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Dromoora.

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BLACKS AND BUSHRANGERS

ADVENTURES IN QUEENSLAND

BY

E. B. KENNEDY

AUTHOR OF FOUR YEARS IN QUEENSLAND, ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY STANLEY BERKELEY

LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
Limited
St. Dunstans House
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1889
[All rights reserved]

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TO
W. R. K.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Frontispiece

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PREFACE.

A few words concerning the following narrative may not be out of place.

Many years ago, and before the present township of Townsville, in Northern Queensland, was thought of, I found myself wandering in the neighbourhood of Mount Elliott, and also about the waters of the Burdekin river, in latitude a little south of 19 degrees.

Whilst so engaged, looking for country suitable for stock, hunting, &c., it was my privilege to make the acquaintance of one Jimmy Morrill, and through him I enjoyed the unusual advantage of intercourse with the perfectly wild blacks.

A word about Morrill.

Many years before my meeting with him, he had been wrecked upon the northern coast of Queensland, and when I met him he had just left the northern tribes who had protected and cared for him for seventeen years; his own English language he had nearly forgotten, never having seen a white man all that time.

At the end of that period, civilization, in the shape of a handful of white men, had crept up to him, the sole survivor of the wreck, from the southern districts.

From Morrill I heard of customs and ceremonies of the natives which no other white man but himself had ever been permitted to witness.

One of these rites I have described in my story, it is called the Boorah or Boree.

Therefore that part of the narrative referring to the native blacks and their habits is absolutely founded upon fact, and the statements made concerning them I will answer for.

I spent many months amongst the Queensland natives, and at a later period, when Morrill had journeyed farther south, and had been induced to publish a Sketch of his residence among the Aborigines, he gave me a copy of his pamphlet, which I have retained, and from which I have refreshed my memory.

I may mention that the adventure with the big cockle, or giant clam shell, Tridacna gigas, was a fact; also that the account of the walking fish, Ceratodus forsteri, is true.

I am indebted to the kindness of my friend, Dr. Gnther, of the British Museum, for the scientific names.

The buckjumper, Satan the first, was a notorious horse, the worst of many which I saw ridden on a northern station in 1864.

In that portion of my story where the scene is laid in New South Wales, the bushranger Magan, and his coat of mail will be recognized by many old Colonials, who will remember the great excitement caused by the cruel crimes of this monster, and the subsequently strange manner by which his death was brought about.

In the hopes that this little work may amuse and interest the youth of Great Britain, and also those of my Queensland friends who may come across it, I now offer it to the public.

E. B. K.

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CONTENTS.

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The New ForestSampson Stanley the gipsyMat and TimA New Forest sportsmanBraken Lodge
Squire BellAnnies gift of a bookShooting a New Forest deerFelonyChased by a keeperCaptureEscapeFight with a bloodhound
Mat bids farewell to the ForestThe Young AustralTim and Jumper on board
Life on board the Young AustralThe wreckA swim for lifeSafe ashore
The islandThe gigantic cockle-shellAmongst the blacksThe Corroboree
Wild honeyThey find the wreckThe Thunderstick
Spearing geeseKilling ducks with boomerangsPossum-huntingHow to make fireThe tribe shift campThe BoorahMat and Tims journal
GoldHostile nativesFlight by nightThe great battleClubsFistsNew Forest wrestlingOld Joe
After the battleBurial ritesThe Waigonda wish to make chiefs of the white menOur twins leave with Dromoora and Terebare for the south
Burns stationThe horse-breakerColonial BlowSatan the FirstMat collars the buckjumper
An official summonsTravelling in stateBrisbaneOn board ship againTriumphal entry into SydneyIn a church againThe lectureMeeting old friendsSoft reflections
Tim starts for the Darling DownsFrench as spoken by Mrs. BellParson TaborLeichardts graveThe French professorMat unmasks the professor
Tims unpleasant reception at BulindaThe bushrangers campThe robberyAnnie kidnappedTims good Samaritans
Mat on the trail of the bushrangerAnnies signalMat tracks the bushranger to his lairThe caveOur hero as the black warrior once moreA fearful fightDromooras timely cryAnnies rescueBlissful moments
Magans armourSafe at Bulinda Creek againThe professors last lesson on the islandMat and Tim once more togetherTim convalescent
The Squires offerTim decides to go homeOur heroines advice to MatOur forester takes to gardeningThe new chums difficulties and troubles
English Society v. ColonialMusicThe new chums letterTwos company and threes noneUnpleasant reflectionsParson Tabors adviceMrs. Bell shows that she has a down on our heroThe SpiderThe new chum proves that he is not such a fool as he looksTim returns home

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