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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... no. 305 September 1925 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 Photographs: 'The Timberoo South School, Mallee District, Victoria' and 'The Garden of the above-named School' (unattributed), [113].
    • Poetry: 'The Patriot : An Old Story' by English poet Robert Browning (q.v.), 121; 'The Song of the Camp' by American poet Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), 126.
    • Prose: 'My Friends the Trees' by American author Oliver Wendell Holmes (q.v.), with illus. 'School Endowment Plantation Scheme : Boys from the Prahran Schools Planting Conifers at Frankston' from The Argus, 118-119; 'War With Our Neighbors' by E. Robinson, issued by the Peace Society, London, with illus. 'Map of the World' and 'Australian Delegates and their Secretaries at the Annual Meeting of the Assembly held recently at Geneva' from The Australasian, 122-125; 'Our Duty to Others' (unattributed), 125.
    • History: 'Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech' by American president Abraham Lincoln (q.v.), with illus. 'The Capitol (Meeting-place of Congress), Washington, U.S.A.', 119-120.
    • Natural Science: 'Plant Culture' (unattributed), with photograph, 'Championship Blooms' from the State Schools Nursrey, Oakleigh, by C. J. Frazer, 114-117.
    • Non-Fiction: 'The Departure of the American Fleet from Melbourne' (unattributed), with illus. 'The Anchor Weighed' and 'The Last Farewell' from The Leader, 127-128.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 17. Garnering the Golden Grain' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Where Harvesters are Made in Victoria', 'The Old Jewish Method of Thrashing Corn', 'The Japanese had a Different Method', 'Ridley's Stripper', and 'Modern Australian Stripper-Harvester', and two stanzas from 'Song of Wheat' [sic] by A. B. Paterson (q.v.), 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 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Songi"Oh, someone plucked wattle high up on the hill,", Marie E. J. Pitt , single work poetry (p. [113]-114)
Note:
  • With title : 'Some One Brought Wattle to Me'.
  • With photographs : 'The Timberoo South School, Mallee District, Victoria' and 'The Garden at the above-named School' (unattributed).
The Plowmani"Above yon sombre swell of land", R. H. Horne , single work poetry (p. 117)
Note: With biographical note.

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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