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Old pioneering days in the sunny south / by Chas. MacAlister

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MacAlister, Charles, 1830-1908
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OLD PIONEERING DAYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH 1
OLD PIONEERING DAYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. 3
DEDICATION. 4
PREFACE. 5
CONTENTS. 7
ILLUSTRATIONS. 10
Introductory Chapter. John Hamilton Hume and Early Southern Pioneers. 11
CHAPTER I. In 1833. 18
CHAPTER II. At Strathaird. 26
CHAPTER III. The Dog Days of the Thirties. 34
CHAPTER IV. The Early Carrying Days. 45
CHAPTER V. 50
CHAPTER VI. Old Sydney in the Forties. 61
CHAPTER VII. The Penal Period. 75
CHAPTER VIII. Some Episodes of the Convict Times. 82
CHAPTER IX. Old-Time Bushrangers. 89
CHAPTER X. The Aborigines. 98
CHAPTER XI. Goulburn in the Forties. 112
CHAPTER XII Goulburn in the Forties—(Continued). The “Boiling Down” Works. 119
CHAPTER XIII. Currabungla. 130
CHAPTER XIV. Some Memories of Early Droughts and Floods 138
CHAPTER XV. Some old Sporting Memories. 149
CHAPTER XVI. My First Droving Experience. 155
CHAPTER XVII. Some Reflections on the Land Laws of old Times. 166
CHAPTER XVIII. Some Leading Men of old Times. Wentworth. 179
CHAPTER XIX. Other Famous Tribunes of the Past. Robert Lowe. 184
CHAPTER XX. Dr. Lang. 185
CHAPTER XXI Daniel Henry Deneihy. 189
CHAPTER XXI. Other Men of the Past. John Bailey Darvall. 195
CHAPTER XXII. The Turon Rush in 1851. 203
CHAPTER XXIII. The Ovens. 212
CHAPTER XXIV. On the Ovens' Track Again. 221
CHAPTER XXV. Early Overlanding Days. 233
CHAPTER XXVI. Dealing and Overlanding in the Fifties. 242
CHAPTER XXVII. 252
CHAPTER XXVIII. New South Wales Goldfields and Bushrangers of the Sixties. Kiandra. 260
CHAPTER XXIX. Lambing Flat and the Chinese Riots. 267
CHAPTER XXX. The Forbes Rush. 274
CHAPTER XXXI. The Bushranging Days. Gardiner. 282
CHAPTER XXXII. Ben Hall, Gilbert and Co, 291
CHAPTER XXXIII. Goulburn District Incidents. 297
CHAPTER XXXIY. The Bushrangers—Morgan, Peisley, Lowry, Crookwell etc. 305
CHAPTER XXXV. Sir John Robertson and Free Selection. 314
CHAPTER XXXVI. A Chapter of Anecdotes. 328
CHAPTER XXXVII. Back at Strathaird (1863-75) 340
CHAPTER XXXVIII. On the Drover's Trail Again. 348
CHAPTER XXXIX. Some Lawsuits and Electioneering' Memories 358
CHAPTER XL. Some Later Sporting Memories (the Turf). 363
CHAPTER XLI. A Few Notes on Southern Wool-Growers and Sheep Men. 376
CHAPTER XLII. Some References to Schools and Clerics. 384
CHAPTER XLIII. Big Droving Trips. Charles McDonald and Co.’s trip to Western Australia, etc. 393
CHAPTER XLIV. The Right Hon. W. B. Dailey and the Soudan Contingent. 402
CHAPTER XLV Retrospective. 407
INDEX. 413
EDITOR'S NOTES. 417
ERRATA. 418
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OLD  

PIONEERING  

DAYS  

IN THE  

SUNNY SOUTH  

BY  

CHAS. MaCALISTER, Senr.  

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