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  2. RIVERINA TRACKS.

    I knew I should need to be early on the track, and as I went out through the town it was still dark. Thirty minutes later I was clear of the houses, walking toward a scrub ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,414 words
  3. SCIENCE AND NATURE.

    The organ of voice is the larynx, which is an expansion of the upper portion of the trachea, or windpipe. It is composed chiefly of two large cartilages, the thyroid, or Adam's apple, ...

    Article : 1,167 words
  4. SHAKESPEARE.

    In quiet, rural Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23rd, the world's annual homage to William Shakespeare will have its customary concentration. In that Warwickshire village the poet ...

    Article : 1,144 words
  5. THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

    Last year I spent a very pleasant holiday in George Town, Grand Cayman. The Cayman group forms a dependency of Jamaica, situated some 150 miles north-west of the ...

    Article : 839 words
  6. BURKE AND WILLS TREE AT COOPER'S CREEK: A FRANCIS BIRTLES PHOTOGRAPH.

    The remains of the old stockade are also shown. Decay and v andalism are s[?]owly destroying this famous landmark. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  7. LAST OF HIS RACE.

    The Moriori of the Chatham Islands is no more, and is now numbered among the "lost tribes" of the world. The lost of the race, Tame Horomona Rehe (better known in the ...

    Article : 491 words
  8. PARK HILL RESERVE.

    Three hundred and fifty acres of the finest ocean, headland, and harbour views will be open to the public after June 3, when the Federal Government hands over to the ...

    Article : 688 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Next door to me there lives a boy, whose name is Sonny Jim. And, oh, he has a ginger cat, a puppy dog called Tim, ...

    Article : 177 words
  10. STORY OF THE EASTER EGG.

    Whilst hiking near Clover Hill in our Australian bush one autumn day, I chanced to find the picturesque village of Bunnyville and espied the Easter Rabbit and his charming ...

    Article : 364 words
  11. THE NEW RESERVE AT OUTER NORTH HEAD.

    The end of the dividing wall with a part of Park Hill reserve beyond, seen from quarantine territory at Inner North Head. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  12. TIKI.

    Tiki was a goldfish. You note, I said was, because his demise was rather sudden. Where he went I do not know, but have vague suspicions that Thomas—the cat—had a very ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. LATIN LITERATURE.

    "A Short History of Latin Literature," by C. H. Kaeppel, M.C., B.A. (The Shakespeare Head Press, Australia.) To an elderly student and teacher of the ...

    Article : 566 words
  14. WOOD DAY.

    They're using the circular saw to-day, And the wood pile grows in a wonderful way; I'd much rather watch them than go and play. The circular saw sings a song to me ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. HERMIT CORMORANT.

    Sometimes he perches on the harbour light at Kirribilli Point, heedless of the crowded ferries passing within a few yards of his elevated look-out. At other times he is to be ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. THE FIRST ROBIN RED-BREAST.

    On March 26 we spied the first robin, perched on a stick near the bird-feeder in our wild-flower garden at Vaucluse. Maybe he was attracted by the food placed there daily ...

    Article : 143 words
  17. KOALA PARK.

    O come and see Koala Park, The home of baby bears; Their eyes ablink with mischief, Perching on their leafy chairs. ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. AN EBBING TIDE.

    Macquarle-street, the artery which once pulsated with the vehicular communication between the north and south shores of the harbour, has become strangely quiet since the old ...

    Article : 346 words
  19. LITTLE PROBLEMS OF HISTORY.

    I write of the day when, disturb'd and astray, Poor George the Third's wits were in very bad way, And his son—that fat person—was Regent, ...

    Article : 400 words
  20. A MINIATURE JENOLAN IN NATIONAL PARK.

    This little-known limestone cave lies less than a mile from Lady Carrington Drive. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  21. A GEOLOGICAL FREAK.

    A limestone cave within 20 miles of Sydney. It seems unbelievable, and yet it is true, for in National Park, not a mile from Lady Carrington Drive, nestles this geological ...

    Article : 164 words
  22. THE OLD ORCHARD.

    All lovely in the latticed dew, And heavy with low boughs hoary. The apple trees put forth anew Their old enchanted glory. ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    As one brought newly from a desert place And set within a garden, stands in awe Of so much delicate and lovely grace A breathing moment, ere he dares to draw ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. TIME!

    We are but figures on the dial— With 'bated breath we hear the chime Of passing hours and watch through trial The never ceasing flight of Time! ...

    Article : 32 words
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