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Issue Details:
First known date:
1940...
no.
481
June
1940
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'Among the Giant Eucalypts' [65].
- Editor's Notes: 'Australian Literature Week' 67; 'Some Australian Books To Read', 77.
- Prose:'Australia at Work : No.5. Wheat', illustrated by Dick Ovenden (q.v.) 78-79; 'Notes for Bird Lovers' by Gould League of Bird Lovers, 66; 'Wheat-Growing' by a student of School No.2590, Lorquon, 78.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1940 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Cattle Huntersi"While the morning light beams on the fern-matted streams,", single work poetry (p. 67)
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Dr Foster Comes Backi"Dr Foster went to Gloster",
single work
poetry
children's
(p. 68-69)
Note: Drawing by Dick Ovenden (q.v.)
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Tales of Wild Animals, 5 : Quiyan, the Possum,
extract
children's fiction
children's
Quiyan, a young possum whose mother has been killed, sets out to look for a home. He has a lucky escape from a fox during the night but he cannot find an empty hollow tree to serve as a home.
- To the Ironbarki"We'll sing a song for the Ironbark", single work poetry (p. 71)
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Trees : A Pageant for Arbor Day,
single work
drama
children's
Children from different countries show a branch from the native tree of their home land and share its characteristics.Note: Illustrated with pen and ink and by photographs.
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The Meeting-Pool : II, The Greatest Race That Ever Was
The Greatest Race That Ever Was,
single work
children's fiction
children's
The animals are again sitting around the pool debating how to deal with the white man when the Hornbill tells the story of the squirrel and the shellfish having the 'Greatest Race That Ever Was', a version of 'The Tortoise and the Hare'.Note: With title: The Meeting-Pool : II, The Greatest Race That Ever Was.
- Waltzing Matilda : Carrying a Swagi"Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,", single work poetry (p. 80)
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