Our colony in 1880 : pictorial & descriptive, with new map of Victoria and plan of the city of Melbourne / by James Ballantyne

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Ballantyne, James, 1818-1896
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Melbourne : M. L. Hutchinson, [1880]
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OUR COLONY IN 1880 1
[Chapter heading not available] 2
OUR COLONY IN 1880 PICTORIAL & DESCRIPTIVE. 33
[Chapter heading not available] 36
PREFACE. 37
OUR COLONY IN 1880 39
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 44
CHAPTER II. FOR WHOM WE WRITE. 47
OUR COLONY IN 1880. 47
CHAPTER III. AUSTRALIA. 51
CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY. 51
CHAPTER V. VICTORIA. 52
CHAPTER VI POSITION AND SETTLEMENT, 52
CHAPTER VII. FIRST THINGS. 53
CHAPTER VIII. HOW IT GREW. 54
CHAPTER IX. FACTS WHICH SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 59
CHAPTER X. THE CROWN LANDS. 60
CHAPTER XI SHEEP FARMING AND WOOL PRODUCING. 62
CHAPTER XII. LAND SELECTION AND AGRICULTURE. 69
CHAPTER XIII VINE CULTURE AND WINE MAKING. 83
CHAPTER XIII. OTHER AND MINOR CROPS. 88
CHAPTER XIV. THE GOLD FIELDS AND GOLD MINING. 94
CHAPTER XV. METALS AND MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. 106
CHAPTER XVI. MANUFACTURES. 107
CHAPTER XVII. POPULATION, PROFESSIONS, AND PROPERTIES. 111
CHAPTER XVIII. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS. 113
CHAPTER XIX. LIABILITIES, INCOME, AND EXPENDITURE. 117
CHAPTER XX. GOLD AND ITS ACCUMULATION. 119
CHAPTER XXL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 120
CHAPTER XXII. SHIPPING, RAILWAYS, TELEGRAPH LINES AND POST OFFICES. 124
CHAPTER XXIII. LABOUR, WAGES, AND PRICES. 125
CHAPTER XXIV. CRIMINAL ARRESTS, COMMITMENTS, AND CONVICTIONS. 129
CHAPTER XXV. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. 130
CHAPTER XXVI. RELIGION AND OUR CHURCHES. 132
CHAPTER XXVII. EDUCATION AND OUR SCHOOLS. 138
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HIGHER EDUCATION. 145
CHAPTER XXIX. THE PRESS AND OUR LITERATURE. 146
CHAPTER XXX. RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT. 152
CHAPTER XXXI. OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 157
CHAPTER XXXII. OUR CLIMATE. 159
CHAPTER XXXIII. SOME PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE COLONY. 164
CHAPTER XXXIV. ITEMS OF NATURAL HISTORY. 169
CHAPTER XXXV. MELBOURNE; AND ITS PLACES OF PUBLIC INTEREST. 175
[Chapter heading not available] 177
CHAPTER XXXVI. BALLARAT, SANDHURST, AND GEELONG 185
CHAPTER XXXVII. A WANING AND A COMING RACE—THE ABORIGINES AND THE CHINESE. 191
CHAPTER XXXVIII. PROBLEMS : 195
CHAPTER XXXIX. A FINE COUNTRY FOR THE WORKING MAN ! IS IT ? 214
CHAPTER XL. ITEMS OF LATEST STATISTICS ON VARIOUS INTERESTS. 219
CHAPTER XLI. SUNDRY FACTS OF INTEREST. 226
CHAPTER XLII. OUR FUTURE : POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE! 229
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