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BROKEN BAY.
This afternoon the Minister of Public Works (Mr. Buttenshaw) will unveil a monument on Beacon Hill, between Manly and Narrabeen, to commemorate Governor ...
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OLD COLONY DAYS.
Although a magistrate, Mr. John Hawdon had a great dislike to be obliged to sentence an escaped convict. His daughter can remember stories of escapees ...
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THE RISING ARMS OF THE GREAT SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE.
THIS PICTURE GIVES A GOOD IDEA, FROM UP-STREAM, OF THE WORK UPON THE BRIDGE TO DATE. THE CIRCULAR QUAY AND THE GARDENS LIE IN THE BACKGROUND. (PHOTOGRAPH BY REV. FRANK CASH.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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OLD BOOKS.
As a book collector in a small way, and a bock lover in the fullest sense, I have been much interested in the articles which have appeared recently in the "Sydney Morning ...
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FOR THE CHILDREN. LAY.
I had a dear little puffy white hen. With a comb as red as red. And she went about singing "Cra-cra-cra." And then my mummy said. ...
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"WOONGEEI."
Nothing has a more half-starved appearance than a blackfellow, dog. Such was Woongeel (the name is spelt phonetically) who was a cross between a kelpie and an animal ...
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VAUCLUSE EN FETE.
As one struggles with a cake of very modern manufacture in the little tea-house recently erected in the grounds of Vaucluse House, one catches a glimpse of the old grey home through ...
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CABBAGE-TREE HATS.
Fifty years ago cabbage-tree hats were met with all over the State: they were very popular among the drovers and sun-baked settlers who found them protective and ...
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BRIDGE BUILDING.
In a plainly furnished room, under the shadow of the south pilon of Sydney Harbour Bridge, sits a man with a great responsibility on his shoulders. It may be said at ...
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BATH TIME.
Turn on the water And fill up the tub! My little daughter Is needing a scrub] ...
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THE BOY AND THE PENNY.
There's a bright and tempting window This boy can never pass Without a look of longing For things behind the glass. ...
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SONG IN AUTUMN.
I bring you news of the autumn, Lest beauty come to pass, And you not know, my darling, In your silence 'neath the grass. ...
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A FAIRY'S VISIT.
The moonlight lay like a hem of silver along the edge of the verandah, where the creepers' shadows made a delicate lace-like tracery. The trees beyond the fence and ...
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PROTECTING THE OPOSSUM.
Some weeks ago, when visiting the house of the local stock inspector, we were surprised to notice the number of vehicles that stopped at the gate, only waiting long enough to ...
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BIRDS OF PREY.
High up, near the mountain top, in a vast jungle of ruggedness of rock, of timber, of precipice, yet sheltered in a small, secluded corner, two wedgetail eagles have chosen an ...
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"STARS."
Why do you twinkle, little star, With eyes so gold and bright? What do you do so far away? And how can you see in the night? ...
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MY VISITOR.
A woman walked in my garden, In an old grey hood and dress; And why she had come, and who she was, I puzzled my head to guess. ...
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SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE IN 1879.
This design for a high-level bridge across the harbour appears in the September number of "The Australian" magazine in 1879. Mr. T. S. Parrott, C.E., was the designer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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AUSTRALIA.
Land of our own, with wide stretched skies And tameless spaces ever leading on, Why do we love you with a love That wrings the heart and leaves a savage joy? ...
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THE OLD CEDAR TRAIL.
A twilight dim through the scrub's green walling. A long-lain leaf floor where no winds blow. An orchis fragrance, a lyrebird's calling, ...
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