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  2. FRENCH PLACE-NAMES

    The early days of British settlement in Australia were much disturbed with rumours and fears of French interference, renewed whenever a French scientific expedition came near ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  3. HENRIETTA MARIA.

    So many discoveries have been made in Australia, from time to time, of works of art rashly proclaimed as "great masters," but which have proved, when sent abroad for ...

    Article : 1,268 words
  4. WILBERFORCE.

    Two years elapsed before William Wilberforce, the centenary of whose death has been honoured this year, again wrote to his old friend, the Rev. Samuel Marsden, principal ...

    Article : 1,243 words
  5. HAMILTON HARBOUR, BERMUDA.

    At Hamilton, capital of the Bermudas, are the Houses of Parliament, the Cathedral, and the Governor's official residence. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  6. THE BERMUDAS.

    The islands called the Bermudas, now a British Crown colony. He about midway between Nova Scotia and the West Indies, and in the North Atlantic. Who actually ...

    Article : 1,090 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION

    As down my garden walk I stroll'd The other afternoon, behold, My flowers, with heads together bent, Were met in Floral Parliament! ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. SHAKESPEARE.

    The doubt cast on the authenticity of the Barlow portrait of Shakespeare (attributed to Cornelius Janssen), by N. M. Simpson (28/7/1933) and F. H. Bartlett (12/8/1933) ...

    Article : 704 words
  9. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    Medicine time! A multiplicity of anguished eyes, gazing out of a multiplicity of anguished faces, follow the white-robed figure of the nurse, as she wheels a table, covered with ...

    Article : 403 words
  10. AVIATION.

    Four years ago, the Model Flying Club of Australia did not exist. Small groups of young men occasionally flew models in our parks, and, more often than not, were subjected to ...

    Article : 555 words
  11. THE ANT.

    When we but think upon our size And then perceive the ant, Do not his labours seem immense And ours a trifle scant? ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. "COCKY, PRETTY COCKY."

    I live in a block of flats where the keeping of animals or birds of any description has always been prohibited. Last week, however, the courtyard was invaded by a grey and pink ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. WHEN JOHNNIE SINGS.

    When Johnnie sings a psalm or hymn Along our pew the music rings, Though elders look askance and grim When Johnnie sings. ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. JOE CORCORAN.

    Reading in the "Sydney Morning Herald" an account of Joe Corcoran by Mr. Farmer Whyte, I feel that I must correct some of the statements made. ...

    Article : 458 words
  15. GRANDPA.

    I know it is a hundred years Since Grandpa was a boy: He's old and bene and twisted, Like a well-used nursery toy. ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. FEEDING BEES.

    Winter time is an anxious and often unhappy time for bees. Once the cold weather starts, they must stay in their little homes, and help keep the hives warm, and feed and watch ...

    Article : 164 words
  17. "MARU"

    But, oh the little cargo-boats, they've got to load or die[?] Kipling. As I sat on the ferry, gliding rapidly towards ...

    Article : 357 words
  18. LITTLE FELLA.

    Little Fella's curled up in his chair, Is he listening to my story, or doesn't he care? It's the one he's heard a dozen times or more— "And so, Father Bear.." (Hush! was that a ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. AN OLD-WORLD SPOT.

    Camellias—dead white, shell pink, and a deeper rose in colour—are slowly going brown in an old world garden I know. On the Windsor-road, Baulkham Hills, ...

    Article : 234 words
  20. BORONIA.

    Sydney's Big Ben in the tower above chimed the hour of noon as I stood on the steps of the G.P.O., in the sunshine, looking down at the flower-stalls in front of me. ...

    Article : 288 words
  21. ATTRIBUTED TO VAN DYCK.

    Portiait of Charles [?].'s Queen, discovered in Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  22. AT THE ROAD'S END.

    Onward from our road, following the pathway through a strip of bushland, one emerges from a belt of trees upon a sudden clearing, whence there stretches a wide panorama ...

    Article : 309 words
  23. THE SURE SHIELD.

    As the arm of the Lord, like the thrust of a sword, Cleaves darkness in twain, With their smoke for an arch, the war-castles ...

    Article : 181 words
  24. THE DEFEATED.

    Who has not wept for Arthur, the betrayed, High, kingly faith? Elaine, the "Lily Maid," And Lancelot, his glory glimmering through The tarnish, like a proud shield dimmed with ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. TANTALUS.

    Dainty and fresh and fair, She sits before me there, And my heart beats high as I worship her with her care-free happy grace; ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. BLUE AND GOLD.

    All indigo the sea outspread— A golden lane the river— The sun a bnnner overhead, The sheoaks all a-quiver. ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. ATTAINMENT.

    The eagle that soars to great heights 'gainst the sum. Must descend to the hill for his nesting: And there I have found e'en the sparrow ...

    Article : 59 words
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