CONTENTS
PART I. HISTORY
PAGE
Chap. I. The Old Pacific ....... i
Chap. II. The Natives of Australasia . . . .27
Chap. III. The South Sea Islanders ..... 33
Chap. IV. The Flan of a Colony in Botany Bay ... 44 Chap. V. Australia in the First Epoch .... 49 Chap. VI. Second Epoch of Australian History — Dispersion 76 Chap. VII. Second Epoch of Australian History — Extension . 89 Chap. VIII. Convicts and Emigrants ; Land laws and Constitution . -...... 102
Chap. IX. New Zealand in the Second Epoch . . .123 Chap. X. Transition : The Age of Gold . . . .144 Chap. XI. Transition: The Golden Age .... 157 Chap. XII. Australia in the Third Epoch .... 163 Chap. XIII. Australian Extension and its Effects . . .179 Chap. XIV. Extension in A r ew Zealand and its Effects . .211 Chap. XV. The Modem History of the Pacific . . . 239
Appendix I. The New Hebrides ...... 2S3
Appendix II. The Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth ........ 285
Index ......... .291
LIST OF MAPS
I. Oceania, showing explorers' routes and modern spheres of
influence ....... To face page 1
2. Australia, showing early discoveries • )
3. New Zealand, showing early discoveries )
4. Australia, showing settlements by dispersion \
5. South-east Tasmania, showing Col. Arthur's drive >
6. New South Wales, showing squatting districts, 1844 )
7. Australia, showing explorers' routes
8. New Zealand (North I.) showing tribelands, purchases.
and confiscations ......
9. Sketch Map. showing the Taranaki question, 1855
ERRATA p. 5,1. 18, for 1585 read 1595. p. 117, 1. 5, for twelve read eight.