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Colonial Facts and Fictions

Colonial Facts and Fictions

by John Milne

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Author
Milne, John, 1850-1913
Title
Colonial facts and fictions: Humorous sketches
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus,1886.
Credits
Emmanuel Ackerman, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)
Subject
Australia -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69580
Release Date
December 19, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COLONIAL FACTS AND FICTIONS.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.NORTH AUSTRALIA.
  4. 4.QUEENSLAND.
  5. 5.ADVENTURES WITH A BOOMERANG.
  6. 6.DARLING DOWNS AND NEW ENGLAND. — A NEWCASTLE LEGEND; OR, THE STORY OF THE DARK ROOM.
  7. 7.THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HULLOOMALOO. — A WONDERFUL BATH. — A CIRCULAR STORY. — EARLY DAYS IN MELBOURNE; OR, CAPTAIN STRINGER AND THE WATERS OF JOGGA WOGGA.
  8. 8.TASMANIA. — JOHNSON’S BOY. — THE SMELTING WORKS. — THE STORY OF A POST-BOX.
  9. 9.NEW ZEALAND; OR, THE LAND OF THE MAORIS AND MOAS. — THE RABBIT DIFFICULTY EXPLAINED. — DICKEY ADAMS. — ABOUT EARTHQUAKES.
  10. 10.TRIP TO THE HOT LAKES.
  11. 11.A SYSTEMATIC GUIDE-BOOK.
  12. 12.THE JOURNEY TO NEW ZEALAND.
  13. 13.COACHING IN NEW ZEALAND.
  14. 14.THE HOT LAKES.
  15. 15.THE COLD LAKES.
  16. 16.SUNRISES AND SUNSETS.
  17. 17.THE GENERAL ASPECT OF NATURE IN NEW ZEALAND.
  18. 18.Untitled

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