Picturesque atlas of Australasia / edited by Andrew Garran

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Sydney : The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co., [1886?-1888?]
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PICTURESQUE ATLAS OF AUSTRALASIA 4
CONTENTS. 7
MAPS. 8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 9
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 13
INTERCOURSE WITH SYDNEY. 15
EARLY MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE. 16
FAILURE OF THE FIRST COLONISING COMPANY. 18
MR. WAKEFIELD’S NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. 20
TREATY OF WAITANGI. 21
BRITISH INSTITUTIONS. 23
WAIRAU MASSACRE. 24
GOVERNOR FITZROY. 25
GOVERNOR GREY. 27
POLITICAL PROGRESS. 29
NATIVE DIFFICULTY. 30
PUBLIC POLICY. 32
HEKE’S WAR. 36
HUTT DISTURBANCES. 40
OUTBREAK AT WANGANUI. 41
MINOR ALARMS AND OUTRAGES. 42
KING MOVEMENT. 44
FIRST TARANAKI WAR. 47
WAIKATO WAR. 49
EAST COAST CAMPAIGN. 53
HAUHAU FANATICISM. 54
TITOKOWARU’S OUTBREAK. 56
TE KOOTI AND THE POVERTY BAY MASSACRE. 57
TE WHITI’S LAND AGITATION. 58
INDEX TO GENERAL MAP OF NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND. 61
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 67
FAR NORTH. 74
REGION OF GOLD. 78
THROUGH THE MANAWATU GORGE TO WANGANUI. 94
TARANAKI. 98
CITY OF WELLINGTON. 101
OVER THE RIMUTAKA TO MASTERTON. 106
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES: —LSLANDS. 107
MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS. 108
INDEX TO GENERAL MAP OF THE MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND. 109
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 113
MARLBOROUGH AND NELSON. 114
CHRISTCHURCH. 124
SOUTHERN ALPS. 131
OTAGO. 143
CITY OF DUNEDIN. 145
OTAGO LAKES. 155
WEST COAST SOUNDS. 160
INDEX TO MAP OF NEW GUINEA. 163
INSULAR AUSTRALASIA. 169
FIJIAN ISLANDS. 176
INDEX TO MAP OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 183
NEW HEBRIDES. 187
NEW BRITAIN GROUP. 190
TONGA, OR FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 196
SOLOMON GROUP. 200
SAMOAN GROUP. 203
PITCAIRN, NORFOLK, and LORD HOWE’S ISLANDS. 207
NEW CALEDONIA. 213
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. 221
INDEX TO MAP OF OCEANIA. 229
FLORA OF AUSTRALASIA. 233
FAUNA OF AUSTRALASIA. 241
SOLAR SYSTEM 250
CLIMATE AND RAINFALL. 251
GEOLOGICAL FORMATION. 255
PRIMARY OR PALAEOZOIC. 257
SECONDARY OR MESOZOIC. 257
IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. 258
POST TERTIARY. 258
TERTIARY CAINOZOIC. 258
MINING INDUSTRY. 261
PASTURAGE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE. 275
AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. 284
COMMERCE. 286
RAILWAY, POSTAL, AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS. 289
POSTAL SYSTEM. 292
TELEGRAPHS. 296
PEOPLE OF AUSTRALASIA. 299
EDUCATION. 304
RELIGION. 310
LEGAL INTEREST. 314
LITERATURE AND ART. 316
SPORT AND AMUSEMENT. 321
CONCLUSION. 325
MISCELLANEOUS. 327
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT. 329

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