INDEX TO SYNOPSES.
| Chapter. | Subject. | Page. |
|---|---|---|
| Author's Preface | v | |
| Editor's Preface | ix | |
| I. | The Un-named Village and its Beginnings | 1 |
| II. | Increased Value of Town Lands | 13 |
| III. | Corporations and Municipalities | 20 |
| IV. | Primary Population: Its Extension and Progress | 32 |
| V.-VI. | Introduction of Civil Government: Formation and Growth of the Public Departments | 39 |
| VII.-VIII. | The Supreme Court and Minor Tribunals | 65 |
| IX. | Old Melbourne Described, 1840-43 | 108 |
| X.-XIV. | Religious Denominations: Their Foundation and First Celebrations | 118 |
| XV. | Old Court-Houses, Old Gaols, and the Pentridge Stockade | 179 |
| XVI. | Melbourne "Under Fire," Water, and Snow | 203 |
| XVII. | The Three Governors and Lady Franklin | 218 |
| XVIII.-XIX. | Old Melbourne Charities | 227 |
| XX. | Two Defunct Public Bodies | 253 |
| XXI.-XXII. | The Melbourne Corporation | 258 |
| XXIII. | Some Municipal Reminiscences | 308 |
| XXIV. | Banking and Pawnbroking | 320 |
| XXV. | Elections to the Legislature of New South Wales | 331 |
| XXVI. | Removal of the Superintendent | 344 |
| XXVII.-XXVIII. | Remarkable Supreme Court Trials | 347 |
| XXIX. | Executions | 394 |
| XXX. | Physical Phenomena | 412 |
| XXXI. | Our Two Oldest Institutions | 417 |
| XXXII. | The Botanic Gardens and the Yarra Bend | 424 |
| XXXIII. | Black Thursday | 441 |
| XXXIV.-XXXV. | Theatrical and Kindred Entertainments | 451 |
| XXXVI. | How Port Phillip was Peopled | 491 |
| XXXVII. | The River Yarraa: Its Falls, Punts, Bridges, and Navigation | 497 |
| XXXVIII. | The Anti-Transportation Campaign | 518 |
| XXXIX. | Temperance and Teetotal Societies | 530 |
| XL. | The Melbourne Inn-Keepers and The Licensing Magistrates | 540 |
| XLI. | Fuel, Light, and Water | 554 |
| XLII. | Port Shipping | 564 |
| XLIII. | Shipwrecks | 577 |
| XLIV. | Commerce and Quarantine | 592 |
| XLV. | Black and White | 599 |
| XLVI. | The Brethren of The Mystic Tie | 612 |
| XLVII. | Literary and Educational | 624 |
| XLVIII. | Ancient Saint-Worship, National Societies and Celebrations | 642 |
| XLIX. | A Mixed Freight | 661 |
| L. | Orange and Green; or Hurling And Shooting | 675 |
| LI. | Soldiers, Cemeteries, Pounds, and Apostles | 688 |
| LII. | The Twelve "Apostles" | 707 |
| LIII.-LIV. | Sports and Pastimes | 711 |
| LV. | A Bundle of Old Advertisements | 753 |
| LVI. | Early Sky-Larking and Duelling | 768 |
| LVII. | The Age Of Gold: Its Birth and Early Developments | 785 |
| LVIII.-LIX. | The Nativity and Non-Age of Melbourne Journalism | 820 |
| LX. | Political and Professional Pencillings | 859 |
| LXI. | The Disciples of Æsculapius | 878 |
| LXII. | A Mortuary Group | 894 |
| LXIII. | Some Random Recollections | 902 |
| LXIV. | The Story Of Separation, Ab Ovo Usque ad Malum | 906 |
| LXV. | The Colony of Victoria | 922 |
| LXVI. | The General Elections | 930 |
| LXVII. | Some Peculiar People | 938 |
| LXVIII. | Flotsam, Jetsam, and Ligan | 946 |
| Appendix | 986 | |
| Conclusion | 998 | |
| Epilogue | 999 |
