The Lithgow Zigzag, the Blue Mountains, 172 The Town Hall, Sydney, 174 Collins Street, Melbourne, 177 Town Hall, Melbourne, 182 Port of Melbourne, 183 A Maori Dwelling, 185 Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 191 Rev. S. Marsden, "the Apostle of New Zealand," 195 Auckland, from the Wharf, 206 Stronghold of the Maoris at Rangiriri, 222 Sir George Grey, 224 Knox Church, Dunedin, 228 Christchurch Cathedral, 230 The Maori King, 232 Rangiriri, from the Waikato, 236 The Cargill Fountain, 243 Victoria Defence Fleet, 245 * * * * * CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--The Early Discoverers, 1 II.--Convict Settlement at Sydney, 1788 to 1890, 11 III.--Discoveries of Bass and Flinders, 18 IV.--New South Wales, 1800 to 1808, 25 V.--Tasmania, 1803 to 1836, 31 VI.--New South Wales, 1808 to 1837, 38 VII.--Discoveries in the Interior, 1817 to 1836, 48 VIII.--Port Phillip, 1800 to 1840, 55 IX.--South Australia, 1836 to 1841, 67 X.--New South Wales, 1838 to 1850, 75 XI.--South Australia, 1841 to 1850, 84 XII.--The Discovery of Gold, 89 XIII.--Victoria, 1851 to 1855, 98 XIV.--New South Wales, 1851 to 1860, 107 XV.--West Australia, 1829 to 1890, 111 XVI.--Queensland, 1823 to 1890, 119 XVII.--Explorations in the Interior, 1840 to 1860, 131 XVIII.--Discoveries in the Interior, 1860 to 1886, 143 XIX.--Tasmania, 1837 to 1890, 155 XX.--South Australia, 1850 to 1890, 163 XXI.--New South Wales, 1860 to 1890, 168 XXII.--Victoria, 1855 to 1890, 175 XXIII.--The Times of the Maoris, 184 XXIV.--New Zealand Colonised, 200 XXV.--White Men and Maoris, 215 XXVI.--New Zealand, 1843 to 1890, 227 * * * * * HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. CHAPTER I. THE EARLY DISCOVERERS.