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  2. THE BARRIER REEF.

    In May I went north, with a companion as keen on collecting as myself, to investigate the marine flora of the Low Islands, so named by Captain Cook, which lie eight miles off Port ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  3. METEORITE CRATERS.

    A very interesting article which appeared in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of July 10 regarding the large meteorltic craters recently discovered in Central Australia, indicates that ...

    Article : 994 words
  4. THE FIRST ROADMAKER

    After Blaxland and party's momentous exploit, when, for the first time in a quarter of a century, the secret of the Mountains had been solved, George William Evans, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,438 words
  5. A ROYAL PRINCESS

    The cabled announcement of the death of the Duke d'Aosta, cousin of the King of Italy, recalls to my mind the consternation caused by the arrival of his wife, the ...

    Article : 921 words
  6. LOUISA JANE SEDDON.

    There are many in Sydney who can recall the profound shock that followed the return to port, a quarter of a century ago, of the steamer Oswestry Grange with the body of the New ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,395 words
  7. ALEX McAULAY.

    On the 5th of this month there died in Hobart a great mathematician, Alexander McAulay, who for a short time at the beginning of the century acted on the staff of ...

    Article : 1,468 words
  8. ANTI-LITTER CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN.

    This appeal in verse to tourists is affixed to a tree at Glanwye, Breconshire, Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE MAN AT THE WHEEL.

    Of all the delights that a mortal can feel, What sweeter than that of the man at the wheel? When his engine is purring, no hitch is ...

    Article : 278 words
  10. A SWEET PEA.

    With a loud bang the green pea pod burst open, and four big fat peas rolled happily out. At last they were free, and now they were going to the sea. They did not know ...

    Article : 778 words
  11. A HAPPY SIGHT.

    Fairies on the mushrooms. Fairies in the trees, And in and out the flowers, Dart the busy bees. ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. THE COON BUTTE CRATER, ARIZONA.

    This interesting meteorite crater is about three-quarters of a mile in diameter and 550 feet deep. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  13. MAGIC FLORA.

    In the country near Kiandra in June, before the snow comes, winter descends in a succession of cloudless days, and then on all sides springs up a magic flora, seen at no other ...

    Article : 323 words
  14. JOHN'S HAIR.

    The hair of John Macgregor Scott Amuses people quite a lot; It looks, at breakfast, nice and flat, But isn't very long like that; ...

    Article : 136 words
  15. BUSHRANGING DAYS.

    The recent death of Hubert Dulhunty, one of the oldest residents of the Bathurst district, recalls a stirring incident connected with this family in the early history of ...

    Article : 200 words
  16. BELINDA SAID "WONT."

    Belinda said "won't"— Nurse doesn't know Cos Nurse didn't hear her— And so ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. A TREE.

    It stands in a small plot of waste land, knee-deep in weeds. The land is surrounded on two sides by a low stone wall, on the third by a broken-down fence, covered with ...

    Article : 251 words
  18. ASSESSMENT.

    What is Truth? Let Pilate's jest Its answer seek in vain! Human knowledge, at the best, Is but a mustard grain. ...

    Article : 131 words
  19. ALIEN STARS OF THE CITY.

    I wandered through the city streets, My head and heart were dull. The heat, the dreariness of life My brain was drowsy—full! ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. "GUILT."

    I stirred a spider from his web, I chased the frogs from out the pond, I crushed a dewy pale cream rose, And stamped the grass that grew beyond. ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. A WINTER VICTIM.

    Sweet is thy spell, indeed, blossom of bliss Rose! Oh, thou daylight dream—queen of my heart; Why should thy crown be cast, ever like this, ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. THE TREE LOVER.

    Lover of a thousand trees Shaken in the starry breeze. Ash and willow, plane and lime, Trees of every kind and clime. ...

    Article : 71 words
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