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  2. CHARLES DICKENS.

    Letters written by celebrities are always interesting, and the following few extracts from the hitherto unpublished correspondence which passed between Charles Dickens and ...

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  3. SIR LESLIE WILSON.

    That Sir Leslie Wilson, the recently appointed Governor of Queensland, will be popular is well assured. Numerous friends throughout Australia, and particularly in ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  4. THE CANBERRA CHAIR.

    The swearing-in of the members of the 13th Federal Parliament, and the election of Speaker, has directed attention to the historic chair in the House of Representatives at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 780 words
  5. THE ANTARCTIC.

    About this time next year a small British party under the leadership of Mr. H. G. Watkins will land on the Antarctic Continent to attempt to solve the last great problem ...

    Article : 1,382 words
  6. A FORMER SYDNEY LANDMARK: THE BENT-STREET FOUNTAIN.

    In the background is the old Australian Club building, at the corner of Bent and O'Connell streets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BOB-TAIL.

    A bunny family lives in our garden in a lovely spot covered with vines. There's father and mother rabbit and three dear little baby bunnies. Now, sad to say, these rabbit babies ...

    Article : 283 words
  8. OLD LANDMARK.

    Old Government House, as the records tell, stood till 1845 at the corner of Phillip and Bridge streets, at a convenient distance from the Tank Stream. The drawers of water, in ...

    Article : 723 words
  9. MOA ISLAND.

    I left Thursday Island accompanied by two friends in a small cutter called the "Jimmy." We were bound for the Island of Moa (St. Paul's Island). We were the only white folk ...

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  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    In our Gardens, not far from the principal gate, Where'Micawbers in somnolent attitudes wait Stands a monument, very adroitly designed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 188 words
  11. PRESERVATION CREEK.

    The accompanying illustration of Preservation Creek, near Mount Poole Station, Western New South Wales, reproduced from a photograph taken during October, 1931, by Mr. H. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. TIME TO RISE.

    The sun climbs over the old brown roof, And winks to a piece of brass. He kisses flowers in the window-box, And flirts with a blade of grass. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 156 words
  13. ROANY.

    I would like to tell of a horse we once owned, a roan. We had him for a number of years, and a better worker we never possessed. I believe he either had a sense of humour ...

    Article : 229 words
  14. SYDNEY BEWITCHED.

    While London braves her wintry pageant, Sydney revels in summer—a season of elysium —and the bewitching charm of frangipani which grace her gardens. ...

    Article : 310 words
  15. NORTH SHORE GARDENS.

    I have roamed a good deal about the world, and have taken a positive delight in seeing and admiring the different private gardens attached to the homes in the suburbs of the ...

    Article : 449 words
  16. REST.

    Blue seas above my head—blue seas of sky, Margined with shores of thin translucent leaves— Green coats of fancy An adventurer I, ...

    Article : 245 words
  17. OF PAN IN A GARDEN.

    I have been startled from a waking sleep, Painted with dreams of sunlight, and the blaze Of flowers in a garden. Warm and deep ...

    Article : 217 words
  18. A DREAM.

    Beneath a willow's cool, caressing shade, Beside a stream, blue, dancing in the sun, (It seemed that Love alone dwelt in this glade And we had rapturous company with him ...

    Article : 106 words
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