AustralasiaE. Standford, 1879 - 672 ページ |
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abundant agricultural allied amount animals Archipelago Australian Alps beautiful birds Borneo Celebes centre chief town civilisation climate coal coast colony consists contains coral covered craters cultivated Darling deposits district Dividing Range Dutch east eastern elevation European explored exported extensive extreme farther feet high fertile flora forests genera gold gold-fields Government Guinea Gulf of Carpentaria harbour hills inhabitants interior islands Java Joins Lachlan river lakes land less Luzon Malay Malay Archipelago Malayan Melbourne miles long mines Moluccas mountains Murray Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee river native nearly north-east north-west northern Papuan peculiar peninsula Philippines plains Polynesians population Port portion probably produce quartz Queensland race railway reefs remarkable rich river rocks sandstone scrub situated South Australia South Island South Wales south-east south-west southern species square miles Straits Sumatra Sydney Tasmania Tertiary trees tribes tropical valleys vegetation Victoria volcanic West Australia western whole Zealand
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111 ページ - Terra begins at one or two degrees from the equator, and is ascertained by some to be of so great an extent, that if it were thoroughly explored it would be regarded as a fifth part of the world.
313 ページ - ... manner, and as it were pushed up, by a force beneath ; which suddenly exploded with a dull noise, and scattered about a volume of black mud in every direction. After an interval of two or three, or sometimes four or five seconds, the hemispherical body of mud or earth rose and exploded again.
117 ページ - ... lift their feet straight up to avoid its sharp points. From the summit of a sandy undulation close upon our right, we saw that the ridges extended northwards in parallel lines beyond the range of vision, and appeared as if interminable. To the eastward and westward they succeeded each other like the waves of the sea. The sand was of a deep red colour, and a bright narrow line of it marked the top of each ridge, amidst the sickly pink and glaucous coloured vegetation around.
450 ページ - The Malay is of short stature, brown-skinned, straight-haired, beardless, and smooth-bodied. The Papuan is taller, is black-skinned, frizzly-haired, bearded, and hairy-bodied. The former is broad-faced, has a small nose, and flat eyebrows ; the latter is long-faced, has a large and prominent nose, and projecting eyebrows. The Malay is bashful, cold, undemonstrative, and quiet ; the Papuan is bold, impetuous, excitable, and noisy. The former is grave and seldom laughs ; the latter is joyous and laughter-loving...
450 ページ - It appears, therefore, that, whether we consider their physical conformation, their moral characteristics, or their intellectual capacities, the Malay and Papuan races offer remarkable differences and striking contrasts. The Malay is of short stature, brown-skinned, straight-haired, beardless, and smooth-bodied.
269 ページ - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. These islands extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo and the Moluccas, embracing an extent of 16° of latitude and 9° of longitude.
41 ページ - Australian bnsh is fragrant all the year. The " Mallee scrub" is a low eucalyptus, which grows so close that it is often quite impenetrable. " The surface of the country seems like a heaving ocean of dark waves, out of which, here and there, a tree starts up above the brushwood, making a mournful and lonely landmark.
180 ページ - ... the darkness of the night, making its way through a thickly timbered forest at the rate of nine miles an hour, with the horses frequently up to their bellies in mud, with the wheels running in and out of holes four or five feet deep, is a phenomenon which I should like to have shown to some of those very neat mail-coach drivers whom I used to know at home in the old days.
192 ページ - It is bounded on the west by West Australia ; on the east by Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland ; on the south by the Southern Ocean; and on the north by the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Indian Ocean. The...
179 ページ - A Victorian coach, with six or perhaps seven or eight horses, in the darkness of the night, making its way through a thickly timbered forest at the rate of nine miles an hour, with the horses frequently up to their bellies in mud, with the wheels running in and out of holes four or five feet deep, is a phenomenon which I should like to have shown to some of those very neat mail-coach drivers whom I used to know at...