Chapter 1 FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOING TO AUSTRALIA.-DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA.-LIFE ON BOARD SHIP.-ARRIVAL AT WILLIAMS TOWN.-DESCRIPTION OF MELBOURNE.-A CONVICT'S HUT.

Chapter 2 A MORNING IN AUSTRALIA.-JOURNEY TO THE MINES OF BALLARAT.-THE CONVICT'S STORY.-BLACK DARNLEY, THE BUSHRANGER.

Chapter 3 TRAVELLING IN AUSTRALIA.-AN ADVENTURE WITH SNAKES.-CARRYING THE MAILS.

Chapter 4 EATING BROILED KANGAROO MEAT.-AUSTRALIAN SPEARS AND AMERICAN RIFLES.

Chapter 5 THE SOLITARY STOCKMAN.-SHOOTING A KANGAROO.

Chapter 6 ADVENTURE WITH A DOG.-THE MURDER IN THE RAVINE.-STORY OF AN OUTRAGED WOMAN.

Chapter 7 BLACK DARNLEY'S VILLANY.-THE CONVICT STOCKMAN.

Chapter 8 AN EXPEDITION.-A FIGHT WITH BUSHRANGERS.-DEATH OF BLACK DARNLEY.

Chapter 9 THE STOCKMAN'S DAUGHTER.-MOUNTED POLICE OF MELBOURNE.

Chapter 10 DESPERATE DEEDS OF TWO CONVICTS.-LIEUT. MURDEN'S STORY.

Chapter 11 SAGACITY OF A DOG.-A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES.

Chapter 13 THE STOCKMAN AND HIS PARROT.-DARING PLOT OF A ROBBER CHIEFTAIN.

Chapter 14 DISCOVERY OF STOLEN TREASURES IN THE STOCKMAN'S CELLAR.

Chapter 15 DYING CONFESSION OF JIM GULPIN, THE ROBBER.

Chapter 16 A FORCED MARCH TOWARDS MELBOURNE.

Chapter 17 TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MELBOURNE.

Chapter 18 LARGE FIRE IN MELBOURNE.-ENGLISH MACHINES AT FAULT.

Chapter 19 PARDON OF SMITH AND THE OLD STOCKMAN.-GRAND DINNER AT THE GOVERNOR'S.

Chapter 20 DUEL BETWEEN FRED AND AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT.

Chapter 21 PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR GULPIN'S BURIED TREASURES.

Chapter 22 DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE.-FIGHT WITH THE NATIVES.

Chapter 23 ARRIVAL AT THE OLD STOCKMAN'S HUT.-MYSTERIOUS INTERRUPTIONS DURING THE HUNT.

Chapter 24 ROBBERY OF THE CART.-CAPTURE OF STEEL SPRING.

Chapter 25 STEEL SPRING'S HISTORY

Chapter 26 FINDING OF THE TREASURE.

Chapter 27 CAPTURE OF ALL HANDS, BY THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 28 OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT MURDEN AND HIS FORCE, ROUT OF THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 29 REVENGE OF THE BUSHRANGERS.-FIRING OF THE FOREST.

Chapter 30 PERILOUS SITUATION DURING THE FIRE.-STEEL SPRING TURNS UP.

Chapter 31 CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS, AND DEATH OF NOSEY.

Chapter 32 RETURN TO THE STOCKMAN'S HUT.-SMITH IN LOVE.

Chapter 33 RECOVERY OF THE GOLD.-ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT.

Chapter 34 THE BULLY OF BALLARAT.-FRED FIGHTS A DUEL.

Chapter 35 BALLARAT CUSTOMS, AFTER A DUEL.

Chapter 36 ARRIVAL AT BALLARAT.-MR. BROWN'S STORY.

Chapter 37 FINDING OF A 110 LB. NUGGET.-CAVING IN OF A MINE.

Chapter 38 INCIDENTS IN LIFE AT BALLARAT.

Chapter 39 ATTEMPT OF THE HOUSEBREAKER.-ATTACK BY THE SNAKE.

Chapter 40 DEATH OF THE BURGLAR BY THE SNAKE.

Chapter 41 VISIT TO SNAKES' PARADISE.

Chapter 42 FLIGHT FROM THE SNAKES.-ATTACKED BY THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 43 TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO BALLARAT, WITH THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 44 THRASHING A BULLY.

Chapter 45 A YOUNG GIRL'S ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF HER LOVER.

Chapter 46 A MARRIAGE, AND AN ELOPEMENT.

Chapter 47 COLLECTING TAXES OF THE MINERS.

Chapter 48 No.48

Chapter 49 CATCHING A TARL AS WELL AS A CASSIOWARY.

Chapter 50 ARRIVAL OF SMITH.-ATTEMPT TO BURN THE STORE.

Chapter 51 ATTEMPT TO BURN THE STORE.

Chapter 52 THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. CRITCHET.

Chapter 53 OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL OF MR. BROWN.-THEY SEND FOR STEEL SPRING.

Chapter 54 THE WAY THE COLONISTS OBTAIN WIVES IN AUSTRALIA.

Chapter 55 ADVENTURES AT DAN BRIAN'S DRINKING-HOUSE.

Chapter 56 ADVENTURES CONTINUED.

Chapter 57 MORE OF THE SAME SORT.

Chapter 58 CONVALESCENCE OF MR. CRITCHET, AND OUR DISCHARGE FROM THE CRIMINAL DOCKET.

Chapter 59 OUR TEAMSTER BARNEY, AND HIS WIFE.

Chapter 60 MIKE FINDS THE LARGE NUGGET.

Chapter 61 THE RESULT OF GROWING RICH TOO RAPIDLY.

Chapter 62 THE FLOUR SPECULATION.-MR. CRITCHET'S STORY.

Chapter 63 THE SAME, CONTINUED.

Chapter 64 MR. BROWN'S DISCHARGE FROM THE POLICE FORCE.-BILL SWINTON'S CONFESSION.

Chapter 65 THE EXPEDITION AFTER BILL SWINTON'S BURIED TREASURES.

Chapter 66 JOURNEY AFTER THE BURIED TREASURE.

Chapter 67 THE HUNT FOR THE BURIED TREASURE.

Chapter 68 THE ISLAND GHOST.-NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. BROWN.

Chapter 69 CAPTURE OF THE GHOST.

Chapter 70 THE GHOST AND THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 71 SAM TYRELL AND THE GHOST.

Chapter 72 FINDING THE BURIED TREASURE.

Chapter 73 THE ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE.

Chapter 74 ARRIVAL AT MR. WRIGHT'S STATION.

Chapter 75 SUPPER.-RETURN OF MR. WRIGHT'S SCOUTS.

Chapter 76 MIKE TUMBLES INTO THE RIVER.-ARRIVAL OF THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 77 CAPTURE OF THE BUSHRANGERS.

Chapter 78 PUNISHING THE BULLY.

Chapter 79 MR. WRIGHT'S FARM.-DEATH OF KELLY.

Chapter 80 JOURNEY BACK TO BALLARAT.

Chapter 81 STEEL SPRING IN THE FIELD.-ATTEMPT OF THE COMMISSIONER TO CONFISCATE OUR HORSES.

Chapter 82 SAME CONTINUED.-DEATH OF ROSS.

Chapter 83 ARREST OF FRED.-TRIP TO MELBOURNE, AND ITS RESULTS.