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Carpenter's World Travels: Australia, New Zealand and Some Other Islands of the South Seas

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji as well as the bustling city of Sydney. Summary by BettyB

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Just a Word Before We Start	BettyB	00:03:35
Play 02	The Giant of the South Seas	BettyB	00:12:42
Play 03	Queensland	BettyB	00:15:59
Play 04	A Crown of Gold and a Cross of Cactus	BettyB	00:08:22
Play 05	The Metropolis of the Antipodes	BettyB	00:11:24
Play 06	Walks about Sydney	BettyB	00:10:14
Play 07	The Land of the Golden Fleece	BettyB	00:08:36
Play 08	In the Great Wool Market	BettyB	00:08:27
Play 09	Life on the Sheep Stations	BettyB	00:14:57
Play 10	Rabbits and Dingoes	BettyB	00:10:16
Play 11	Water for Thirsty Lands	BettyB	00:17:50
Play 12	Melbourne	BettyB	00:13:47
Play 13	In the Marts of the City	BettyB	00:08:57
Play 14	The State-Owned Railways	BettyB	00:17:28
Play 15	Gold Diggings in Creek and Desert	BettyB	00:16:23
Play 16	A White Workers' Continent	BettyB	00:16:40
Play 17	The Three ''R's'' in Australia	BettyB	00:12:00
Play 18	The Aborigines	BettyB	00:15:23
Play 19	Kangaroos and Dancing Birds	BettyB	00:13:26
Play 20	Australia as Our Customer	BettyB	00:12:27
Play 21	Tasmania	BettyB	00:13:24
Play 22	The Pearl Fisheries of Thursday Island	BettyB	00:11:49
Play 23	Australia's Island Wards	BettyB	00:10:32
Play 24	Across the Tasman Sea to Wellington	BettyB	00:07:54
Play 25	The Dominion of New Zealand	BettyB	00:14:03
Play 26	''Social Pests''	BettyB	00:14:20
Play 27	The Women of the Dominion	BettyB	00:13:55
Play 28	A Country without a Poorhouse	BettyB	00:15:04
Play 29	Where the Working Man Rules	BettyB	00:19:15
Play 30	On the Government Railways	BettyB	00:11:52
Play 31	The Yellowstone of New Zealand	BettyB	00:11:58
Play 32	The Maoris	BettyB	00:16:14
Play 33	Mutton and Butter for London Tables	BettyB	00:16:33
Play 34	Some Freaks of Nature	BettyB	00:16:00
Play 35	American Goods in New Zealand	BettyB	00:13:16
Play 36	The Fijis and the Tongas	BettyB	00:18:36
Play 37	The Samoas	BettyB	00:16:49

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