Tour of Australia, visiting Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Zeehan, Melbourne, Adelaide, Narrandera, Sydney, Toowoomba, Bundaberg, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns, Charters Towers, 10 May 1900-03 September 1900

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Includes descriptions of towns and countryside, visits to dairy farms in Victoria, village settlements in South Australia, sheep station in Riverina, sugar mill in Queensland, Adelaide University, Melbourne University, sports events, meetings with C.E. Davies, J.S. Horsfall, J. Clark, G.T. Collins, N. Brown, Sir John Dodds, A. Inglis Clark, Sir Henry Wrixon, Sir Samuel Way, Lord Tennyson, W. Harrison Moore, J.W. Salmond, R. Barr Smith, J.H. Macfarland, R.R. Garran, F. Power, C. Lilley, impressions of and reports of conversations about Federation, Tasmanian electoral system, Australian newspapers, Australian politics, State railways, Boer War, racial divisions in Queensland, Kanakas, overseas news.

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