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Issue Details:
First known date:
1930...
no.
375
October
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: 'Mopoke', courtesy of the Commonwealth Development and Migration Commission, [129].
- Poetry: 'Nest Eggs' by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) 134; 'Sing On Blithe Bird' by Scottish poet William Motherwell (1797-1835) 137; 'The Boy with the Little Bare Toes' by English writer Frederick William Harvey, with illustration: 'A Barefoot Boy', 139; 'Ducks' by Frederick William Harvey, with illustration: 'Ducklings' from Child Education, 142-143;
- Fiction: 'Evangeline of Arcadia' (concluded from previous issues), adapted from Longfellow's poem Evangeline, 139-140
- Science and Nature: 'How Birds Rear Their Young' (to be continued) by Lillian Scullin, a former pupil of School No. 183, Dunkeld, Victoria, with illustration: 'Young Swallows', 138; 'Victorian Flowers: Key Block', diagram with key showing the names of the flowers depicted in the illustration for the story 'How the Pansy Got Its Name' (indexed below) 143.
- Song: 'The Old Folks at Home', written and composed by Stephen C. Foster at the time of the American Civil War "in imitation of the American negro songs", 143-144.
- Notices: 'Spelling Tests', 143.
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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.
- Mopokei"Mopoke! Mopoke! Mysterious bird", single work poetry (p. 130)
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Mrs Musk Duck,
single work
short story
children's
(p. 130-134)
Note: Illustrations: '"Yes, her prey was there"', and '"Her five kittens."'
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The Helpers,
single work
short story
children's
(p. 135-137)
Note: Illustration: 'Have Pity', from a statue by French scupltor J. Cordonnier.
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How the Pansy Got Its Name,
single work
short story
children's
(p. 141)
Note: Illustration: 'Victorian Wild Flowers', by courtesy Shell Co. of Australia Limited.
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