y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII periodical issue   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1913... no. 168 October 1913 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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* Contents derived from the , 1913 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Boy and the Bird, Alec H. Chisholm , single work prose children's
Chisholm promotes to children the value of studying birdlife in its natural habitat, rather than by book-learning. While he acknowledges that ornithology is gaining a place in Australian education, he is concerned for the decrease in the number of birds in Victoria.
 (p. 147-148)
Note:
  • With photograph : 'Out in the Woods : Pupils of Harrietville School, Upper Ovens River, Victoria' by Mr. A. Edwards.
  • Preceded by 12 lines from 'May-Day' by American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (q.v.).
Wattle Goldi"Winter, trailing misty garments, her departure slowly taketh", C. R. B. , single work poetry children's
An exultation to the wattle tree as presage to the exubrant, golden Spring that follows the chill, misty Winter.
 (p. 153-154)
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