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RAMBLES IN AUSTRALIA
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MILLS & BOON’S RAMBLES SERIES
“_The books are not designed as guides. Up to a point they may be used
as such. They are really very pleasant essays by writers who know their
subjects, and they may be read with pleasure and instruction quite
apart from their utilitarian value to the traveller._”--Liverpool
Courier.
Rambles around French Châteaux.
By FRANCES M. GOSTLING, Author of “The Bretons at Home.” With 5
Illustrations in Colour by L. LELÉE and C. R. ANDREAE, 33 from
Photographs, and a Map. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles about the Riviera.
By FRANCES M. GOSTLING. With one Illustration in Colour and 40
from Photographs. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in the Black Forest.
By I. A. R. WYLIE, Author of “My German Year,” “Dividing Waters.”
With 5 Illustrations in Colour and 24 from Photographs. Crown
8vo, 6s.
Rambles with an American in Great Britain.
By CHRISTIAN TEARLE, Author of “Holborn Hill.” With 21
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in Norway.
By HAROLD SIMPSON. With 8 Illustrations in Colour by PAUL E.
RITTER, and 32 from Photographs. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in Florence.
By G. E. TROUTBECK. With 8 Illustrations in Colour by ROSE
MCANDREW, and 32 from Photographs. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in Ireland.
By ROBERT LYND, Author of “Home Life in Ireland.” With
5 Illustrations in Colour by JACK B. YEATS, and 25 from
Photographs. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in Holland.
By EDWIN and MARION SHARPE GREW. With one Illustration in Colour
by DOUGLAS MACPHERSON, 32 from Photographs, and a Map. Crown 8vo,
6s.
Rambles in Australia.
By EDWIN and MARION SHARPE GREW. With 32 Illustrations from
Photographs and a Map. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Rambles in the North Yorkshire Dales.
By J. E. BUCKROSE. With 4 Illustrations in Colour and 23 from
Photographs. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. net.
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[Illustration: KARRI COUNTRY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Frontispiece.]
RAMBLES IN AUSTRALIA
by
EDWIN & MARION SHARPE GREW
Authors of “The Court of William III”
“The English Court in Exile: James II at St. Germain”
“Rambles in Holland”
With Thirty-Two Illustrations
from Photographs and a Map
Mills & Boon, Limited
49 Rupert Street
London, W.
Published 1916
TO
OUR AUSTRALIAN HOSTS
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF MUCH KINDNESS
PREFACE
This little book aims at giving such general impressions of Australia
as could be gleaned during a visit lasting from July into September,
and including some time spent in each state. We have tried to convey
some idea of the aspect of the country itself, with its brilliant
sunshine, great plains and trackless forests; of the social atmosphere
of warm-hearted hospitality; of its economic problems and democratic
legislative experiments. These last are so essentially Australian, that
it seemed impossible to omit some reference to them, but they hardly
fall within our scope, and are only lightly touched upon. Figures and
facts quoted are taken from official handbooks and pamphlets.
With regard to the illustrations, those of Western Australia were
provided by the kindness of Mr. Gibbs, of the Lands Department at
Perth, and Mr. L. V. Shapcott, Premier’s Office, Perth, who was
good enough to take special photographs for us. For those of South
Australia we have to thank Mr. Vaughan of the Lands Department.
At Melbourne the Secretary of the admirably organised Government
Tourist Bureau was kind enough to have the views of Victoria specially
printed for reproduction. For the views of New South Wales we have to
thank the Hon. Dugald Thomson, and for those of Brisbane the Secretary
of the Government Tourist Bureau for Queensland. Lastly, our grateful
thanks are due to Captain Muirhead Collins, Permanent Secretary of the
Australian Commonwealth in London, for his great kindness in reading
the proofs and for much valuable criticism.
If _Rambles in Australia_ leads even a few readers to wish for a closer
acquaintance with, and a better understanding of, this great country
of which we are so ignorant at home, it will not have been written in
vain.
CONTENTS
PART I. WESTERN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE LAND OF THE UNLATCHED DOOR 3
II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9
III. PERTH: A PARADISE FOR THE WORKING MAN 20
IV. IN THE BUSH 34
V. AGRICULTURE AND GOLD 51