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Contents

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Ms Georgina Canty, Dean of English - Editorial

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Year 7

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Ciara Brennan - The Lost Locket

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Ciara Brennan - The Beauty of Winter

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Ella Crosby - Le Feu

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Ella Crosby - The Fence

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Katie Flinn - Kindergarten Party

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Jessica Hepworth - Gone Forever

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Haini Jiang - The Jade Jewellery Box

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Haini Jiang - Why?

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Navya Kataria - The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

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Claudia Schonfeldt - The Call Of The Wind

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Jemima Jacobson - Best Friends

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Year 8

28

Sarah Cheang - The Institution

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Calida Evans - My Friend

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Yiying Fang - Friend

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Hannah Wilson - One Fine Sunny Morning Set By The Creek

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Angela Yan - Shark Finning

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Year 9

38

Rose Adams - The Asylum Seeker Issue

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Rose Adams - Desire

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Annie Gleisner - Colour

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Crystal Hua - Untitled

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Claire Smart - The Rush Of Wind

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Hannah Winspear-Schillings - Portrait

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Grace Zimmerman - The Beast

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Year 10

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Marina Altson - The Unsinkable Hat

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Emma Bannister - Darkness Within

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Madeleine Benallack - Goldie

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Sophia Currie - Excalibur’s Master

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Zoe Fitzgibbon - Bushfire

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Jane Flood - The Kindness Of Strangers

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Sophie Kleiman - The Witch-Hunt

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Vivian Liu - Ticket Inspector

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Laura Marshall - Dead By Her Own Hand

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Niamh McCarthy - The Little House In The Valley

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Grace Yuan - Straws Of Memories

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Year 11

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Elaine Chan - A Scarecrow’s Sins

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Nina Guo - The Fire

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Mi-Tu Kieu - The House of M

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Tesse Kimber - Control

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Gillian Lim - The Mortal State

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Gillian Lim - The Dangers Of Overpopulation

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Carla Mileo - The Fear Of Falling

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Pearl Paguio - Ole Miss Graduates Wed In Jackson

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Shalini Ponnampalam - Lanterns

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Lauren Sibree - Mathew And His Companion

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Year 12

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Janet Davey - Untitled

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Janet Davey - Major Australian Political Parties Need A Vision For The Future In Order To Engage Young Voters. Discuss

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Karla Elkington - Untitled

121

Phoebe Franich - Social Media Should Not Be Allowed To Interfere With The Administration Of Justice

124

Henrietta Gelber - Firdaus

127

Sarah Heywood - Incandescent

131

Angela Liu - In a Burst of Light

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Annabel Rodway - La Frontera

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Eliza Shallard - Meeting Henry

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Jessica Wat- The Australian Government Must Stop Fuelling The Coal Industry And Start Investing In 100% Renewable Energy. Discuss

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Lauren Yip - Jetty View

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