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Issue Details:
First known date:
1928...
no.
353
October
1928
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: 'Birds and Children: Blue Wren and Emu Wren' from Australian Encyclopaedia, 129.
- Poetry: 'The Wagtail's Song' by Scottish poet Will H. Ogilvie (q.v.), with illustration: 'A Wagtail', 132-133; 'Sing On, Blithe Bird' by Scottish poet William Motherwell (1797-1835) with photograph: 'Jacky Winter' from Mateship With Birds by A. H. Chisholm, Whitcombe and Tombs, 137; 'The Little People' by American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) 140.
- Drama: 'The Lark's Nest' three scenes abridged from Harrap's Dramatic Readers, Book One by Augusta Stevenson, with drawing by Clare E. Atwood, 135-137.
- Prose: 'A Spring Evening in South Gippsland' by M. H., with photograph: 'Coachwhip Bird' from Birds of Our Bush by Littlejohns and Lawrence, Whitcombe and Tombs, 133-134; 'The Bunyip's Revenge' (unattributed Aboriginal legend) from The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of London, with drawing: 'Sketched by a Native Artist' by Tommy Barnes (q.v.) 'an Aboriginal of the Upper Murray, 1860' from Aborigines of Australia by Brough Smyth, 138-140; 'For the Birds' by J. D. Jennings formerly of the Frankston School, Victoria, with illustration: 'A Model Bird Bath' from the American journal The National Humane Review, 142.
- Conundrum: 'A Wasted Day' unattributed translation from the French, 137.
- Song: 'Bell-Birds' from The Progressive Songster by Dr. S. McBurney, 144.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Birds and Childreni"The birds, with sunshine sheening", single work poetry (p. 129-130)
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Fantail's House,
single work
extract
children's fiction
(p. 130-132)
Note: Illustration: 'Fantail on Nest' drawn by Neville Cayley.
- Native Beari"Rolled up in a ball in a gum tree tall", single work poetry (p. 134-135)
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Captain Cooki"O'er waves that rolled in wild unrest",
single work
poetry
(p. 141-142)
Note: Illustration (unattributed): 'Captain James Cook (1728-79)'.
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Bush Delights
By Wood and Woldi"Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows,",
single work
poetry
(p. 143)
Note: With title: Bush Delights. Illustration: 'Gordon In Later Years' posthumous portrait by Leslie Wilkie in The Gordon Memorial Volume.
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