THE

NAVAL PIONEERS

OF

AUSTRALIA

BY LOUIS BECKE

AND WALTER JEFFERY

AUTHORS OF "A FIRST FLEET FAMILY"; "THE MUTINEER," ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1899





PREFACE

This book does not pretend to be a history of Australia; it merely gathers
into one volume that which has hitherto been dispersed through many. Our