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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... no. 348 August 1929 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper : 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 Picture: 'Fording the Creek at Toolangi', photographs from the Victorian Railways, [97].
    • Poetry: 'The Poet and His Songs', extract from poem by American author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) 101; 'The Tiger' by English poet William Blake (1757-1827), with illustration of a tiger, 102; 'Flannan Isle' by English poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,103-104; 'The Sands of Dee' by English poet Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) 108; 'The Height of the Ridiculous' by American writer Oliver Wendall Holmes (1809-1894) 112.
    • Fiction: 'An Old-Time Reaping', extract from Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900), with illustrations, 99-101
    • Drama: 'Oliver Twist Asks for More', extract from Dramatic Readings from Dickens, with illustration: '"Please sir, I want some more"', 105-107.
    • Prose: 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners: August ' (unattributed gardening instructions) 112.
    • Industry: 'Made in Australia: The Gifts of the Forest', prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated with photographs and map, i-iv;
    • Notices: 'Notices', regarding 'Spelling Tests' and the 'Price of The School Paper', 98.

  • 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 often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Bullock Drayi"Horns outspread and heads bent low,", Veronica Mason , single work poetry (p. 98)
Northward Ho! : A Trip to the Tropics, Gilbert M. Wallace , single work prose travel (p. 108-112)
Note: Photographs: 'A Young Boy of New Guinea', 'A Young Girls of New Guinea', and 'A Mission Station near Rabaul'.
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