Temperature, 22 Tennison Woods on the caves of the Mosquito Plains, 106 Thomas, Mr., on Lake District of Victoria, 64 Tiger snake, 192 Tiger-wolf, Tasmanian, 182 Thursday Island, 124 _Thylacinus_, the, 182 Todd, Mr. Charles, and the Overland Telegraph Line, 108 Toongabbie, 87 Toowoomba, 119, 122 Torrens, lake, 101 Trackers, black, 174 Townsville, 123 Trollope, Anthony, on Ballarat, 62; on coaching, 70 Trout, 193; fly-fishing for, 194 Turkey, wild, 190 Tweed, river, 95 VICTORIA: area, 15; population, 15; protectionist, 30; foundation, 37; convicts there, 38; bad name given to, 38; settlement, 38; mountains, 40; Melbourne, 43; railways, 49, 56; Sandhurst, 56; Ballarat, 59; Wendouree, lake, 60; discovery of gold at Golden Point, 60; Geelong, 62; Corangamite, lake, 64; Lake Colac, 65; Warnambool, 66; Belfast, 66; Portland, 66; potatoes, 66; Portland Bay, 67; mountains, 67; Gippsland, 67; Murray plains, 67; Shepparton, 67; Wimmera District, 67; rabbits, 68; Avon, the, 68; Richardson, the, 68; Wimmera, the, 68; Loddon, the, 68; wheat lines of railway, 68; Beechworth, 69; Sale, 69; Bairnsdale, 69; State schools, 70; Cobb, story of, 70; coaching, 70; Falls of the Stevenson, 72; Black Spur, the, 72; Loutit Bay, 72; Lorne, 72; Black Thursday, 214 WAGES, 30 Walerawang, 91 Walker, expedition of, 164 Wallace, Mr. A. A., on flowers of Australia, 138 Waratah, river, 146 Warburton, expedition of, 164 Warratah, 202 Warwick, 122 Wattle, 200 Welcanna, 94 Wellington Valley, 94 Wendouree, lake, 60 Wentworth, 94 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: area, 15, 133; population, 15; foundation of the colony, 134; large estates in, 134; convicts, 135; Swan, river, 135; Fremantle, 135; Perth, 135; Guildford, 135; Bunbury, 135; Albany, 135; Geraldton, 135; Roeburne, 135; vegetation, 136; jarrah forests, 136; poisonous plants, 136; King George's Sound, 138; climate, 138; wild flowers of, 138; Sir F. N. Broome on life there, 140; gold discoveries, 140 Western District of Victoria, 40, 63; Mr. Thomas on, 64 Wheat lines of Wimmera, 68 Whittaker, Mr. S. H., on fire at Otway ranges, 214 Whiting, 194 Wianamatta Shales, the, 90 Wills, W. J., story of, 161 Windsor, 89 Wimmera District, 67; rabbits in, 68; wheat lines of, 68 Wimmera, river, 68 Winter day at Bourke, New South Wales, 94 Wombat, 181 Wonga-wonga, 192 Wornambool, 66 Wreck Creek, native encampment at, 173 Wright, story of, 161 Wylie, the black boy, faithfulness of, 158 _Xanthorrhoea_, 202 YAGAN, an aborigine, story of, 169 Yarra Park, Melbourne, 54 Yarra, river, 54 York-road plant, the, 136