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First known date:
1917...
no.
230
October
1917
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
School Paper : Grades V and VI : Bird Number
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'Reed Warbler and Nest' photograph taken by Mr A. H. E. Mattingley accompanying poem: 'The Reed Warbler', [129].
- Editor's Note: 'War Relief', 144.
- Non-Fiction: 'The Partnership Between Birds and Plants' extract from Nature Studies in Australia by William Gillies (q.v.) with four photographs: 'White Backed Magpie' taken by A. H. E. Mattingley, 'White Bearded Honey Eater' taken by Mr R. T. Littlejohns, 'Brown Tree Creeper' from the collection of Mr C. French and 'White Fronted Heron' from the collection in the National Museum, Melbourne, 135-137.
- Prose: 'How to Attract the Birds' extract from the Children's Page of The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 138; 'Conrad and the Stork' extract from Sermons for Children by M. G. Pearse with picture: 'In Macedonia: A Stork Alighting on an Aeroplane' from The Australasian 142-144; 'Love of Nature' by American botanist Luther Burbank, 144.
- Supplements: 'The War Loan' (unattributed) [i]-ii; 'The Education Department's War Relief Fund' brief history with seven (unattributed) pictures: 'Photographic Reproduction of Cheque Representing the Donation from the State School Children of Victoria', 'Her Majesty Queen Alexandra', 'Lady Margaret Stanley', 'Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson', 'Sir Arthur Stanley', 'Sir Alexander Peacock' and 'H. S. W. Lawson', [i]-iv.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1917 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Reed-Warbleri"Where the feathery grasses quiver",
single work
poetry
(p. [129])
Note: With photograph: 'Reed Warbler and Nest' by Mr A. H. E. Mattingley.
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The Mound of the Lowans or Mallee Hens,
single work
prose
children's
(p. 130-132)
Note: With two (unattributed) pictures: 'A Lowan and the Mound in Which Her Eggs and Those of Other Lowans Have Been Laid' and 'A Lowans' Mound Opened'.
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Birds Practise the Golden Rule,
single work
prose
(p. 133)
Note: With (unattributed) picture: 'Fairy Martins'.
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The Crested Bell-Birdi"I heard a magic little bell",
single work
poetry
(p. 134-135)
Note: With photograph: 'The Crested Bell-Bird' taken by Mr A. H. E. Mattingley of Melbourne.
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Flyingi"My little birds can fly! can fly!",
single work
poetry
(p. 139)
Note: With photograph by Mr W. H. Cooper: 'Nest and Young One on the Crown of a Tree Fern'.
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Useful Birds Near Home,
single work
prose
children's
(p. 139-142)
Note: With four photographs: 'Harmonious Thrush' from the collection of Mr C. French, 'Laughing Kingfisher or Kookaburra' taken by Mr L. G. Chandler, 'Black and White Fantail or Shepherds' Companion' from the collection of Mr C. French and 'A Kestrel Hawk' taken by Mr D. le Souef.
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