Poole, death of, at Depôt Glen, 23 Population of Australia, 14 Porcupine grass, 195 Port Arthur, convicts at, 151 Port Darwin, vegetation at, 111 Port Douglas, 124 Port Essington, 113 Port Jackson, 76 PORT PHILLIP: discovery, 37; beauty, 38; Howell and Hume arrive at, 38; settlement, 38 Portland, 66 Portland Bay, 67 Potatoes, yield of, 66 Power, Mrs., at the fire at Otway ranges, 215 Prices, 31 QUAIL, 192 Quamby Bluff, 146 QUEENSLAND: area and population, 15; description, 117; settlement, 118; convicts there, 118; Toowoomba, 119, 122; Bremer, the, 119; Ipswich, 119, 122; Brisbane, 119; Maryborough, 121; Rockhampton, 121; Bundaberg, 122; Gladstone, 122; Warwick, 122; Stanthorpe, 122; Dalby, 122; Roma, 122; Central Trunk Railway, 122; Clermont, 123; Gympie, 123, 130; Mackay, 123; Bowen, 123; Barrier Reef, the, 123; Townsville, 123; Charters Towers, 123; Ravenswood, 123; Northern Trunk Line, 123; Cardwell, 124; Cairns, 124; Port Douglas, 124; Palmer gold field, 124, 130; Cooktown, 124; Thursday Island, 124; Gulf of Carpentaria, 125; Normanton, 125; Burketown, 125; cattle, 125; sheep farming, 125; agriculture, 126; scrublands, 126; vegetation, 126; labour question, the, 127; sugar growing, 128; exports, 128; cotton growing, 129; olives, 129; almond, 129; figs, 129; silk, 129; mineral wealth, 129; coal, 129; Canoona rush, the, 129; Nash discovers Gympie gold field, 130 RABBITS, CURSE OF, 68 Raffles Bay, 113 Railways in Victoria, 49; in Sydney, 84; in Tasmania, 152 Rainfall, 24; in Sydney, 84; in Tasmania, 152 Rainfall, taking advantage of, 209 Ravenswood, 123 Red gum, 197 Richardson, river, 68 Richmond, 89 Richmond, river, 95 Ring barking, 209 River system, 20 Rock plant, the, 136 Rockhampton, 121 Roeburne, 135 Roma, 122 Roper, river, 111; alligators in, 113 Russell, Mr. H. C., on physical geography and climate of Australia, 21 ST. HELENS, 147 St. Mary's Pass, 147 Sale, 69 Salmon, 193 Sandhurst, ups and downs of, 56; gold in, 60 _Sarcophilus_, the, 182 Satin bird, 188 Schools of Victoria, 70 Schnapper, 194 Scott's, Melbourne, 49 Sea-salmon, 193 Selectors, 212 Service, a rural, 32 Settler's clock, 188 Shark catching, 193 Shea-oak, 200 Sheep, number of, in Australia, 14 Sheep breeding, 205 Sheep runs, 207 Sheep shearing, 210 Shepherds, life of, 206 Shepparton, 67 Silk cultivation in Queensland, 129 Silver gum, 197 Smith, philosopher, story of, 146 Smyth, Mr. B., on native weapons, 173; on gum-trees, 197 Snakes, 192; treatment for bites of, 193 Snow, 20 Snipe, 191