The Gold Hunters' Adventures - Or, Life in Australia

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Gold Hunter's Adventures, by William H. Thomes, Illustrated by Champney This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Gold Hunter's Adventures Or, Life in Australia Author: William H. Thomes Illustrator: Champney Release Date: June 13, 2005 [eBook #16050] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GOLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURES*** E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) THE GOLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURES; OR, LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. BY WILLIAM H. THOMES A RETURNED AUSTRALIAN. Illustrated by Champney. BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION 13 CHAPTER I. FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.—DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.—LIFE ON BOARD SHIP.—ARRIVAL AT 15 WILLIAMS TOWN.—DESCRIPTION OF MELBOURNE.—A CONVICT'S HUT. CHAPTER II. A MORNING IN AUSTRALIA.—JOURNEY TO THE MINES OF 20BALLARAT.—THE CONVICT'S STORY.—BLACK DARNLEY, THE BUSHRANGER. CHAPTER III. TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.—AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES. 29 —CARRYING THE MAILS. CHAPTER IV. EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.—AUSTRALIAN SPEAKS 34 AND AMERICAN RIFLES. CHAPTER V.