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Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Auckland is the largest city of New Zealand. It lies on an isthmus at the foot of Mount Eden, which is six hundred feet high; it is not far from the mouth of the Waikato River, the chief stream of the archipelago. It is a great business city and port of call. It is the seat of the University, and has a fine museum, rich in Maori remains. The Public Library includes the valuable library of Sir George Grey. The surround bills are old volcanoes with fine craters, such as Mount Eden; the most recent in eruption was probably Rangitoto on an island in the gulf."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Sydney, the oldest town in Australia, is the capital of New South Wales and its chief seaport. With a population of 1,100,000 it compares in size with Cleveland. Sydney covers a large area. Its streets wind about like those of Boston, and it is facetiously said that the place was originally laid out by a bullock driver with a boomerang. Its magnificent harbor and the enterprise of its people have made Sydney the New York of Australia. The city does business with all the world. It is the terminus of a dozen great steamship lines connecting the continent with Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. Besides being linked up with all the great ports of the world, Sydney is a center of trade along the coast and with the countless islands of the South Seas."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Australians claim Sydney to be the finest harbor of the world. Its entrance is The Heads, a natural gateway about a mile wide guarded by gigantic rocks as high as the highest church steeple, so protecting the shipping that, no matter how stormy the ocean outside, there are quiet waters within. The harbor is so deep that the largest ocean steamers can sail close up to the land, and its coast line is so long that all the ships of all the world could anchor here and have room to spare."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This view taken from the bell tower of the German Church of the Redeemer, looks due east toward the Mount of Olives. While the Biblical expression is "Go up to Jerusalem," and Jerusalem is on a high elevation, it is not the highest in the vicinity. The mount of Olives overlooks Jerusalem being 250 feet higher than the Temple area, or 126 feet above Mount Zion."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is one of the stormiest towns south of the Equator. It is situated at the lower end of Cook Strait, which is so windy that it has been called the Windpipe of the Pacific. Were it not for the excellent harbor, ships could not land and even as it is, great wooden docks have been built to protect them. Wellington has good streets, fine public buildings, excellent stores, and comfortable houses. It is here that Parliament meets, and here live the chief officials of the country. New Zealand is a British colony, and as such it has a governor appointed by the Kind of England. The governor however, has not much power; the people make their own laws and elect those who execute them. In New Zealand every one votes, women as well as men. The telegraphs and railroads belong to the government, which does everything it can to help the people."

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Adelaide is a prosperous city of more than 200,000 people and is the capital city of South Australia. Immediately north from Adelaide the wheat country reveals itself in gentle undulations and extends inland about 150 miles."

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