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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1873

31 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

School Holidays. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—Can nothing be done to put a stop to the extraordinary long vacations that are given at our private schools. At all the schools under the Council of Education about ten days are considered…

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The Council of Education and the Grenfell School

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 6

MR. ARNOLD, on Monday night, made his promised exposition of the reasons which actuated him, when a member of the council of education, in refusing a certificate to the…

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Easter. the Wesleyan Sabbath School Anniversary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1873 · page 2

ON Easter Sunday the Rev. W. Kelynack preached two most eloquent and impressive sermons on behalf of tho Wesleyan Sabbath-schools. He exhorted the children attending the schools to be…

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Wesleyan Sabbath-schools Anniversary

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1873 · page 2

On Sunday the annual [?] in connexion with [?] above [?] were preached by the Rev. W. [?] to large [?]. In the afternoon the Children were examined by Mr. Davies, the…

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Wesleyan Sabbath-schools

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1873 · page 2

THE annual meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Sabbath-schools in Goulburn was held on Easter Monday night in the lecture hall, Goldsmith street. There was a large attendance…

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A Haunted Schoolhouse

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 April 1873 · page 4

THE Merrimacit Valley Visitor says:-- In Newburyport we have a schoolhouse that the school committee have been forced to advertise as closed to visitors, because curious…

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Opening of a Public School at Gullen

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 28 May 1873 · page 2

On Saturday, May 24th (Queen's Birthday), a public tea-meeting was held at Gullen, to celebrate the opening of the now public school building just completed…

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The Ladies' Boarding School

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 July 1873 · page 4

IT is dangerous to put young women to boarding schools unless their parents live so disorderly that their children may grow wicked or base by their examples. For most commonly…

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Provisional Schools

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1873 · page 2

THE following regulations have been issued by the council of education:— 1. That assistance shall not be granted under section 18 of the Public Schools Act to any school established within six…

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Condition of the Public Schools

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 July 1873 · page 2

FROM the Council of Education's report we extract the remarks of the inspectors on the condition of the schools in this and neighbouring districts: -- Bowning (V.): -- Visited, 25th April. -- Number of…

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Certified Denominational Schools

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 August 1873 · page 2

THE following are the reports of the inspectors on the schools named. Those referring to schools in Yass have already been published:-- Jugiong (R.C.):-- Visited, 16th October…

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St. Saviour’s New School-room. To the Editor of the Evening Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1873 · page 3

SIR,—I shall be obliged if you will permit me to state through your columns, for the information of those interested, that, the sum realised by the Concert recently given by the children, was…

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Laying the Foundation-stone of the Public School

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 August 1873 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a very large concourse of people assembled at the site of the now public school, the foundation-stone of which was to be laid by the…

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Local and General. St. Clement's (C.e.) School, Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 August 1873 · page 2

SINCE the departure from Yass in January, 1872, of the Very Rev. Archdeacon Lillingston, until within the past week or two, there has been no regularly appointed local school board in existence…

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Proposed Transfer of St. Clement's (C.e.) School to the Council of Education

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 August 1873 · page 2

THE trustees of St. Clement's School, Yass, and the local board held a joint-meeting at th school-house on last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were the Rev. S. S. Harpur (chairman), Dr…

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Crookwell. Public School

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1873 · page 4

PUBLIC SCHOOL.—We are pleased to learn that the erection of the much-desired public school building is now about to proceed. The committee met on Saturday evening last to receive tenders. Four…

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St. Clement's School, Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 September 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the local board of St. Clement's (C. E.) School was held yesterday afternoon at the schoolhouse. These present were the Rev. S. S. Harpur (chairman), and Messrs. Williams…

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St, Saviour’s View Schoolrooom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1873 · page 2

LAST evening a public tea-meeting and entertainment in aid of the erection of the above building was held in the hall of the mechanics’ Institute, and was a complete success. Long before the [?]…

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St. Saviour's New Schoolroom

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 3

A PUBLIC tea-meeting was held in the hall of the mechanics' institute on Wednesday evening in aid of the fund for erecting St. Saviour's new school-room. The meeting was well attended, the tables…

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Our Public Schools. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 4

SIR,—I perceive, on reading the Governor's speech at the opening of parliament, there is no allusion to the amendment of the Public Schools' Act; and although the member for the western gold-fields…

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