Issue Details:
First known date:
1930...
no.
371
June
1930
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'The Silent Watcher', courtesy of General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd., Melbourne, [65]
- Poetry: 'The All-Alone Tree' by modern Irish writer F. O'Neill Gallagher, 66; 'Plant Trees' (unattributed) 72; 'Lullaby' by English poet T. Sturge Moore (q.v.) 74; 'Twilight' by American writer Robert Strain Jr., 76; 'Gone Were But the Winter' by English poetess Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) 77; 'For Others' (unattributed) 78.
- Fiction: 'A Hero of the Floods' (unattributed), with illustration: 'Above the Flood', 70-71; 'The Silver Cask' (unattributed) (conclued from previous issue), from Mr. Wind and Madam Rain (Blackie), translated from the French, 74-75.
- Drama: 'Travellers' Wonders', adapted from an article in an old magaizne, Evenings at Home, edited by John Aikin and his sister Mrs Barbauld between 1792 and 1795, 72-73.
- Non-fiction: 'How To Plant a Tree' (unattributed), with a diagram of a planting board and illustrations showing the way to plant a tree, 77-78.
- Song: 'Australia, Land of Ours ' words and music by Dudley Glass, 79-80.
- Notices: Spelling tests, price of The School Paper.
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Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Red Gum-Tree's Story,
single work
children's fiction
children's
(p. 66-69)A red gum-tree tells of his growth through the years from a tiny seed to a flowering eucalypt towering over the forest floor attracting birds and other admirers.
- The Filling of the Swampsi"Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping!", single work poetry (p. 75-76)
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