THE GOVERNOR’S HOUSE, MELBOURNE 7 NATIVE BEAR WITH ITS YOUNG 10 HUNTING THE OPOSSUM _To face page_ 11 TREE-FERNS IN VICTORIA 11 SYDNEY HARBOUR 13 THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 15 THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, BRISBANE 17 FROGS (_Hyla cærulea_) ENTERING A WATER-JAR 18 GRACEMERE STATION 20 THE MAIN BUILDING, GRACEMERE STATION 21 IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ROCKHAMPTON _To face page_ 24 LAUGHING JACKASS (_Dacelo gigas_) 26 VINE-SCRUB NEAR GRACEMERE _To face page_ 27 TRUE AUSTRALIAN SCENERY _To face page_ 29 A WOOL-WAGGON 31 HEAD OF “MORE PORK” (_Podargus cuvierii_) 32 A KANGAROO HUNT _To face page_ 34 SPIDER PARALYSED BY A HORNET 38 QUEENSLAND NATIVE MOUNTED POLICE 46 FLINT KNIFE FROM GEORGINA RIVER WITH ITS SHEATH 48 POUCH FOR THE CARRYING OF PITURI 49 BOOMERANGS FROM QUEENSLAND 51 STOCK-MAN’S WHIP 53 REST UNDER A BOTTLE-TREE (_Sterculia_) 55 BUSHMEN 58 A SQUATTER’S HOMESTEAD 59 ELEPHANT SUGAR-CANE, MACKAY 63 MY GORDON SETTER POINTING A BLACK SNAKE _To face page_ 64 A NATIVE MAN FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, NEAR ROCKHAMPTON 68 A NATIVE WOMAN FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, NEAR ROCKHAMPTON 69 NOLLA-NOLLAS 73 PECULIAR POSITION OF NATIVES WHEN RESTING 77