Historical information

The School Paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published school books on Australian topics. A School Paper for the Fourth Class was published in June 1897, and a third for the Fifth and Sixth Classes in September of the following year. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.

The School papers were compulsory reading for children until 1928 when the Victorian readers became compulsory and the School Papers supplemented them. The three grades of School Papers were renamed in the late 1960s to become Meteor, Comet and Orbit. These editions were owned by Eunice Russell nee Gray.

Physical description

Children's magazines with Education Department Victoria School Paper Grades Three and Four printed at the top of the front cover. A photograph on each cover depicts a doll dressed in a different national costume. (3 copies). Price 1d. March, November and December 1967 (9 copies) 1952.