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Issue Details: First known date: 1923... no. 280 June 1923 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: 'White Gums : A Study in Red Chalk' by Australian artist Hans Heysen (q.v.), [65].
    • Poetry: 'Trees' by Irish poet Herbert Trench (1865-1923), 80.
    • Literary Studies: 'Shakespeare on the Use of Intoxicating Drink' (unattributed), 77-79.
    • Natural Science: 'School Plantations' by William Gay, late senior master of Creswick School of Forestry and superintendent of the School Endowment Plantations scheme, with illus. 'Young Pinus Insignis Trees in Lines in Seed Bed', 'Young Pinus Insignis Trees in Transplant Bed, after Removal from Seed Bed', 'A Fine Stand of Pinus Canariensis Trees, about Thirty-five Years Old', and 'A Double Row of Pinus Insignis Trees as a Protective Belt to a Young Stand of Pinus Mitis', 69-72; 'The Tree' from The Education Gazette, New South Wales, adapted from Manuel de l'Arbre by E. Cardot, published by the Touring Club of France, with illus. 'A Part of Camperdown, Victoria, Showing Well-grown Trees and a Memorial In Memory of the Soldiers of the Empire who Fell in the South African War, 1899-1902', and 'Roadside Trees : The Town of Gisborne, Victoria, in the Distance', 73-76.
    • Notices: 'A School Swimming Basin' (unattributed), with illus. 'Opening Ceremony of the Wonthaggi School Swimming Basin', 79; 'A Diligent Young Australian' (unattributed), regarding George Kerr, a student of the Portland Higher Elementary School, who, despite daily travelling seven miles by push-bicycle to school, passed his Intermediate examinations and was congratulated by letter by the Acting Director of Education, Mr. A. Fussell, 80; 'Notices' (unattributed), 80.
  • 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 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Gum-Treei"Brave tree Australian, that in time's despite", J. B. O'Hara , single work poetry (p. 66)
The White Gum, Tullie C. Wollaston , single work prose children's
The White Gum is, to the writer, inspiring, holy, and honoured in ways other than for timber.
(p. 66-68)
Song of the Treesi"We are the Trees", Mary Colborne-Veel , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
Note: With illus. 'A Road through the Bush, Victoria'.
The Forty-Mile Bushi"Far through the forest's aromatic glade,", Annie Glenny Wilson , single work poetry (p. 76)

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