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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Churches

Churches, 1879

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Wesleyan Mission

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 March 1879 · page 6

SERMONS in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Missionary Society will be preached in the Goulburn Wesleyan Church, to-morrow, in the morning by the…

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Parish Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 7

THE lines of the following parish roads have been formally marked and opened by the proper officer, and the same are now open for public use:— Description of roads:…

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The Anglican Church at Gunning

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 6

ON Sunday morning last service was conducted in the Church of England in Gunning by Mr. Lintopp Taylor. In accordance with the rules of the Church, the reading of the…

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Gundaroo Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 7

IT being expedient to open and make the parish road mentioned below, notice is hereby given that plans and books of reference showing the intended line of the road in…

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GUNDAROO. (From our Correspondent.) The Catholic Church

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 4

AT ten o’clock on Sunday morning the foundation-stone of the Catholic Church was laid on the bill at the corner of Morning and Harp streets, by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn- The Revs…

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Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Mission Society

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 March 1879 · page 6

THE annual public meeting in connection with this society was held in the Goldsmith-street lecture hall on Tuesday evening last. The Mayor of Goulburn (Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A.) took the chair, and…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 March 1879 · page 6

THERE was an unusually large attendance at the weekly meeting of the above association, which took place in the room at the rear of the pro Cathedral on Monday evening. The chair was…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 March 1879 · page 3

ON Monday evening last the above society held its weekly meeting at the usual place, the vice-president occupying the chair. Owing no doubt to the inclemency of the weather, the attendance was not…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 March 1879 · page 4

IT being deemed expedient to open and make the parish road mentioned below: Notice is given, that plans and books of reference showing the intended line of the road are now deposited at the office of…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 March 1879 · page 4

ON Monday evening last some sixty members and friends attended the weekly meeting in connection with the above association; the business set apart for the occasion being of an unusually attractive…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1879 · page 4

THIS society held its usual weekly meeting on Monday night last, the vice-president in the chair. After the minutes had been read and confirmed, Mr. C. Newton was elected a member of the…

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Wesleyan Church

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 7 April 1879 · page 2

Yesterday the Rev. W. Clarke preached his farewell sermons to large congregations—that in the evening being particularly so. The discourses on each occasion were earnest…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1879 · page 6

THE weekly meeting of the above was held at St. Saviour’s schoolroom, Pourke-street, on Monday evening last; the vice-president in the chair. The attendance was excellent…

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Presbyterian Sabbath Schools

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 3

ON Monday the children attending St. Andrew’s school will meet in Blackshaw’s paddock at their annual treat…

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The History of Church News

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 6

IN the early days of Anglo-[?] and [?] of the Norman churches, a store [?] round the inverter of the churches, except…

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Picnics in Goulburn. the Presbyterian School

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1879 · page 3

THE children of the Scotch Sunday School numbering 120 in all, chose a pleasant spot yesterday near a hawthorn hedge in Mr. Blackshaw’s paddock, where they were…

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Roman Catholic Schools Picnic

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 2

On Monday the children attending the Roman Catholic denominational schools in Goulburn had their annual treat in the racecourse paddock. Shortly before ten o'clock…

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St. Clement's Church, Yass.-- Easter Meeting

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 April 1879 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the churchwardens and pewholders of the above church took place in the schoolroom on Tuesday night last. The undermentioned gentlemen were present:-- Rev…

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Church of England Working Men’s Literary Association

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 April 1879 · page 4

THERE was an unusually large attendance of members at last night’s meeting of the above; the Venerable Archde. con Puddicombe occupying the chair. The minutes having been read and…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 8

Notice is given, that plan and book of reference showing the intended line of road in question, are now deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General in Sydney, and at the Police Office, Goulburn…

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