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  2. WHITE Woman's Adventures

    One of the most remarkable of the many true stories of early Australian settlement relates to the adventures of Barbara Thomson, the "White Savage," sole survivor of a wreck in which her husband was drowned. She was captured by a primitive tribe of aborigines and was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,274 words
  3. TEEMING AQUARIUMS

    You may not think that in a pool of sea water no bigger than a table top there would be enough to interest and excite you for hours on end. If you come ashore on to a coral island, however, you will see so much if you look closely that you will hardly know what to look at first. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,045 words
  4. FEAR and FASCINATION of LIFE

    Nigel Balchin's new book, "Lord I Was Afraid" (Collins Ltd., London 1947) is an extraordinary analysis and indictment of human life. The form of the work is such that will intimidate and baffle many people Only the careful reader will take the trouble to triumph over the ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN SPEECH

    "PRONUNCIATION IN AUSTRALIA." a monograph by Sidney. J. Baker (Angus and Robertson ...

    Article : 461 words
  6. Story of PERCY'S RELIQUES

    "- - - a long, narrow folio volume, containing 195 Sonnets, Ballads, Historical Songs, and Metrical Romances, either in the whole or in part for many of them are extremely mutilated and imperfect. The first and last leaves are wanting; and of 54 pages near the beginning half of ...

    Article : 1,205 words
  7. An AIRMAN'S TALISMAN

    Whenever the legend of the Lincoln imp is mentioned there will be those with whom a fragrant chord of memory will be struck. For this famed little mischief maker of Lincoln Cathedral, England, was the talisman of many an Australian airman during the war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 646 words
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