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y separately published work icon The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book anthology   poetry   prose   children's fiction   essay  
Alternative title: Victorian Readers : Eighth Book
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 The Victorian Reading-Books : Eighth Book
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Victoria Education Department , 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sunrise in Victoria The Australian Sunrisei"The Morning Star paled slowly, the Cross hung low to the sea,", James Lister Cuthbertson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Victoria First Glimpsed by White Men, James Cook , extract diary (p. 2-3)
On Pyramid Hill, Victoria, 1836, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell , extract prose travel (p. 4-5)
An Australian Symphonyi"Not as the songs of other lands", George Essex Evans , single work extract poetry (p. 5-7)
The Old Inhabitants, C. E. W. Bean , single work extract prose (p. 7-11)
Note: Illustrations from R. Brough Smythe's The Aborigines of Victoria.
The Last of His Tribei"He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
Note: Illustration: 'He dreams of the hunts of yore' by G. C. Benson (q.v.), 10.
From a Western Hill-Top, Donald MacDonald , single work prose (p. 13-19)
Note: Abridged. Illustrations from R. Brough Smythe's The Aborigines of Victoria.
A Dedicationi"They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 20-22)
Note: Portrait of author.
The Year Around in Timber-Land, C. J. Dennis , single work short story (p. 22-27)
Note: Abridged. Illustration: 'His great whip aloft, the driver plods beside his beasts' by F. R. Crozier, 23.
The Magpie's Songi"Oh, I love to be by Bindi, where the fragrant pastures are,", Frank Samuel Williamson , extract poetry (p. 27-28)
Bogong the Mighty : A Rhapsody, R. H. Croll , single work prose (p. 28-34)
Note: Photographs: 'Mt. Bogong, snow-capped, from the Kiewa Valley', from the Railways Department Victoria, 29; and 'Mt. Feathertop under snow, with snow gums in the foreground' by F. Foxcroft, 33.
Resurgenti"O'er every field a lark;", Bernard O'Dowd , single work poetry (p. 35)
O Heart of Spring! Blossoms of Thought "O heart of Spring!" Heart of Spring!i"Oh Heart of Spring", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 36)
Springtime in Southern Australia, William Sutherland , single work prose (p. 37-39)
Note: Abridged from the Age, Melbourne. Photograph: 'Wattle-gold, a springtime view', 37.
September in Australiai"Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest,", Henry Kendall , extract poetry (p. 40-41)
Note: Portrait of the author, 40.
Autumn Jewels, Amy Eleanor Mack , single work prose (p. 41-43)
The Home of the Lyre-Bird, H. Stuart Dove , single work prose (p. 43-46)
Note: Photographs: 'Lyre-bird's nest and young', 'Female lyre-bird and nest', and 'The Haunt of the Lyre-bird' by T. Tregellas.
Black Swansi"As I lie at rest on a patch of clover", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Sam's Ride on Widderin, Henry Kingsley , extract novel (p. 49-55)
Note: Illustration: 'Here they are, close to us' by Agnes Ryan, 54. Prefaced by an extract from 'Widderin', a poem by John Farrell (q.v.).
The Gum-Treei"Brave tree Australian, that in time's despite", J. B. O'Hara , single work poetry (p. 56)
Note: Illustration by Harold Herbert (q.v.).
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