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Issue Details: First known date: 1918... no. 220 February 1918 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: 'Robert de Vaugondy's Map of New Holland, 1756', [1].
    • Poetry: 'What Our Men on the West Front Fear' by Canadian poet Robert Service (1874-1958), 10; 'Excerpts from "The Deserted Village" II: The Village in Decay' by Irish poet Oliver Goldsmith (q.v.), 11-12.
    • Prose: 'On the March in Palestine' from The Age, 29 December 1917, with illus. 'A Hospital Train in the Desert' and 'Under the Palm-Trees near El Arish' by Lt. S. G. Abbey; 'A Wadi, or Stream-Bed', and map: 'The Southern Portion of Palestine', 4-7; 'The First Crusade and the Siege of Jerusalem', adapted from an article in The Argus, Melbourne, with illus.'The Jaffa Gate', 'A Crusader - a Knight', and 'View of Jerusalem, to Show the Wall', 8-10; 'Progress of the War' (unattributed), 12-14; 'Our Schools and the War' (unattributed), with illus. 'Christmas Boxes for Boys at the Front', Fairfield State School, 14-15.
    • Song: 'Voice Exercises' (unattributed), 15-16.
    • Notices: 'Price of The School Paper', 7.
  • 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 1918 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Unveiling of Australiai"In silence lay the land, hid in a sea", Richard Lawson , Emile Louis Meyrat , extract poetry children's
An account of the European discovery and colonisation of Australia, from the Portuguese explorers and Dutch merchants to the British imperial settlers.
(p. 2-4)
Note: With illus. 'Australia as Known at the Time of Laperouse's Visit, January, 1788' from Laperouse by Ernest Scott (q.v.).

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Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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