Issue Details:
First known date:
1923...
no.
279
May
1923
of
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
est. 1896-1932
The School Paper for Grades VII And VIII
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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: 'The Departure for England of the Director of Education (Mr. Frank Tate) on the Ormonde, 17th March, 1923', [49].
- Poetry: 'As Slow Our Ship' by Irish poet Thomas Moore (q.v.), [49-50]; 'God Give Us Men' by American poet J. G. Holland (1819 - 1881), 50; 'Thou Love Thy Land' by English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (q.v.), 55-56.
- Prose: 'The Empire of the Future' (unattributed), 50-51; 'Our Country is What We Make It' from Commonwealth Citizen Reader by C. R. Long (q.v.), 52-53; 'England' by American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (q.v.) with portrait of the author, 60-61.
- History: 'The Commonwealth of Australia' (unattributed), with illus. 'The Dutch Ship, Duyfken (Little Dove), in the Gulf of Carpentaria, March, 1606' and 'Monument at the Head of a Gully at Clunes where Esmond's Party Worked', 53-55; 'On the Gold-Fields : Castlemaine, 1852' from The Gold Rushes of the Fifties (1912) by Australian journalist [William Eddrup] Adcock (1847-1927), with illus. 'The Commissioner's Camp, Castlemaine, in 1852 (the Mount Alexander Diggings)' and 'A Scene on the Diggings', 56-58.
- Notices: 'The Earl of Stradbroke's Farewell Message' by the Governor of Victoria (1921-1926) George Edward (Third Earl of) Stradbroke (1862-1947) with editorial introduction and portraits 'His Excellency the Earl of Stradbroke' and 'The Countess of Stradbroke', 62; 'After the Great War : School Memorials' (unattributed), 63.
- Song: 'Auld Lang Syne' by Scottish poet Robbie Burns (q.v.), 63-64.
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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 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A Song of Empirei"Sing us the Song of Empire!",
single work
poetry
children's
(p. 51-52)A prayer that celebrates the 'brotherhood of peoples' across the British Empire that promotes peace, freedom and love.Note: Editor's note: 'These line verses were...set to stirring music by Mr. Hugo Alpen [q.v.], formerly Superintendent of Music, Department of Public Instruction, N.S.W. Copies of the words and music were published by Angus and Robertson and by Brooks and Co., Sydney.'
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Sydney Cove
A Fulfilled Prophecy
Visit of Hope to Sydney Cove
Visit of Hope to Sydney Cove Near Botany Bayi"Where Sydney Cove, her lucid bosom swells,",
single work
poetry
(p. 59-60)
Note: With illus. 'A Wedgewood Medallion' and portrait of the author.
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