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Note: Sketches by Dick Ovenden; Jingles by W. L. Williams and J. R. Lyall.
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Round the World with Billy Bear
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Educational stories presented in comic book form. Originally published as a series of picture-strips in the School Paper (Victoria) in the 1930s.

Notes

  • 'I am sure that Billy Bear needs no introduction to the many thousands of Victorian school children who have enjoyed following him month by month in the School Paper as he travelled round the world. All will be glad to have in one book the three journeys of this friendly globe-trotter...' (J. S. Seitz, Introduction.)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Robertson and Mullens , 1938 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Billy's First Journey, W. Lloyd Williams , James Robert Lyall , Dick Ovenden (illustrator), selected work children's fiction children's

Contains ten separate comic strips with the following titles:

  • 'Good-Bye to Australia'
  • 'We Call at New Guinea'
  • 'In China'
  • 'In Japan'
  • 'In Canada'
  • 'Among the Eskimos'
  • 'The United States'
  • 'Mexico, Central America and the West Indies'
  • 'Brazil and the Argentine'
  • 'South America, Nauru, and Home Again'

Also includes a 'Map of Billy's Frist Journey'

 (p. 5-15)
Billy's Second Journey, W. Lloyd Williams , James Robert Lyall , Dick Ovenden (illustrator), selected work children's fiction children's

Contains eleven separate one-page comic strips titled as follows:

  • 'Through Inland Australia'
  • 'In Java'
  • 'In Burma'
  • 'In India'
  • 'In Tibet'
  • 'In Iran'
  • 'In Palestine'
  • 'In Egypt'
  • 'In Northern Africa'
  • In Western Africa
  • 'In South Africa'

Also includes 'Map of Billy's Second Journey'.

 (p. 16-27)
Billy's Third Journey, W. Lloyd Williams , James Robert Lyall , Dick Ovenden (illustrator), selected work children's fiction children's

Contains eleven separate comic strips, titled as follows:

  • In Greece
  • In Italy
  • In Spain
  • In France
  • In Switzerland
  • In England and Wales
  • In Scotland and Ireland
  • In Holland
  • In Germany
  • In Norway and Sweden
  • In Russia

Also includes 'Map of Billy's Third Journey'.

 (p. 28-39)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Robertson and Mullens , 1938 .
      Printed by Brown Prior Anderson
      person or book cover
      Link: 8504071Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 39p.
      Description: illus. (b & w), maps
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by J. S. Seitz, Director of Education, Melbourne.
      • Note on the date: A copy at the National Library of Australia has an accession stamp with the date '24 Jan 1939'. This, with the Introduction by J. S. Seitz, indicates that the strips were published in issues of the School Paper (Victoria) before 1939.
      • Cover note: 'Price ninepence. This price includes a penny for the Koalas.'
      • Digitised by AustLit, 2010, from the collection of the NLA.
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Last amended 27 Apr 2015 15:26:14
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  • Overseas countries,
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