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Issue Details: First known date: 1924... no. 297 December 1924 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII

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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Picture: 'Angels' Heads' by British artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds (q.v.), [161].
- Poetry: 'The Song of the Angels' (unattributed), [161]-162; 'Good Life, Long Life' by 'author unknown', 162; 'Descriptions of Dawn by Shakespeare' consisting of a short verse from Much Ado About Nothing by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (q.v.), 166.
- Fiction: 'A Christmas Episode in Boston' by Mrs. M. A. Lane, from The Youth's Companion, 163-166.
- History: 'Hume and Hovell's Party Reach Port Phillip' from Journal of Discovery to Port Phillip by William Hovell and Hamilton Hume (q.v.), with illus. 'Map Showing Track of Hume and Hovell from Dec. 15th to Dec. 19th 1824' by Mr. H. Hansford, Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne and 'Hume Interviewing the Natives Near Port Phillip' and 'Marking a Tree near Port Phillip' by C. Archibald, reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victoria Branch), 168-171.
- Notices: 'Contents - Grades VII. and VIII. (1924)', 'Spelling Tests', 'Agricultural Training' (Ballarat High School), 'Collecting Chitons', and 'Price of The School Paper' (unattributed), 175-176.
- Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 10. Ironware, Tinware, and Electroplate' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Sheen of Silver and Glamor of Gold', 'For Muscular Australians', and 'Tinware for the Housewife', i-iv.
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 derived from the 1924 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Men of Australia"Men of all the lands Australian from the Gulf to Derwent River,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 167)

The Founding of Sydney, Lillian M. Pyke , single work children's fiction extract children's (p. 171-173)

Note: With illus. 'Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788-December, 92)' and 'South Head at the Entrance to Port Jackson' (unattributed).