CHAPTER VI. The Australian Child 73

THE AUSTRALIAN CHILD 73

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

KANGAROO-HUNTING Frontispiece

FACING PAGE SNOWY MOUNTAINS NEAR THE SITE OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL viii

THE BARRIER OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 9

THE GARDEN STREETS OF ADELAIDE 16

COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE 25

THE TOWN HALL, SYDNEY 32

AUSTRALIAN NATIVES IN CAPTAIN COOK'S TIME 41

THE AUSTRALIAN FOREST AT NIGHT--"MOONING" OPOSSUMS 48

A SHEEP DROVER 57

A HUT IN THE BUSH 64

SURF-BATHING--SHOOTING THE BREAKERS 73

AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN RIDING TO SCHOOL 80

THE NOMAD OF THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR On the cover

Sketch-Map of Australia on pages vi and vii.

AUSTRALIA