EXPLORATION: Sturt's exploration, 23; Bass and Flinders, story of, 155; Baudin, M., treachery of, 157; Eyre, E. J., travels of, 158; Forrest, J., journey of, 159, 164; Leichhardt, L., story of, 159; Kennedy disaster, the, 160; Stuart, J. McDougall, journey of, 161; Burke's expedition, 161; M'Kinlay's party, 164; Landsborough's party, 164; Walker's party, 164; Howitt's party, 164; Warburton's party, 164 Exports of Australia, 14 Eyre, E. J., explorations of, 158 Eyre, lake, 101 FARMING, 211 FAUNA: alligators, 113; buffaloes, 113; pearls, 139; kangaroo, 'old men,' 181, 185; marsupial mouse, 181; wombat, 181; flying fox, 181; native bear, 181; native cats, 182; Bass River opossum, 182; Tasmanian tiger-wolf, 182; Tasmanian devil, 182; dingo, 183; platypus, 185; birds, 185; parrots, 185; birds of Paradise, 185; king parrot, 186; blue mountain parrot, 186; lories, 186; parroquets, 186; love-birds, 186; blue wren 186; cockatoos, 186; lyre-birds, 186; bower birds, 188; laughing jackass, 188; emu, 188; bustard, 190; native companion, 191; wild ducks, 191; black swan, 191; snipe, 191; quail, 192; wonga-wonga, 192; bronze-wing pigeon, 192; snakes, 192; shark catching, 193; trout, 193; salmon, 193; perch, 193; bream, 193; Murray cod, 193; sea salmon, 193; Murray-perch, 193; golden-perch, 193; black-fish, 194; whiting, 194; schnapper, 194 Favenc, Mr. E., on exploration, 25 Fawkner, settlement of, in Victoria, 39 Fawkner's Park, 39 Federation movement, the, 30 Feilberg, Mr. C. A, on Queensland, 117 Ferns, 196 Fig-tree, the, 126 Fingal, 147 Fires, 23, 213 Fish River caves, 91 Fitzroy, river, 122 Flame-tree, 201 FLORA: nettle-tree, 127; poisonous plants, 136; box scrub, 136; rock plant, 136; heart-leaf plant, 136; York road plant, 136; wild flowers, 138; eucalypt, 194; mallee scrub, 195; giant gums, 195, 197; spinifex, 195; ferns, 196; palm-tree, 196; musk-tree, 196; _Pittosporum_, 196; silver gum, 197; red gum, 197; jarrah, 136, 198; blue gum, 200; acacia or wattle, 200; tea-tree scrub, 200; shea-oak, 200; bottle-tree, 201; flame-tree, 201; cycads, 202; palm lilies, 202; grass-trees, 202; warratah, 202; boroina, 202; araucarias, 202; heaths, 202; grapes, 202; Mitchell grass, 205; box-tree, 208 Flinders, story of, 155 Flinders' Lane, Melbourne, 44 Flying fox, 181 Forbes, 94 Forrest, John, journey of, 159, 164 Firth, 146 Fremantle, 137 _Gastrolobium anylobiaides_, 136 _G. bilobum_, 136 _G. callistachys_, 136 _G. calycinum_, 136 Gardiner, lake, 101