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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Schools

Schools, 1850

3 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Carcoar National School

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 1 June 1850 · page 4

Sometime in August last, the good people of Carcoar, impressed with the importance of educating their children, covened a meeting for the purpose of considering the steps…

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A Love Letter From a Country School-master to the Lady of His Affections

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 3 August 1850 · page 7

DEAR MADAM,— If there bo yet no proposition towards a conjunction with you, be pleased to accept of this interjection of my pretences, for I do pronouns ad…

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Mr. Punch on National Schools

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 31 August 1850 · page 7

DOES the learning of algebra lead to a disbelief in the gospels? Does a knowledge of mechanics cause a man to doubt in the miracles? What else do young men learn…

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