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  2. A SEAMAN DIARIST

    A previous article dealt with Charles Picknell, who as a 20-year-old seaman made a voyage from London to Sydney in 1830 in the convict ship Kains. During the first half ...

    Article : 1,577 words
  3. ABORIGINAL ART.

    The scientific world is at last taking notice of the unique ethnological curiosity which Australia possesses—the stone-age man. The only regret is that the incerest displayed is ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  4. THE SHWE DAGON.

    Those who have been in Burma read with peculiar dismay last week of the devastating earthquake which had occurred there, destroying hundreds of lives and homes, and that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 824 words
  5. CENTENARY OF HELLENIC INDEPENDENCE.

    A DETACHMENT OF "EUZONI," THE GUARDS OF THE GREEK ARMY, TAKING PART, AT ATHENS IN THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF HELLENIC INDEPENDENCE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  6. GREAT DAY IN ATHENS.

    At no time could Athens be called a sleepy city. The street in which our hotel is situated does not seem to know one really quiet hour in the twenty-four. But on the ...

    Article : 1,656 words
  7. MACLEAY PIONEERING.

    We lived some months in the barn, and then, in 1839, moved into the new house on the hill. Its native name was Yarrabandini, known far and wide throughout the ...

    Article : 859 words
  8. THE FIRST ARMISTICE.

    About May 15, 1915, the Turks sent over a message to the Australians on Gallipoli that they were going to drive them into the sea, and in the early hours of the morning of the ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Such fun I have on washing day, For all the 'jamas are at play. They turn and twist, and skip and prance. And cross their legs, and jump and dance ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. A DOG.

    Has anyone ever heard of a dog who does not know how to play-does not know that When you throw a ball he has to run after it, catch it in his mouth, tear round in ...

    Article : 504 words
  11. THE LITTLE INDIAN.

    The "Indian" stood on the top of the rise, Curved hand to his brow, from the sun shields his eyes' His garb of coarse canvas, and headdress so ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. FERDIE THE FROG.

    Ferdie first came to our place, snugly cuddled in the golden heart of a great arum lily, a minute scrap of brilliant emerald, scarcely bigger than an ordinary house-fly. ...

    Article : 368 words
  13. PUZZLED.

    I don't know ev'rything just yet, I hope one day I may; But I get awful worried now By words I have to say. ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. POTTED BIOGRAPHIES.

    A lover of war and a hater of peace, Was King Alexander the Great of Greece. Or, rather, of Macedonia. Tho' it matters but little which kingship we ...

    Article : 394 words
  15. ABORIGINAL CARVINGS NEAR HUGHENDEN, NORTH QUEENSLAND.

    Kangaroo foot imprints, eels, boomerangs, human hand, and imprint of some larger animal of the "hopping" species. Carving of a human foot. (Note the size of a man's boot, for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  16. SYDNEYSIDE SONGS.

    New ferries swing at Circular Quay, New motors pack the swarming ways. We see, but see them not, for we Gained long ago the inmost maze. ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. THE SONG OF THE SAW.

    They toiled in the heat, in the wet, and cold, The sturdy sawyers in davs of old: One man on the log, and his mate below, Pulling the keen blade to and fro, ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. BOBBED.

    Mary Agnes Robinson Has curls that fall in rows; Her mother's very proud of them. And ties them up, wiv bows; ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. SONG FOR MAY.

    The summer's departed, its glory is gone; Fallen the gold days when warm the sun shone; The long hours, the bright hours, have faded ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. BUSH MANNERS.

    "Good morning, Master Jack," Said gushing Miss Galah; But Master Jack made no reply, Just cooked his head, and winked his eye; ...

    Article : 57 words
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