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y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII periodical issue   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1913... no. 170 December 1913 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Christmas Day, 1873 Christmas Day in Central Australia, Ernest Giles , extract prose children's
Giles describes the environment at Fort Mueller and the events of Christmas Day, 1873. The camp suffers an attack by 'a pack of fiends in human form and of aboriginal appearance'. Whilst acknowledging that his group of 'white-faced wretches' have deprived the indigenous people of food and land, Giles supports the firing of rifles in self-defence. Following the battle, The explorers enjoy a Christmas dinner of wallaby chops, damper and tea (having eaten their Christmas pudding two days earlier).
 (p. 180-183)
Note: With portrait of Ernest Giles and illus. from Giles's Australia Twice Traversed: 'The Party Attacked by Aboriginals at Fort Mueller'.
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