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Contents

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Editorial - Ms Danielle Cooper, Dean of English

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Year 7

4

Isabelle Alexandrakis - The Water Faction 2859

4

Rachel Chee - Simile Poems

7

Bella Eames - The Spring Hill

8

Susan Fang - An Inspirational Person

9

Helena Ferrier - Puppet Master

11

Eliza Lamb - Music To My Heart

14

Vanessa Lay - The Dance Of The Rain

15

Hannah Lee - Hope

17

Isabella Magdich - Pitch Black

19

Ingrid Melton - The Moon

21

Charlotte Oakley - Ivory Pearl

22

Charlotte Oakley - One Day I… (A sequel to Tim Winton’s Blueback)

23

Veronica Perez-Torres - Outside

26

Isabella Perrignon - Ombre

28

Miranda Simondson - Last Night

29

Sarah Sutherland - The Ocean

30

Elyse Tan - The Wind

31

Elise Taylor - The Heart Of Australia

32

Madeline Truong - Flurry

33

Maya Wilmshurst - Flying

36

Year 8

37

Jacqueline Du - Mr. Supermarket Stalker (Based on a true story)

37

Angela Lin - Spring Rain

39

Mira Menyen - Freedom Of Speech

41

Angelyn Neoh - The Ballad Of Aunty Gertrude

43

Grace Wang - I Dare You

45

Jennifer Wu - Constellations

47

Leyla Yucel - Truth And Dare

49

Year 9

51

Emma Aldous - Rain Dance

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Ella Bond - Breaking Seasons

54

Ciara Brennan - Why We Should Stop The Intervention

56

Angela Chau - I Dare You

59

Ella Crosby - A Life In Red

61

Amy Hale - Geoffrey

63

Amy Hale - Why I Want To Be An Army Officer

65

Jessica Hepworth - The Drought

67

Alicia Jones - The Pillars Of Creation

70

Emma Lee - Collapse

72

Florrie McKay - The Right To Object

74

Madison Melton - Orphan Train

76

Laura Tinney - The Weight Of A Cotton Cloud

79

Adeline Trieu - Olive Jars, Guinea Pigs & Taylor Swift

81

Hannah Worley - Forgotten

84

Year 10

86

Elise Allibon - Change

86

Sarah Cheang - Nuclear Power In Australia

89

Felicity Chen - Abandoned

91

Stephanie Hua - Sonnet

94

Stephanie Hua - I Dare You, Take His Bag

95

Delina Pham - Pastiche Of Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants

98

Julia Rigg - Telephonist Of The Town

101

Meredith Rule - Petrichor

103

Millicent Trigar - Pride Cometh Before A Fall

106

Angela Yan - Into The Spotlight

108

Year 11

110

Rose Adams - A Grey Future

110

Milla Marston - Rain

112

Mary Melton - When The Candles Go Out

115

Helena Mileo - Harvest

118

Isabella Poulier - Cascade

121

Claire Smart - A Single Drop

125

Anita Ye - Echoes In My Mind

128

Grace Zimmerman - The Drought

134

Year 12

137

Emma Bannister - Of Dust And Dirt And Other Godly Beings

137

Sophia Currie - The Theory Of Evolution

143

Sophie Kleiman - A Wall Of Green

147

Eliza Li - Asylum Seekers

152