE.

CHAPTER III/II

PLAINS OF ADELAIDE

BRIDGES OVER THE TORRENS

SITE OF ADELAIDE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES

SCHOOLS

POLICE

ROADS

THE GAWLER

BAROSSA RANGE

THE MURRAY BELT

MOORUNDI

NATIVES ON THE MURRAY

DISTANT STOCK STATIONS

MOUNT GAMBIER DISTRICT

ITS RICHNESS

ASCENT TO MOUNT LOFTY

MOUNT BARKER DISTRICT

SCENE IN HINDMARSH VALLEY

PROPORTION OF SOIL IN THE PROVINCE

PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL

PORT LINCOLN

CLIMATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER

SALUBRITY.

CHAPTER III/III

SEASONS

CAUSE WHY SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS FINE GRAIN

EXTENT OF CULTIVATION

AMOUNT OF STOCK

THE BURRA-BURRA MINE

ITS MAGNITUDE

ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS

ABSENCE OF COAL

SMELTING

ORE

IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE BURRA-BURRA

EFFECT OF THE MINES ON THE LABOUR MARKET

RELUCTANCE OF THE LOWER ORDERS TO EMIGRATE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES

STATE OF SOCIETY

THE MIDDLE CLASSES

THE SQUATTERS

THE GERMANS

THE NATIVES

AUTHOR'S INTERVIEWS WITH THEM

INSTANCES OF JUST FEELING

THEIR BAD QUALITIES

PERSONAL APPEARANCE

YOUNG SETTLERS ON THE MURRAY

CONCLUSION.

MR. KENNEDY'S SURVEY OF THE RIVER VICTORIA

APPENDIX

ANIMALS

BIRDS

NO. I. LIST OF SPECIMENS, AND THE NAMES OF THE VARIOUS ROCKS, COLLECTED DURING THE EXPEDITION

NO. II. LOCALITIES OF THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, COLLECTED BY THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN EXPDITION

BOTANICAL APPENDIX, BY R. BROWN, ESQ., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.L.S, etc.

Expedition into Central Australia

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