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  2. MITCHELL LIBRARY.

    When the recluse of Darlinghurst, Mr. David Scott Mitchell, first turned his attention to book collecting, he did not specialise in Australiana. He bought any rarities or old ...

    Article : 1,376 words
  3. PHILLIP'S LANDINGS.

    That there is evolving a greater regard for the early history of the Commonwealth, is evidenced by the fnct that this afternoon two celebrations of the anniversary of the first ...

    Article : 1,409 words
  4. ARCHITECTURE.

    "Why must everything modern be so ugly, or so dear?" How often we hear this complaint from people of taste and discernment; and what a just complaint it seems! Yet I ...

    Article : 1,308 words
  5. THE ORIOMO EXPEDITION.

    BUILDING A SLIP AT THE WOOROI LANDING WITH NATIVE LABOUR PROVING ITSELF QUICK AND CAPABLE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  6. OIL IN PAPUA.

    The first inspection to be mnde on behalf of the Commonwealth Government by Dr. Richardson, of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and his party of geologists, who left Sydney ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,234 words
  7. HOW TO BE HEALTHY.

    Some renders have asked me to give a little information about the effect of tobacco smoking upon the eyesight. I therefore naked one of the scientific advisers of the New Health ...

    Article : 953 words
  8. THE GREAT BARRIER.

    There carne a day at last-as there must needs come such a day in every human experience—when our visit to the reefs and islands of the Barrier ended. After a night of storm ...

    Article : 1,562 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Henry had a broody hen, On a "clutch" of eggs be set her, Proudly did he name her then— "Henrietta." ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. A DOLL'S LAMENT.

    Why didn't they christen me Mary Ann, Or even Matilda Jane, Or waited awhile to see If I would get very plain. ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. THE GUARDS' CHAPEL

    Intending visitors to London miss a treat if they do not make a point of attending a service in the Guards Chapel. The Chapel is a haven of beauty in itself, and the ...

    Article : 696 words
  12. THE DUST DEVILS.

    The sickle-shaped gum leaves hung from their branches in dispirited clusters. They felt so hot, so thirsty, that they turned their blade-like edges to the sun, and made scarcely ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 479 words
  13. THE RAIN SONG.

    Now you may to the concert go, and you may go to the play, And you may call a taxi up and gally splash away; ...

    Article : 259 words
  14. THE POINCIANA TREE.

    The golden feet of the stars have bathed In the scarlet foam of the tree Which the wind hns tossed from the silver keel ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. FROM BULLI.

    The rain hnd ceased, and all along the way The brown pools mirrored turquoise sky and grey, While fiom each fern and shrub and stately ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. THE HOME CALL.

    We found him where the [?]ent-waves dance in their eternal mockery, Where thirst awaits on man's mischance To call up denth's insanity. ...

    Article : 169 words
  17. HERITAGE.

    Oh, women walting news so patiently, With aching eves on thE horizon:bare, This is the birthright that all women share Whose sons are born to try the open sea. ...

    Article : 87 words
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