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  2. THE FIRST RAILWAY.

    There was immense excitement in the north of England just 100 years ago. A new form of progression had been devised by that determined engineer. George Stephenson, with ...

    Article : 1,257 words
  3. EARL BEAUCHAMP.

    The return on a visit of the Right Honourable Earl Beauchamp to the State of which he was Governor over 30 years ago brings back many memories of those early times. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,149 words
  4. A PERILOUS LAND.

    The account in the "Herald" of a disastrous hurricane in San Domingo recalls to the writer his experiences at that place in 1914. A glance at the map will show that ...

    Article : 828 words
  5. A BOLD SUMMIT IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND.

    Tibrogargan, one of the curious Glasshouse Mountains, about 40 miles north of Brisbane. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. INLAND WATERWAYS.

    Moving on at about six miles per hour, we came to Koondrook, a prosperous irrigation settlement on the Victorian side, and shortly after to Barham in this State, where the ...

    Article : 1,690 words
  7. A SCOTTISH TRYST.

    A letter conveying information which should interest Australians of Scottish birth has lately come to hand in Sydney; long overdue owing to a mistake in the address. The Rev. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. PAT AND MICK.

    Their lives were short, but merry! Into a few short months were crowded many exciting experiences. They were two lovely pups, were Pat and ...

    Article : 431 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The snake Is not an animal Which one would call refined! He sheds his skin most publicly ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. HENRY LAWSON.

    We have just been celebrating the 63rd anniversary of the birth of Henry Lawson, the Australian poet, essayist, and fiction writer. In Lawson we have another vivid ...

    Article : 862 words
  11. PAMELA MARIE M.

    Pamela Marie M., Is very, very sweet, From the "tip-most top" of her sunny curls, To the soles of her baby feet. ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. THE TRICKS OF MICK.

    Mick's an Australian, his family tree Really began in the bush, but now he Is a resident of Turramurra; For when he was small and his feathers were ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. A MEMORY OF GHENT.

    Of all fabulous animals which delighted our ancestors, the dragon seems to have been the most popular and the most renowned Not content with devastating cities and devouring ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. "CAMPANOLOGY."

    The pealing bells of St. Mark's, Darling Point, rung by members of the Bellringers' Society, on Sunday afternoon, revive the ancient science of Campanology (from the ...

    Article : 701 words
  15. OLD 'FRISCO BOATS.

    The selection of Monowai as the new name if the Razmak, which will replace the Tahiti, formerly the Port Kingston, in the Sydney-San Francisco service, recalls a chain ...

    Article : 298 words
  16. THE CAPTIVE BUTTERFLY.

    [Many flowers sleep at night, but few leaves do so. The leaves of the Cassia tree, however, which are arranged in pairs, close together for "sleep" at night.] ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. KURRAJONG IN SPRING.

    I am far from the city and sea, In a beauteous gully all gay With clematis a-trail o'er the tree, And the wattles in golden display, ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. A BROWN BESS BULLET

    Hunting through aboriginal middens in search of stone implements, one now and again comes across relics of the old pioneer days, when conditions were rough and ready, ...

    Article : 288 words
  19. TO THE CITY ORGAN.

    Organ, with your domed minarets that tower So high above the ivory-patterned board, And crown the pipes that tremble with their power, ...

    Article : 207 words
  20. A PLEASING INCIDENT.

    While walking through the garden at the Lidcombe State Hospital, I witnessed a beautiful act. Sitting under the shade of a big, dropping ...

    Article : 214 words
  21. A SPRING SONG.

    Although the skies were cold to-day and grey, Hope-filled I Journeyed forth in quest of Spring. Through wood and vale I sought on shrub ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. A GOLF SONNET.

    Is it a penance or a funeral? From regions rigorous it strangely came, Though now the sport is politic and tame. From pit to pit we miserably crawl. ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. TRIOLET—DAFFODILS.

    Our love was such a slender thing, As lightsome as a daffodill Why should I sigh, remembering Our love? Was such a slender thing ...

    Article : 54 words
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