William Henry Thomes
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664601063
Table of Contents
TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.—AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES.—CARRYING THE MAILS.
EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.—AUSTRALIAN SPEARS AND AMERICAN RIFLES.
THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.—SHOOTING A KANGAROO.
ADVENTURE WITH A DOG.—THE MURDER IN THE RAVINE.—STORY OF AN OUTRAGED WOMAN.
BLACK DARNLEY'S VILLANY.—THE CONVICT STOCKMAN.
AN EXPEDITION.—A FIGHT WITH BUSHRANGERS.—DEATH OF BLACK DARNLEY.
THE STOCKMAN'S DAUGHTER.—MOUNTED POLICE OF MELBOURNE.
DESPERATE DEEDS OF TWO CONVICTS.—LIEUT. MURDEN'S STORY.
SAGACITY OF A DOG.—A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES.
DISCOVERY OF A MASONIC RING.—FUNERAL PYRE OF BLACK DARNLEY.
THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.—DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER CHIEFTAIN.
DISCOVERY OF STOLEN TREASURES IN THE STOCKMAN'S CELLAR.
DYING CONFESSION OF JIM GULPIN, THE ROBBER.
A FORCED MARCH TOWARDS MELBOURNE.
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MELBOURNE.
LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE.—ENGLISH MACHINES AT FAULT.
PARDON OF SMITH AND THE OLD STOCKMAN.—GRAND DINNER AT THE GOVERNOR'S.
DUEL BETWEEN FRED AND AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR GULPIN'S BURIED TREASURES.