GEELONG, founding, 62; growth, 62; exports, 62; tweeds of, 63 Geraldton, 135 Gippsland, scenery of, 67 Gladstone, 122 Glenelg, 103 Golden perch, 193 Golden Point, discovery of gold at, 60 Gould on Australian birds, 186 Grant, Lieut., discovers Port Phillip, 37 Grapes, 202 Grass-trees, 202 Gray, story of, 161 Great Divide, the, 96 Great West Railway, New South Wales, 87 Grey, Earl, circular of, on convicts, 135 Guildford, 135 Guilfoyle, Mr., director of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 52 Gulf of Carpentaria, 125 Gums, giant, 195; height of, 196, 197 Gympie, 123; discovery of gold field at, 130 HAGENAUER, Rev. F. A., on the aborigines, 177 Harvesting system, 211 Hawkesbury sandstone, 90 Hayter, Mr. H. H., on wages, 30 Heart-leaf, the, 136 Heaths, 202 Henty, Messrs., in Portland Bay, 38 Heron, river, 151 Heytesbury forest, 215 Hindmarsh, Captain, first governor of South Australia, 103 Hobart, description of, 150 Hoddle, Robert, lays out Geelong, 62 Holdfast Bay, first landing at, 103 Horses, number of, in Australia, 14 Horsham, 67 Hospitality, 207 Hot winds, 22 Hovell arrives at Port Phillip, 38 Howitt, party of, 164 Hume arrives at Port Phillip, 38 Hurleys, the, at the fire at Otway ranges, 215 IMMIGRATION, extent of, 30 Ipswich, 119, 122 JACKY, the black, fidelity of, 160 Jarrah forests, 136, 198 Jenola, 91 KANAKAS, the, 128 Kangaroo, old man, 181, 185 Kangaroo hunting, 184 Kennedy, Edmund, story of, 160 Kiama, 87 King, story of, 161 King George's Sound, 138 Kingfisher, or laughing jackass, 188 Knocklofty, 150 LAKE ST. CLAIR, 150 Lake Sorell, 150 Lake Tyers Mission Station, 176 Landells, story of, 161 Landsborough, expedition of, 164 Laughing jackass, 188 Launceston, 144 Leichhardt, Ludwig, story of, 159 _Leptospermum_, 200 Lithgow Vale, New South Wales, 91 _Livistonia_ palm, the 196 Loddon, river, 68 Lories, 186 Lorne, 72 Lost in the bush, 217 Loutit Bay, 72 Love-birds, 186 Lyre-bird, 186 MACARTHY, RIVER, 111 Mackay, 123 Macquarie Harbour, 151 Macquarie, river, 93 Magpie, musical, 188 Mallee scrub, rabbits in, 68; extent of, 195 Mary, river, 121 Maryborough, 121 MELBOURNE: site, 43; population, 43; area, 43; description, 43; houses, 43; Government House, 43; Exhibition Building, 43; streets, 43; Flinder's Lane, 44; Collins Street, 49; Scott's, 49; Bourke Street, 49; inrush and outrush, 49; railways, 49; public buildings, 50; university, 52; botanic gardens, 52; water supply, 52; reserves, 53; cricket, 54; the Yarra, 54; drawbacks, 55; climate, 55; unearned increment, 56 Meander, river, 145 _Menura Victoriæ_, the, 186 Merino sheep, 206