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  2. "MYSTERY MAN."

    In a series of rooms; two flights up from the corner of Macleay Street and Challis Avenue, Potts Point—until the other day—lived a strange man, among ...

    Article : 1,445 words
  3. THE STORY OF A PERIOD.

    According to Mitchell Library authorities, the collection of manuscripts and papers relating to Alexander Berry (most of them in Berry's own hand), ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,315 words
  4. ON THE WARRAGAMBA RIVER.

    The canoe expedition described by Mr. A. L. Hunt on this page is the most ambitious yet undertaken in Australia. An increasing number of young men in this State, however, are discovering the thrill of "shooting the rapids" on the many beautiful streams that call to the adventurous. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  5. BY CANOE TO ADELAIDE.

    The Murrumbidgee River, between Canberra and its junction with the Murray River, winds and twists its way across New South Wales for 1,500 miles. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,274 words
  6. MEN WHO MADE AUSTRALIA.—II. THE ROMANTIC CAREER OF DEAKIN.

    Alfred Deakin was only 22 years of age when, in 1879, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly. From that time till the achievement of Australian Federation he was a member of Parliament, except for a year's interval. He was, almost as of right, elected to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,899 words
  7. "CHARACTERS" ALL.

    Nearly every district has its queer "character," and some of these individuals gained State-wide and even Australian-wide reputations. One such ...

    Article : 544 words
  8. LITTLE MEMORIES OF BIG PEOPLE.

    Sketching famous people gives one a retentive memory for faces. But not only faces. It's the little characteristics of the big people that one remembers ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,555 words
  9. "BOLD KICKERS." Football in Sydney 110 Years Ago.

    Football had a strange beginning in Sydney, and we have to go back 110 years to find what is supposed to be the first Press reference to the game ...

    Article : 375 words
  10. SENSE AND THE CENSORSHIP.

    A New Zealand bookseller recently appealed successfully against a conviction for having loaned a copy of Boccaccio's "Decameron." Every full moon ...

    Article : 276 words
  11. PIRATE AND HERO.

    On July 29, 1578, died one of the most extraordinary figures in an age of many strange characters-Thomas Stukely, merchant, courtier, and pirate, who ...

    Article : 521 words
  12. VARIATIONS.

    Blue curtains waving in the breeze, A glimpse of green grass Just beyond, The faint sweet scent of mauve hearts-ease, A splash of sunlight on the pond. ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. CONTRASTS.

    In this small crystal vase are newly set Forget-me-nots, with snowdrops and a rose, Upon the sill beyond which west winds fret, [?] here within smiles Nature in repose. ...

    Article : 37 words
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