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Issue Details: First known date: 1923... no. 290 February 1923 of The School Paper for Classes V and VI est. 1898 The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'The Burke and Wills Monument, Collins-street, Melbourne', by the courtesy of Mr. J. E. Wilby, [1].
    • Poetry : 'Youth' by Scottish author James Montgomery (1771-1854), 9; 'A New Year's Question' by American poet Henry W. Longfellow, (1807-1892), 12; 'Bill' by Scottish scholar John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), with photograph 'About to Begin a New School', 14; 'What We Owe to the Trees' (unattributed), 16; 'Plant Trees' (unattributed), 16.
    • Fiction: 'The Two Bundles : A New Year's Story' (unattributed), illus., 8; 'How the Days got their Names' (unattributed), 8-9; 'The Boasting Wolf' by J. and W. Grimm (q.v.), (adapted), 10-11.
    • Prose: 'The Discovery Of Australia' (unattributed), illus. maps, 3-5; 'Dick Hartog's Plate' (unattributed), with photograph courtesy of Western Australian Museum, 2-6; 'How to Attract the Birds' (unattributed,) adapted from 'The Children's Page of The Christian Science Monitor (USA), 13; 'The League of Tree Lovers' (unattributed) 16.
    • Song: 'Morning Hymn' by Rebecca J. Weston and D. Batchelor,15-16.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained in therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Australian Explorersi"Honour to the dauntless heroes,", Sesca Lewin Somerville , single work poetry (p. [1]-2)
The Australiani"He swings his axe in the golden morn,", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry (p. 6)
Brave Bobby, James Bonwick , single work children's fiction children's (p. 11-12)

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue includes:
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