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Issue Details:
First known date:
1924...
no.
291
June
1924
of
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
est. 1896-1932
The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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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: 'An Australian Landscape : Gum-trees' by Australian artist Hans Heysen (q.v.), [65].
- Poetry: 'The Approach of Winter' by English poet Bernard Barton (q.v.), 76.
- Prose: 'The Most Honorable' from Sartor Resarius by Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle (q.v.), 79.
- Natural Science: 'Save Our Forests' (unattributed), 66-67; 'A Historic Oak' by Jas. W. Sexton, head teacher, Henty School, with illus. 'The Old Oak Tree at Merino Downs, formerly Mr. Frank Henty's Homestead', 68-71.
- Science: 'Streams of Power : How Victoria is Supplied : 1. The Journey' by W., with illus. 'Briquetting Workds, Yallourn', 'Yallourn Scheme : Plan of the Works', and 'Street Scene, Yallourn', 72-75; 'Alcohol and the Brain' (unattributed), with illus. 'Diagram of the Nervous System' and 'A Nerve Cell, Nerve Fibre, and Fibrils', 77-78.
- Notices: 'National Thrift Week', 'Rechabite Scholarships and Prizes, Victoria', 'Centenary of the Hume and Hovell Expedition', 'League of Kindness, Victoria' and 'Spelling Tests' (unattributed), 80.
- Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 4. Wool-spinning' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Interior View of an Australian Spinning-mill', 'A Spinning-wheel', 'Ancient Spindle and Weight', 'Animal Fibres Magnified', 'Wool-scouring Section' and 'Top-making Section', i-iv.
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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.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1924 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Bushi"I hear you slighted often and maligned", single work poetry (p. [65]-66)
- The Bush, extract prose (p. [65])
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A School Gardeni"He is gone from the school, he is taking his rest",
single work
poetry
children's
An ode to the decay of youth through the metaphor of the gum tree which as a seed lies waiting and in spring blossoms with sylvan delight, but is afflicted by age.Note: With illustration 'Blossoms and Fruit of the Red Flowering Gum' from a painting by Emily H. Pelloe, Melbourne.
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