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William Henry Thomes. The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
LIFE IN AUSTRALIA;
OR,
A GOLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURES
CHAPTER I
FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.—DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.—LIFE ON BOARD SHIP.—ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS TOWN.—DESCRIPTION OF MELBOURNE.—A CONVICT'S HUT
CHAPTER II
A MORNING IN AUSTRALIA.—JOURNEY TO THE MINES OF BALLARAT.—THE CONVICT'S STORY.—BLACK DARNLEY, THE BUSHRANGER
CHAPTER III
TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.—AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES.—CARRYING THE MAILS
CHAPTER IV
EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.—AUSTRALIAN SPEARS AND AMERICAN RIFLES
CHAPTER V
THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.—SHOOTING A KANGAROO
CHAPTER VI
ADVENTURE WITH A DOG.—THE MURDER IN THE RAVINE.—STORY OF AN OUTRAGED WOMAN
CHAPTER VII
BLACK DARNLEY'S VILLANY.—THE CONVICT STOCKMAN
CHAPTER VIII
AN EXPEDITION.—A FIGHT WITH BUSHRANGERS.—DEATH OF BLACK DARNLEY
CHAPTER IX
THE STOCKMAN'S DAUGHTER.—MOUNTED POLICE OF MELBOURNE
CHAPTER X
DESPERATE DEEDS OF TWO CONVICTS.—LIEUT. MURDEN'S STORY
CHAPTER XI
SAGACITY OF A DOG.—A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XII
DISCOVERY OF A MASONIC RING.—FUNERAL PYRE OF BLACK DARNLEY
CHAPTER XIII
THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.—DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER CHIEFTAIN
CHAPTER XIV
DISCOVERY OF STOLEN TREASURES IN THE STOCKMAN'S CELLAR
CHAPTER XV
DYING CONFESSION OF JIM GULPIN, THE ROBBER
CHAPTER XVI
A FORCED MARCH TOWARDS MELBOURNE
CHAPTER XVII
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MELBOURNE
CHAPTER XVIII
LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE.—ENGLISH MACHINES AT FAULT
CHAPTER XIX
PARDON OF SMITH AND THE OLD STOCKMAN.—GRAND DINNER AT THE GOVERNOR'S
CHAPTER XX
DUEL BETWEEN FRED AND AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT
CHAPTER XXI
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR GULPIN'S BURIED TREASURES
CHAPTER XXII
DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE.—FIGHT WITH THE NATIVES
CHAPTER XXIII
ARRIVAL AT THE OLD STOCKMAN'S HUT.—MYSTERIOUS INTERRUPTIONS DURING THE HUNT
CHAPTER XXIV
ROBBERY OF THE CART.—CAPTURE OF STEEL SPRING
CHAPTER XXV
STEEL SPRING'S HISTORY
CHAPTER XXVI
FINDING OF THE TREASURE
CHAPTER XXVII
CAPTURE OF ALL HANDS, BY THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER XXVIII
OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT MURDEN AND HIS FORCE, ROUT OF THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER XXIX
REVENGE OF THE BUSHRANGERS.—FIRING OF THE FOREST
CHAPTER XXX
PERILOUS SITUATION DURING THE FIRE.—STEEL SPRING TURNS UP
CHAPTER XXXI
CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS, AND DEATH OF NOSEY
CHAPTER XXXII
RETURN TO THE STOCKMAN'S HUT.—SMITH IN LOVE
CHAPTER XXXIII
RECOVERY OF THE GOLD.—ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE BULLY OF BALLARAT.—FRED FIGHTS A DUEL
CHAPTER XXXV
BALLARAT CUSTOMS, AFTER A DUEL
CHAPTER XXXVI
ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT.—MR. BROWN'S STORY
CHAPTER XXXVII
FINDING OF A 110 LB. NUGGET.—CAVING IN OF A MINE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
INCIDENTS IN LIFE AT BALLARAT
CHAPTER XXXIX
ATTEMPT OF THE HOUSEBREAKER.—ATTACK BY THE SNAKE
CHAPTER XL
DEATH OF THE BURGLAR BY THE SNAKE
CHAPTER XLI
VISIT TO SNAKES' PARADISE
CHAPTER XLII
FLIGHT FROM THE SNAKES.—ATTACKED BY THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER XLIII
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO BALLARAT, WITH THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER XLIV
THRASHING A BULLY
CHAPTER XLV
A YOUNG GIRL'S ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF HER LOVER
CHAPTER XLVI
A MARRIAGE, AND AN ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER XLVII
COLLECTING TAXES OF THE MINERS
CHAPTER XLVIII
Murden and Steel Spring arrive from Melbourne
CHAPTER XLIX
CATCHING A TARL AS WELL AS A CASSIOWARY
CHAPTER L
ARRIVAL OF SMITH.—ATTEMPT TO BURN THE STORE
CHAPTER LI
ATTEMPT TO BURN THE STORE
CHAPTER LII
THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. CRITCHET
CHAPTER LIII
OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF MR. BROWN.—THEY SEND FOR STEEL SPRING
CHAPTER LIV
THE WAY THE COLONISTS OBTAIN WIVES IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER LV
ADVENTURES AT DAN BRIAN'S DRINKING-HOUSE
CHAPTER LVI
ADVENTURES CONTINUED
CHAPTER LVII
MORE OF THE SAME SORT
CHAPTER LVIII
CONVALESCENCE OF MR. CRITCHET, AND OUR DISCHARGE FROM THE CRIMINAL DOCKET
CHAPTER LIX
OUR TEAMSTER BARNEY, AND HIS WIFE
CHAPTER LX
MIKE FINDS THE LARGE "NUGGET."
CHAPTER LXI
THE RESULT OF GROWING RICH TOO RAPIDLY
CHAPTER LXII
THE FLOUR SPECULATION.—MR. CRITCHET'S STORY
CHAPTER LXIII
THE SAME, CONTINUED
CHAPTER LXIV
MR. BROWN'S DISCHARGE FROM THE POLICE FORCE.—BILL SWINTON'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER LXV
THE EXPEDITION AFTER BILL SWINTON'S BURIED TREASURES
CHAPTER LXVI
JOURNEY AFTER THE BURIED TREASURE
CHAPTER LXVII
THE HUNT FOR THE BURIED TREASURE
CHAPTER LXVIII
THE ISLAND GHOST.—NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. BROWN
CHAPTER LXIX
CAPTURE OF THE GHOST
CHAPTER LXX
THE GHOST AND THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER LXXI
SAM TYRELL AND THE GHOST
CHAPTER LXXII
FINDING THE BURIED TREASURE
CHAPTER LXXIII
THE ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE
CHAPTER LXXIV
ARRIVAL AT MR. WRIGHT'S STATION
CHAPTER LXXV
SUPPER.—RETURN OF MR. WRIGHT'S SCOUTS
CHAPTER LXXVI
MIKE TUMBLES INTO THE RIVER.—ARRIVAL OF THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER LXXVII
CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER LXXVIII
PUNISHING THE BULLY
CHAPTER LXXIX
MR. WRIGHT'S FARM.—DEATH OF KELLY
CHAPTER LXXX
JOURNEY BACK TO BALLARAT
CHAPTER LXXXI
STEEL SPRING IN THE FIELD.—ATTEMPT OF THE COMMISSIONER TO CONFISCATE OUR HORSES
CHAPTER LXXXII
SAME CONTINUED.—DEATH OF ROSS
CHAPTER LXXXIII
ARREST OF FRED.—TRIP TO MELBOURNE, AND ITS RESULTS
