The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
From the Earliest Date to the Present Day

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Progress of discovery towards and in Australia
2. Discoveries of the Dutch
3. Discoveries of Dampier
4. Discoveries of Captain Cook in Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, from 1768 to 1770
5. Visits of Captains de Surville, St. Alouarn, and Marion du Fresne to Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand in 1768 and 1772
6. The Voyage of Cook and Furneaux, January, 1772 to 1774, in which Cook repeatedly visited New Zealand, and Captain Furneaux visited New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land
7. La Perouse, and the voyages in quest of him
8. Discoveries on the coasts of Australia and Van Diemen's Land betwixt 1788 and 1795, or betwixt the periods of Cook and Flinders
9. The founding of Sydney, and the consequent discoveries of Bass's Straits, etc., by Bass and Flinders
10. The survey of the south-eastern and northern coasts of Australia by Captain Flinders
11. Impulse of discovery given by the settlement of Sydney
12. The settlement of Tasmania and subsequent discoveries
13. Commencement of progress into the interior of New South Wales. Evans's expedition. Oxley's two expeditions
14. Discoveries of the Murrumbidgee River
of the Port Phillip district, by Hume and Hovell
of the Pandora Pass and Liverpool Plains
and of the Brisbane River
15. The two expeditions of Captain Charles Sturt into the interior of Australia, for tracing the courses of the Macquarie and Murrumbidgee, and ending in the discovery of the Darling and the Murray in the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831
16. Surveys of the Australian coasts by Captains King, Stokes, Fitzroy, etc.
17. The three expeditions of Major, afterwards Sir Thomas, Mitchell for the discovery of the River Kindur, in Eastern Australia
for ascertaining the junction of the Darling with the Murray, and for the exploration of the district of Port Phillip, now Victoria
18. The second expedition of Major Mitchell, being to the Darling, in 1835
19. The third expedition of Major Mitchell to the Darling and Murray, and across Australia Felix, now Victoria, in 1836
20. Settlement of Port Phillip by Batman and his associates
21. Voyages of Captain Wickham, Fitzroy, and Stokes, in the Beagle, round the Australian coasts, from 1837 to 1843
22. Discoveries in north-west and western Australia between the years 1837 and 1840, by Lieutenants Grey and Lushington
23. Second expedition of Captain Grey, namely to Shark's Bay
discovery of the River Gascoyne
24. The expeditions of Mr. Eyre into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840–1
25. Overland journey to King George's Sound.