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Issue Details: First known date: 1924... no. 291 June 1924 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'An Australian Landscape : Gum-trees' by Australian artist Hans Heysen (q.v.), [65].
    • Poetry: 'The Approach of Winter' by English poet Bernard Barton (q.v.), 76.
    • Prose: 'The Most Honorable' from Sartor Resarius by Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle (q.v.), 79.
    • Natural Science: 'Save Our Forests' (unattributed), 66-67; 'A Historic Oak' by Jas. W. Sexton, head teacher, Henty School, with illus. 'The Old Oak Tree at Merino Downs, formerly Mr. Frank Henty's Homestead', 68-71.
    • Science: 'Streams of Power : How Victoria is Supplied : 1. The Journey' by W., with illus. 'Briquetting Workds, Yallourn', 'Yallourn Scheme : Plan of the Works', and 'Street Scene, Yallourn', 72-75; 'Alcohol and the Brain' (unattributed), with illus. 'Diagram of the Nervous System' and 'A Nerve Cell, Nerve Fibre, and Fibrils', 77-78.
    • Notices: 'National Thrift Week', 'Rechabite Scholarships and Prizes, Victoria', 'Centenary of the Hume and Hovell Expedition', 'League of Kindness, Victoria' and 'Spelling Tests' (unattributed), 80.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 4. Wool-spinning' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Interior View of an Australian Spinning-mill', 'A Spinning-wheel', 'Ancient Spindle and Weight', 'Animal Fibres Magnified', 'Wool-scouring Section' and 'Top-making Section', 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

* Contents derived from the 1924 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Bushi"I hear you slighted often and maligned", Will H. Ogilvie , single work poetry (p. [65]-66)
The Bush, Louise Mack , extract prose (p. [65])
A School Gardeni"He is gone from the school, he is taking his rest", Frank Samuel Williamson , single work poetry children's
An ode to the decay of youth through the metaphor of the gum tree which as a seed lies waiting and in spring blossoms with sylvan delight, but is afflicted by age.
 (p. 71-72)
Note: With illustration 'Blossoms and Fruit of the Red Flowering Gum' from a painting by Emily H. Pelloe, Melbourne.
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