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  2. FAIRBRIDGE.

    From the moment of my arrival at Fairbridge, W.A., I was aware of simmering excitement. I was in a village of children, and Christmas was coming close. To children, ...

    Article : 1,081 words
  3. THOMAS WOOLNER.

    When, in 1874, the citizens of Sydney decided to honour Captain Cook by erecting a statue taller than any other in the city, it was to Thomas Woolner, an Academician and ...

    Article : 1,486 words
  4. THE QUIET RETREAT OF MOSMAN BAY IN 1880.

    "The Barn," seen to the right of the bridge, was built by Archibald Mossman. It is now occupied by the Boy Scouts. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  5. PURITY OF SPEECH.

    Various signs of our awakening to the need for general cultivation of good speech are observable. Recently, moved by letters to the "Herald" over a period of some years. ...

    Article : 668 words
  6. "ABO" SUPERSTITIONS.

    The evil being that caused the blacks the most concern was the debil debil of so many tribes. But whatever their fears of him during the darkness might have been, they ...

    Article : 859 words
  7. A FIGHT TO THE DEATH.

    The day had been hot, and around the Burrawong district the country was very dry. Indeed, no rain had fallen for months, but the Sebastopol tank still held precious water, ...

    Article : 457 words
  8. THE TRAGIC LEGEND.

    That "most arch act of piteous massacre," the murder of the boy king, Edward V., and his brother, Duke of York, in the Tower of London, has at last been scientifically ...

    Article : 968 words
  9. MOSMAN BAY

    Early records mention the careening of H.M.S. Sirius in 1789, and this was stated to have taken place in a bay on the north side of the harbour which received the name ...

    Article : 724 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    As o'er my eyelids softly creep The mystic elves of kindly sleep, Methinks the stars and moon look in. And think that now I am their kin. ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. DIPLOMACY IN THE ARK.

    "Affairs international," said Captain Noah, "Are all in a muddle, there may be war. That the y'east will rise, is a safe conclusion, For things in China are all in Confucian; ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. BROADSTAIRS.

    As a recent visitor to Broadstairs, I can add some particulars that link it to the "Broadstairs of Nelson's time," described by Flinders Barr in a recent "Herald." ...

    Article : 504 words
  13. A SIMPLE LIFE.

    If I had the chance to live my life again, I should live it in a tent, or the nearest weatherproof equivalent thereto. I should have a house of two rooms, with wide verandahs ...

    Article : 735 words
  14. THE STORM-WITCH.

    A witch has been sweeping the floor of the sky, An ugly old witch, with a wrinkled face; The clouds are all looking like sand when it's swept, ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. OLD-WORLD GARDEN.

    It was an old world garden, neglected and forgotten, that told the tale of its younger days, how once its trees were pruned, its lawns well kept, and its hedges neatly trimmed, and ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. THE ANIMALS' CRICKET.

    A little bird told me (news first hand) That they're playing cricket in animal land, The game's progressing hot and strong— Willie Wombat's batting—he can't go wrong. ...

    Article : 137 words
  17. GARIE-WATTAMOLLA.

    Soon after you have climbed the red, wellmade military road from the sea-level dam at Audley to the 400ft high plateau above, the Wattamolla track breaks away alluringly ...

    Article : 292 words
  18. THE TOWER OF LONDON.

    This view of the famous building is taken from the Tower Bridge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  19. "THE SHELL HOUSE."

    A recent article under the title "A Ballarat Curio House of Odds and Ends," describes that quaint old house, built of shells and oddments as the only one of its kind in the world. The ...

    Article : 214 words
  20. WINGED AMBASSADORS.

    In a letter received in the last English mail I learned from a friend living in London of a most singular and intriguing annual event which has been happening for ...

    Article : 191 words
  21. GRASS.

    Rippling leagues Of light unrolled, The grasses run To the sunset gold. ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. THE LOVELY ECHO.

    Romance expired a while ago. The cortege passed me, sad and slow. And from the air sweet music came— The echo of her lovely name. ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. A CLOUDBURST.

    Blue sky above was sudden overcast. And from the laden clouds sped showering rain; Beneath, the gum-trees dropp'd their silv'ry ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. THE LURE OF THE COAST.

    Green Illawarra! Where the restless blue Pacific breaks on headlands stark and rude. Or where the lyre bird haunts the solitude Of woods primeval, or where floating through ...

    Article : 117 words
  25. RAIN.

    O'er the dim land a misty veil of rain Is spread in softest mantle of pale grey. The golden mask of fiery sun would fain Pierce the dark mystery of the cloudy spray ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. MY GARDEN.

    My garden now is like a woman sweet, With rambling roses in her hair, And garments cool that trail about my feet, Keeping me softly breathing there, ...

    Article : 48 words
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