Issue Details: First known date: 1930... no. 374 September 1930 of The School Paper : Grades V and VI est. 1912 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: 'Australian Natives', unattributed montage of three drawings showing an emu, a platypus and a kangaroo, [113].
    • Fiction: 'The Tale of the Talkative Tortoise' (concluded from previous issue), from Stories to Tell and How to Tell Them by Elizabeth Clark, with photograph: 'An Australian Land Tortoise' from the Development and Migration Commission, 124-125; 'Evangeline of Acadia' (continued from previous issue, to be continued), adapted from Longfellow's Evangeline, 125-126.
    • Drama:
    • Prose: 'How the Australian Aborigines Hunted', adapted from The Children's Hour, South Australia, with illustration: 'Hunting', from a drawing by Tommy McRae (q.v.), which was first reproduced in Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker (q.v.), 113-112.
    • Notices: 'Gould League Competitions', invitation for children to identify, name, and draw various birds, with illustrations of bird feet and heads, 127.
  • 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 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Future of Australiai"Sing us the Isle of the Southern Seas -", Mary Hannay Foott , extract poetry (p. 114)
The Man from Snowy Riveri"When they reached the mountain's summit, even Clancy took a pull;", A. B. Paterson , extract poetry (p. 116-117)
Note: Illustration: '"Down the hillside at a racing pace he went."'
William Buckley, the Wild White Man, A. W. Howitt , single work biography prose (p. 118-121)
Note: Illustration: 'Buckley Among the Blacks'; also map. Adapted for The School Paper from an original article by Howitt.
A Morning Thoughti"A new day is here;", James Hebblethwaite , single work poetry (p. 121)
A Friend in Need, single work drama children's (p. 121-123)
Note: Illustrations (unattributed): 'Tom Chases a Butterfly', 'The Imps and Elves', and 'The Dog Pleads for Tom'.
When Wattles Bloomi"When wattles bloom, and earth and air", Michael Joseph Tully , single work poetry (p. 123)
Primrosesi"They shine upon my table there,", William Gay , single work poetry (p. 123)
Note: Illustration: 'Primroses'.
Silver Wattle, M. E. McNutt , G. L. Talbot (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 128)

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