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Issue Details: First known date: 1913... no. 163 May 1913 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 Picture: 'His Majesty's Australian Ship Melbourne: A Protected Cruiser. Sister Ship to the Sydney and the Brisbane' [65].
    • Poetry: 'A Stanza from a Canadian Anthem' (unattributed) [from 'My Own Canadian Home' by Canadian bookseller and author Edwin G. Nelson (c.1848-1904)], 69; 'Freedom' by English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (q.v.), 70; 'The New Patriot' by American poet Frederick Lawrence Knowles (1869-1905), 78; 'What an Australian Might Say' (unattributed), 79.
    • Fiction: 'Noble Revenge' by English author Thomas de Quincy (q.v.) (1785-1859), 75-76.
    • Prose: 'The Royal Australian Navy' (unattributed), with illus. 'The Destroyer Yarra, Sister Ship to the Parramatta and the Warrego', 'In the Middle of the Picture is the Submarine A E No. I, Sister Boat to A E No. 2', and map: 'Naval Station of the Commonwealth of Australia Showing Fleet Bases & Dockyards', 66-68; 'The Colonies' by Irish statesman and orator, Edmund Burke (q.v.) (1729-1797), 69; an extract from 'The British Empire' by E. W. H. Fowles (q.v.), orig. published in The Queensland School Paper, with illus. 'The Peoples of the British Empire', 71-74; 'International Peace', from a lecture (1910) by American president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), with illus. 'Palace of Peace at The Hague, Holland', 76-77.
    • History: 'The Sacrifice' (unattributed), with note: 'From the French', 78-79.
  • 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 1913 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Coming of H.M.A.S 'Melbourne'i"The border mists that hide our fate reveal", Bernard O'Dowd , single work poetry children's
A celebration of the arrival of the H.M.A.S. Melbourne at Port Phillip Bay, 26 March 1913, and the associated patriotic fervour for the navies of the British Empire.
(p. 65-66)
The Empirei"Empire supreme, unstraitened by the seas", single work poetry children's
A celebration of the unity of the British Empire, from its provision of economic and trade diversity, to bringing people throughout the world together as one.
(p. 74)
The Star-Cross Flag of Australia, T. Craven Browne , G. E. Vincent (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 80)
Note: Orig. published in the Commonwealth School Paper, 1908. Also published in Service of Patriotic Songs, Brookes and Co., Sydney (n.d.).

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