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Issue Details: First known date: 1918... no. 223 May 1918 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'Returned Soldiers in the Procession on "Our Boys' Day" in Melbourne, 21st March, 1918", from The Leader, Melbourne, [49].
    • Poetry: 'For All We Have and Are' by English poet, Rudyard Kipling (q.v.), [49]-50; 'Pro Patria' by English writer Sir Owen Seaman (q.v.), 52-53; 'Recessional' by English poet Rudyard Kipling (q.v.), 62.
    • Prose: 'Empire Day', from The School Journal, Education Department, New Zealand, 50-52; 'The Empire and the Navy' by British journalist Gerard Fiennes (1864-1926), naval correspondent for the Daily News, London, with illus. 'King George V. Reviewing Bluejackets', 'The Australian Fleet', 'A Link in the Chain of Empire - Launching H.M.A.S. Brisbane at Sydney', 'Cadet-Midshipmen, Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, New South Wales', 53-58; 'Your Country' from The Man Without a Country by American clergyman Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), 58; 'Thrift in War-Time' (unattributed), with illus. 'A Sample [War Savings Stamps] Booklet from a School', and 'What a Full Booklet Secures', 59-61; 'Our Part in the Struggle for Liberty', from My Magazine, London, by Arthur Mee (q.v.), 63; 'Progress of the War' (unattributed), 63-64.
    • Supplement (centre pages): 'Help the Red Cross to Help our Soldiers : An Open Letter to the Children of Victoria from the Director of Education' by Australian educationalist Frank Tate (1864-1939), i-ii.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1918 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Britain, Mother of Nationsi"Britain, mother of Nations", George Essex Evans , single work poetry
Written on the occasion of the opening of the first Australian Federal Parliament, this poem recognises the efforts of colonial explorers and settlers who suffered, in the name of the British Empire, at a time when the decay of the Empire is threatened by federalism.
(p. 59)
Note: Editor's note: 'The poem was written on the occasion of the opening of Federal Parliament in Melbourne, 8th May, 1901.'

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