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Title: History of Australia and New Zealand
From 1606 to 1890

Author: Alexander Sutherland
George Sutherland

Release Date: June 18, 2008 [EBook #25828]

Language: English

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[Illustration: CAPTAIN COOK.]

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THE

HISTORY

OF

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

FROM 1606 TO 1890

BY
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, M.A.
AND
GEORGE SUTHERLAND, M.A.

LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

GEORGE ROBERTSON AND CO.
MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, ADELAIDE, AND BRISBANE
1894

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THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
Captain Cook, _frontispiece._
William Dampier, 6
Rocks, South Heads, Sydney, 13
Town and Cove of Sydney, in 1798, 17
Matthew Flinders, 21
Cook's Monument, Botany Bay, 24
The Explorers' Tree, Katoomba, N.S.W., 26
Governor Collins, 33
Governor Macquarie, 39
Blue Mountain Scenery, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W., 41
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 46
Captain Charles Sturt, 51
The First House Built in Victoria, 56
The First Hotel in Victoria, 57
Edward Henty,