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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
First Page Picture: 'Part of the Exhibit of Needlework, Education Department's Court, A.N.A. Exhibition, 1914., [129].
Poetry: 'The Starlings', by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), 142; 'Birds', by Florence Pennoyer, 144.
Prose: 'The Mound of the Lowans, or Mallee Hens', illustrated, by Patrica Jones, formerly of School 3305, Sea Lake West, 131-133; 'Birds Practice the Golden Rule', illustrated, by Lillian Wooster Greaves, W.A., 131.
Picture Puzzle: 'Heads and Beaks of Australian Birds', 135.
Health: 'Taking Care of the Body', illustrated, frm 'Talks with Children about Themselves' by Amy Barnard, 140-142.
Song: 'Bridal Chorus', from Lohengrin, 143.
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.
Jubilee Exhibition - 27th September to 14th October.
Health Week - 30th September to 7th October.
Bird Day - 27th October
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1922 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tabs, an Australian Spotless Crake, is found by a girl who wants to take a photograph of him among the eggs of the rest of his family, if only he would stop still long enough.
(p. 137-139)
Note: Photograph of 'A Nest of the Spotless Crake'