Five Years Under the Southern Cross
by Frederic C. Spurr
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About this eBook
- Author
- Spurr, Frederic C. (Frederic Chambers), 1862-1942
- Title
- Five Years Under the Southern Cross: Experiences and Impressions
- Credits
- Produced by ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- 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. 57452
- Release Date
- July 6, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FIVE YEARS UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.FIVE YEARS UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS — FOREWORD AUSTRALIA’S PLACE IN THE EMPIRE
- 5.CHAPTER I GOING TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
- 6.CHAPTER II THE GOLDEN WEST
- 7.CHAPTER III AN ACCOMPLISHED MIRACLE AND A PREDICTION
- 8.CHAPTER IV ADELAIDE, THE QUEEN CITY OF AUSTRALIA
- 9.CHAPTER V THE ROMANCE OF MELBOURNE
- 10.CHAPTER VI THE BEAUTY OF SYDNEY
- 11.CHAPTER VII AT BOTANY BAY
- 12.CHAPTER VIII BRISBANE, THE QUEEN CITY OF THE NORTH
- 13.CHAPTER IX QUEENSLAND, THE RICH UNPEOPLED STATE
- 14.CHAPTER X THE ROMANCE OF QUEENSLAND SUGAR
- 15.CHAPTER XI THE AUSTRALIAN WINTER AND SPRING
- 16.CHAPTER XII BUSH HOLIDAYS
- 17.CHAPTER XIII SOME BUSH YARNS
- 18.CHAPTER XIV A HONEYMOON IN THE BUSH
- 19.CHAPTER XV THE HIGHWAYMEN OF THE BUSH
- 20.CHAPTER XVI A SQUATTER’S HOME AND DAUGHTER
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE HARDSHIPS OF THE BUSH
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII AMONGST THE ABORIGINES
- 23.CHAPTER XIX THE GOLDEN CITIES
- 24.CHAPTER XX THE MIRACLE OF THE MALLEE
- 25.CHAPTER XXI THE ANNUAL SHOWS
- 26.CHAPTER XXII AN INTERLUDE—A DUST STORM IN SUMMER
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
- 28.CHAPTER XXIV SOCIAL LIFE IN AUSTRALIA
- 29.CHAPTER XXV LABOUR CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA
- 30.CHAPTER XXVI DEAD FLIES IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT
- 31.CHAPTER XXVII AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
- 32.CHAPTER XXVIII RELIGION IN AUSTRALIA
- 33.CHAPTER XXIX IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND—AN IMPRESSION
- 34.CHAPTER XXX THE ROMANCE OF TASMANIA
- 35.CHAPTER XXXI A PARADISE OF FRUIT
- 36.CHAPTER XXXII THE OUTLOOK IN TASMANIA
- 37.CHAPTER XXXIII REVIEW
- 38.Transcriber’s Notes
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