The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
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The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent

By Thomas Wallace Knox
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  • The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Land of the Kangaroo, by Thomas Wallace Knox, Illustrated by H. Burgess
    • E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)
    • CONTENTS.
    • ILLUSTRATIONS.
  • THE LAND OF THE KANGAROO.
    • CHAPTER I.
      • WEST COAST OF AFRICA—ADVENTURE IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.
    • CHAPTER II.
      • THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE—THE SOUTHERN OCEAN—AUSTRALIA.
    • CHAPTER III.
      • A LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS—TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA.
    • CHAPTER IV.
      • STRANGE ADVENTURES—AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS.
    • CHAPTER V.
      • ACROSS AUSTRALIA—TALLEST TREES IN THE WORLD.
    • CHAPTER VI.
      • AUSTRALIAN BLACKS—THROWING THE BOOMERANG.
    • CHAPTER VII.
      • ADELAIDE TO MELBOURNE—THE RABBIT PEST—DANGEROUS EXOTICS.
    • CHAPTER VIII.
      • CANNIBAL BLACKS—MELBOURNE AND ITS PECULIARITIES.
    • CHAPTER IX.
      • “THE LAUGHING JACKASS”—AUSTRALIAN SNAKES AND SNAKE STORIES.
    • CHAPTER X.
      • THE HARBOR OF MELBOURNE—CONVICT HULKS AND BUSHRANGERS.
    • CHAPTER XI.
      • GEELONG—AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES—FINDING A BIG NUGGET.
    • CHAPTER XII.
      • A SOUTHERLY BURSTER—WESTERN VICTORIA.
    • CHAPTER XIII.
      • JOURNEY UP COUNTRY—ANECDOTES OF BUSH LIFE.
    • CHAPTER XIV.
      • LOST IN THE BUSH—AUSTRALIAN HORSES.
    • CHAPTER XV.
      • EXPERIENCES AT A CATTLE STATION—A KANGAROO HUNT.
    • CHAPTER XVI.
      • HUNTING THE EMU AND OTHER BIRDS—AN AUSTRALIAN SHEEP RUN.
    • CHAPTER XVII.
      • FROM MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY—CROSSING THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
    • CHAPTER XVIII.
      • SIGHTS OF SYDNEY——BOTANY BAY AND PARAMATTA.
    • CHAPTER XIX.
      • COAL MINES AT NEWCASTLE—SUGAR PLANTATION IN QUEENSLAND—THE END.
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