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AUSTRALASIA
EIGHT LECTURES
Prepared for
The Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office
by
A. J. SARGENT, M.A.
LONDON
GEORGE PHILIP & SON, Ltd., 32, Fleet Street
Liverpool: PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW, Ltd., South Castle Street
1913
(All rights reserved)
THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE
APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
The Right Honourable the Earl of Meath , K.P., Chairman.
The Right Honourable Sir Cecil Clementi Smith , G.C.M.G.
Sir John Struthers , K.C.B., LL.D., Secretary to the Scotch Education Department.
Sir Charles Holroyd , Director of the National Gallery.
Sir Philip Hutchins , K.C.S.I., late Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.
Sir Everard im Thurn , K.C.M.G., C.B., late Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
Sir Charles Lucas , K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
Dr. H. Frank Heath , C.B., of the Board of Education.
A. Berriedale Keith , D.C.L., of the Colonial Office.
H. J. Mackinder , M.P., lately Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
W. H. Mercer , C.M.G., Crown Agent for the Colonies.
Professor Michael E. Sadler , C.B., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
A set of Lantern Slides has been prepared in connection with this book, and is sold on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Newton & Co., 37, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. (late of 3, Fleet Street, E.C.), from whom copies of this book can be obtained. The complete set of 489 Slides may be had for 39. The Slides to accompany the several Lectures will be sold at the following prices: First Lecture, 4 3s.; Second Lecture, 5 5s.; Third Lecture, 4 12s.; Fourth Lecture, 5 9s.; Fifth Lecture, 4 13s. 6d.; Sixth Lecture, 5 12s. 6d.; Seventh Lecture, 5 5s.; Eighth Lecture, 5 4s. The Slides will also be sold in sets in which the maps alone will be coloured. The prices in this case will befor the complete set of 489 Slides, 25 10s.; First Lecture, 2 17s.; Second Lecture, 3 6s. 6d.; Third Lecture, 3 5s.; Fourth Lecture, 3 10s.; Fifth Lecture, 3 7s. 6d.; Sixth Lecture, 3 7s. 6d.; Seventh Lecture, 3 7s. 6d.; Eighth Lecture, 3 5s. The Slides sold on behalf of the Committee may now be purchased separately in batches of not less than two dozen.
The Slides in this Series are Copyright.
PREFACE
These Lectures, like the last series, have been written for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office by Mr. A. J. Sargent, and have been revised at the offices of the High Commissioners for the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. The lecture on the Pacific has been revised by Sir Everard im Thurn. The slides are derived from pictures painted and photographs taken by Mr. A. Hugh Fisher on behalf of the Committee, supplemented by photographs supplied from various sources. The Committee wish to acknowledge the great help which they have received from the High Commissioners and Agents-General and their staffs in the matter of slides, and in addition their acknowledgments are due to, among others, the Honourable Victor Nelson Hood, the Agricultural Departments of Queensland and Western Australia, the Secretary to the Commissioner for Queensland Railways, and the Government Geologist of Western Australia.
Meath.
November, 1912.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE VISUAL
INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
A. Seven Lectures on the United Kingdom.
By Mr. H. J. Mackinder .
In the following Editions issued on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.:
1. Eastern Colonies Edition, Sept., 1905.In use in Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong.
2. Mauritius Edition, June, 1906.In use in Mauritius.
3. West African Edition, Sept., 1906.In use in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, and Southern Nigeria.
4. West India Edition, Sept., 1906.In use in Trinidad, British Guiana, and Jamaica.
5. Indian Edition, March, 1907.In use in the following Provinces:Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Provinces, the Punjab, Burma, Eastern Bengal and Assam, the Central Provinces, the North West Province, and British Baluchistan.
6. Indian Edition, for use in the United Kingdom, Jan., 1909.
Price One Shilling net. B. Eight Lectures on India.
By Mr. H. J. Mackinder .
Published by Messrs. George Philip & Son, Ltd. , 32, Fleet Street, London, E.C., price 8d. net in paper covers, or 1s. net in cloth.
[A Lecturers Edition has also been issued, price in cloth, 1s. net, and may be had of Messrs. Newton & Co. , 3, Fleet Street, E.C.]
Six Lectures on the Sea Road to the East.
By Mr. A. J. Sargent .
Eight Lectures on Australasia.
By Mr. A. J. Sargent .
Published by Messrs. George Philip & Son, Ltd. , price 8d. net in paper covers, 1s. net in cloth.
[In these two books the ordinary edition and the lecturers edition are combined.]
CONTENTS
| LECTURE I |
| PAGE |
| Australasia |
| LECTURE II |
| New South Wales, with Papua |
| LECTURE III |
| Queensland |
| LECTURE IV |
| Victoria and Tasmania |
| LECTURE V |
| South Australia and Western Australia |
| LECTURE VI |
| New ZealandSouth Island |
| LECTURE VII |
| New ZealandNorth Island |
| LECTURE VIII |
| Fiji and the Western Pacific |
