y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII periodical issue   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1914... no. 176 June 1914 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 , 1914 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Passing of the Bushi"They've builded wooden timber tracks", Furnley Maurice , single work poetry
A short verse about the building of railway tracks through bushland.
 (p. 97)
Note: Source states author 'anonymous', from Unconditioned Songs.
The Old Gum-Tree, M. F. , single work children's fiction children's
A moving and lyrical piece in which the narrator relates a story told by an old gum tree about the events in his life, from living freely as a sapling, to providing shelter for 'those black men', to seeing the arrival of 'the first white man', to whom the trees became 'timber'. The old tree takes pride in the use of native timbers for useful purpose, but denounces wanton destruction as a 'crime against the trees'.
 (p. 102-107)
Note:
  • Editor's note: 'Abridged from an article by M.F., in The Age.
  • With photographs: 'A Very Old Gum-Tree', 'An Australian Aboriginal Climbing a Gum-Tree', 'A Sawmill' and 'A Giant Gum-Tree Near the Broken River, Northern Victoria'.
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