Austin

the capital of Texas, U.S.A., was named after Stephen Austin, who by his courage and perseverance succeeded in making Texas a part of the States, It is situated on the left bank of the Colorado river, and at a point where the railways of the State converge. It contains the State Capitol, State University, and many public buildings. Austin Priars, [AUGUST IN I ANS. ] " Austral asia. The general name of the nue merous islands and island-groups lying to the south and south-east of Asia, and to the southward of the tropic of Cancer. In its proper and widest meaning it embraces the continent of Australia, all Ocean i a or Polynesia, and the Indian Archipelago; and it includes the following, ail of which will be found fully dealt) with elsewhere under separate headings: Australia, Tasmania, the New Zealand Islands, the Philippine Islands (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao, Samar, Leyte. Palawan, etc.), Sumatra, Java, Bill it on, Borneo. Celebes, the Sulu Islands, Bali, Lumbok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor, the Moluccas, the Tenimber Islands, the Arru Islands, New Guinea, the Marianne or Ladrone Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Admiralty Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, the New He brides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, the 288 Kermadec Chas am Islands, Tokelan Islands, Fanning, Cook pela go, and those races the the Polynesian, portion tion, The civilisation, must tivation. the colo al hewn sinns and had the directly its tabu, tion purposes. account supposed occurred, ity and nally, Protestant Australia, vee 2,174,681 size vast computation. 1901 of and more outline half-moon, Great ‘list ance (lat. Point between 153° (long. not the does mania, from be ¢ Australia.