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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... no. 306 October 1925 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: 'The Crested Bell-bird' and 'The Bell Miner' from An Australian Bird Book (1911) by A. J. [sic] Leach (q.v.), [129].
    • Poetry: 'The Choristers' by Canadian poet William Bliss Carman (1861-1929), 137; 'The Things that are More Excellent' by English poet Sir William Watson, (1858-1935), 141-142
    • Prose: 'Be Kind' by American educationalist, Horace Mann (1796-1859), 137; 'Betting' by Australian educationalist Donald Macdonald (q.v.), from 'Notes for Boys' in The Argus, Melbourne, 142-143; 'The Good-Will Habit' from Be Good to Yourself by American author Orison S. Marden (1850 - 1924), 143-144.
    • Natural Science: 'Game Birds of Victoria : Ducks' by Mr. J. A. Ross, President of the Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union, with illus. 'A Chestnut Teal', 'A Black Duck', 'A Grey Teal', 'A Blue-winged Shoveller', 134-136.
    • History: 'The Story of Strzelecki and Party' by C. S. Osborne, from The Gap (1923), a school magazine produced by the teachers of the Bairnsdale Inspectorate, distributed in Eastern Gippsland, with illus. 'Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Scientist and Explorer (1796-1877), 'James Macarthur', 'James Riley', and 'Gippsland : The Heart and a Part of South Gippsland', 138-141.
    • Notices: 'Gould League Competitions', 'Electricity : Warning to Children' and 'Spelling Tests' (unattributed), 144.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 18. Pianos' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus.'In an Australian Piano Factory : View of Action-fitting Room', and 'Veneering', i-iv.
  • 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 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The King of Song, Irvine Douglas , single work prose children's
The author celebrates the 'prince of mimics', the lyrebird, as contributing to Australia being 'truly the world's greatest land of song'.
 (p. 130-132)
Note:
  • Editor's note: 'Abridged from an article in The Argus.'
  • With illus. 'A Lyre-bird' (unattributed).
The Harmonious Thrushi"Listen! Listen! 'Tis the thrush", H. S. Legge , single work poetry (p. 132)
The Magpies' Morning Songi"A shaft of the sun strikes over", J. B. O'Hara , single work extract poetry (p. 133)
The Song of the Magpiesi"In the rose glow of the dawning", M. E. McNutt , single work poetry (p. 133)
Untitledi"Oh, I love to be by Bindi, where the frangrant pastures are,", Frank Samuel Williamson , extract poetry (p. 134)
Note: This extract consists of the second stanza from the original.
The Crested Bell-Birdi"When the sad days, the grey days, that come in winter's train", Frank Samuel Williamson , single work poetry children's
The melancholy of Winter is replaced by the birdsong of the cuckoos and bellbirds which brings the music of Spring.
 (p. [135]-136)
Note: With illustrations: 'The Crested Bell-Bird' and 'The Bell Miner' from An Australian Bird Book (1911) by A. J. [sic] Leach (q.v.).
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