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