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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1873

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

Laying the Foundation-stone of a Public School at Crookwell

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 3

ON Thursday the ceremony of laying the first stone of a building to be used as a public school at Crookwell was performed by Mrs. Joseph Whiting junior. The want of a suitable place for a school has been…

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Currawang Public School. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 5

SIR,—I dare say you will be surprised to know that the above school has not been visited by the inspector since the 6th December, 1871. Mr. Mc Intyre, in his report for that year, states…

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Currawang Public School.—tea Treat

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 3

FOR many years past Mr. and Mrs. Door have been in the habit of giving the children attending the above school, with their parents and friends, a ton treat on the anniversary of their children's…

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Correspondence. Our Public Schools. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 October 1873 · page 3

SIR,--In your excellent and impartial leader of the 14th inst., you very justly condemn the action of the Council of Education in granting certificates of competency to the females…

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The Second Book of Lessons.—irish National School Series. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 3

SIR,—The reading books at present in use in the schools of this colony are so ill adapted for the purpose, that the time cannot be distant when they will be superseded and discarded. Our antipodean…

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Cotta Walla Provisional School.—public Tea-meeting

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 2

FRIDAY, the 31st October, had long been looked forward to as a great day for Cotta Walla. Great preparations were made in the expectation of large numbers being present. The committee however…

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Laying the Corner-stone of St. Saviour's New School-room

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 November 1873 · page 3

THE interesting ceremony of laying the corner-stone of St. Saviour's new school-room took place on Thursday last. At an early hour the children and their toachers, numbering about three hundred,…

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Laying the Corner-stone of St. Saviour’s New Schoolroom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1873 · page 2

THIS ceremony took place oil Thursday afternoon last. In commemoration of so important an event in connection with the school, the children attending both the Sunday and day schools assembled at…

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Cricket Match. Gunning Public School V. Dalton Public School. (From our Correspondent.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1873 · page 2

FOR some time back the boys of the Gunning and Dalton Public schools have been preparing for a cricket match, which came off on Saturday last. The weather was all that could be desired, and…

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Primitive Methodist Sabbath-school Anniversary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1873 · page 2

‘ON Sunday morning last the Rev. B. Kenny preached the annual sermon in connection with the Primitive Methodist Sabbath-school anniversary, in the Bradley-street church, to a very large audience…

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Public School Concert

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 December 1873 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening a concert was held in the hall of the mechanics institute in connexion with the Goulburn public school, the object being to raise funds to pay off a debt due for the erections of sheds…

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