Dedication: To the Marquis of Linlithgow, K. G., the first Governor General of Australia, who so ably assisted to establish the Commonwealth, and to strengthen the bonds of Love between the dear Homeland and Australia, and to the Memory of the Pioneers - Stephen, Edward, Frank and John Henty, the four enterprising brothers, who, in the early Thirties landed from their ship on the Coast, where they founded the Town of Portland, from there going into the interior, discovering and exploring the Western District of Victoria, being the first absolute Settlers in that fine Colony of Australia, and bringing with them their own farm servants, implements, and pure Merino Sheep - I dedicate this Book.
