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Issue Details:
First known date:
1923...
no.
299
November
1923
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Pictures: 'Captain (later Sir George) Grey', 'Ludwig Leichhardt', 'Edmund B. Kennedy', 'John McDoull Stuart', [145].
- Poetry: 'Do it Now' (anonymous), 155; 'A Little Bit of Garden' by Scottish-Australian poet Will H. Ogilvie, 157; 'Boronia' by Muriel Frame (Eastville School, Victoria), 158.
- Prose: 'The Discovery of Port Phillip' (unattributed), illus., 148-152; 'On Life and Conduct' (quotations from Robert Browning, Benjamin Franklin, Josepf Mazzini, and William Shakespeare) 153; 'What Are We Going To Do on Pioneers Day' (unattributed) includes extracts from The Grey Company by Jessie Mackay (q.v.), and quotations by George Essex Evans (q.v.), 154-155; 'A Few Word About Thrift' from A Little Book of Thrift by Mabel Quiller-Couch, illus., 155-157; 'A Frugal Family', (anonymous), 158; 'Sunset' by Mary Russell Mitford, (1786-1855), 159.
- Notices: 'The Ministering Children's League'; 'Thrift Week', 'Competition'; 'Spelling Tests (Victoria)'; 'Price of The School Paper' (unattributed), 159.
- Song: 'Up, Ye Busy People' (unattributed), 160.
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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, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also 'General Notes' which ask the reader about the work.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Heroes of Australiai"Had Australia not her heroes", single work poetry (p. 146-147)
- The Bush, extract prose travel (p. 147)
- Where the Pelican Builds her Nest : for SA chorus, flutes, clarinets, strings and piano duet (4 hands), Colin Brumby (composer), single work poetry (p. 153)
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