Blacks and Bushrangers

About this eBook

Author

Kennedy, E. B. (Edward B.)

Title

Blacks and Bushrangers: Adventures in Queensland

Credits

Produced by Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at The National Library of Australia.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Bushrangers -- Australia -- Queensland

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59714

Release Date

June 9, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BLACKS AND BUSHRANGERS
2. 2.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. The New Forest—Sampson Stanley the gipsy—Mat and Tim—A New Forest sportsman—Braken Lodge.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. Squire Bell—Annie’s gift of a book—Shooting a New Forest deer—Felony—Chased by a keeper—Capture—Escape—Fight with a bloodhound.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. Mat bids farewell to the Forest—The Young Austral —Tim and Jumper on board.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. Life on board the Young Austral —The wreck—A swim for life—Safe ashore.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. The island—The gigantic cockle-shell—Amongst the blacks—The Corroboree .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Wild honey—They find the wreck—The Thunderstick.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Spearing geese—Killing ducks with boomerangs—’Possum-hunting—How to make fire—The tribe shift camp—The Boorah—Mat and Tim’s journal.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. Gold—Hostile natives—Flight by night—The great battle—Clubs—Fists—New Forest wrestling—“Old Joe.”
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. After the battle—Burial rites—The Waigonda wish to make chiefs of the white men—Our “twins” leave with Dromoora and Terebare for the south.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. Burns’ station—The horse-breaker—Colonial “Blow”—Satan the First—Mat “collars” the buckjumper.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. An official summons—Travelling in state—Brisbane—On board ship again—Triumphal entry into Sydney—In a church again—The lecture—Meeting old friends—Soft reflections.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. Tim starts for the Darling Downs—French as spoken by Mrs. Bell—Parson Tabor—Leichardt’s grave—The French “professor”—Mat unmasks the “professor.”
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. Tim’s unpleasant reception at Bulinda—The bushranger’s camp—The robbery—Annie kidnapped—Tim’s good Samaritans.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. Mat on the trail of the bushranger—Annie’s signal—Mat tracks the bushranger to his lair—The cave—Our hero as the black warrior once more—A fearful fight—Dromoora’s timely cry—Annie’s rescue—Blissful moments.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. Magan’s armour—Safe at Bulinda Creek again—The professor’s last lesson on the island—Mat and Tim once more together—Tim convalescent.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. The Squire’s offer—Tim decides to go home—Our heroine’s advice to Mat—Our forester takes to gardening—The “new chum’s” difficulties and troubles.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. English Society v. Colonial—Music—The “new chum’s” letter—“Two’s company and three’s none”—Unpleasant reflections—Parson Tabor’s advice—Mrs. Bell shows that she has a “down” on our hero—The “Spider”—The “new chum” proves that he is “not such a fool as he looks”—Tim returns home.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. Our hero visits the old Waigonda country once more—The overlanding—The Golden Gully—The last sight of Dromoora.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. Bulinda Creek once more—Mat again asks Tabor’s advice—The parson “on matrimony”—Annie’s little arbour.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. Back in the old Forest—Jumper’s last home—Return of our hero and heroine for good and all to Bulinda Creek—Conclusion and farewell.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.