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Issue Details: First known date: 1912... no. 162 February 1912 of The School Paper : Grades V and VI est. 1912 School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'Yachting in Sydney Harbour' (unattributed) accompanying poem: 'The Sea' by T. L. Beddoes, [1].
    • Poetry: 'The Sea' extract from Songs from "Death's Jest Book" by Canadian poet Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849) with (unattributed) photograph: 'Yachting in Sydney Harbour' [1]-2; 'After the Battle' (unattributed) 11.
    • Prose: 'Alfred the Great-"The Truth Teller"' (unattributed) with two (unattributed) illustrations: 'King Alfred in the Herdsman's Cottage' and photograph: 'Alfred, King, Saint and Warrior', 2-5; 'How Timothy O'Hea Won the Victoria Cross' (unattributed) 14-15.
    • Song: 'The Mountain Shepherd Boy' by Wehrli, 15-16.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1912 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Uncle Jim's Queer Story, single work children's fiction myth/legend
Fictional story about the origins of the platypus.
 (p. 5-7)
Note: Extract from The School Newspaper by William Collins, Sons and Co., with (unattributed) illustration: 'A Platypus'.
The Platypusi"On the banks of the Murray", M. C. , single work poetry (p. 8)
Note: From McDougall's Alexandra Readers.
How Norah Saved the Sheep, Mary Grant Bruce , extract children's fiction (p. 8-10)
Note: With illustration: 'Last of All Came Norah' from edition illustrated by John Macfarlane.
Dampier's Encounter With the Blacks in the North West Coast of Western Australia, 1699, William Dampier , extract diary (p. 11-13)
Note: With (unattributed) illustration: 'An Australian Aboriginal Hurling a Spear With a Woomera'.
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