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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1880

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Presentation to a School Teacher

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 4

IT is always with pleasure that we notice the advance of the youths and maidens of this city, particularly in an educational point of view. Therefore the public will doubtless…

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PUBLIC v. Denominational Schools

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 2

ZACHARY BARRY, L.L.D., writing to the S. M. Herald, says :— Sir,—Let me now deal with Mr. Boyce’s figures. He says, ’They are worth repeating…

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Punishment of Children in Public Schools

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 3

MR. HURLEY. the member for Hartley, addressed a letter to the Council of Education in reference to a communication which appeared on December 21, and the…

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Public Schools in the Southern District

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 2

DURING the part year new public school buildings have been completed and opened for use at the undermentioned places:-- Yass, Dalton, Frogmoor, Coolac, Braulin, Laemalac, and…

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Opening of the New Public School

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

ON last Thursday the official opening of this splendid building took place. It is many years ago since the matter was first mooted by our worthy and respected townsman, J…

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Roman Catholic Denominational School

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

On last Tuesday the members of the local board met at the schoolroom to assist in the distribution of prizes that were to be given to the children that day. There…

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Murder by School-girls

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 15 March 1880 · page 4

Cincinnati, December, 1879.—A despatch from Hagerstown, Ind., states that a murder which occurred near a country schoolhouse between…

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Goulburn Wesleyan Sabbath-school Anniversary

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 March 1880 · page 2

ON Sunday the annual sermons were preached by the Rev. George Lane of Sydney to large congregations, who listened with great attention to the discourses, which were eloquent, forcible, and…

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Wesleyan Sabbath-School Anniversary

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 March 1880 · page 3

ON Sunday morning and evening last the anniversary services in connection with the Wesleyan Sabbath-schools in this city were held in the church at the corner of Bourke…

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Wesleyan Sabbath Schools

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 2

THE annual meeting in connection with the above was held in the lecture-hall, Goldsmithstreet, on Easter Monday evening, that building being crowded in every part…

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Country School Boards. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 10

SIR,—The underneath is a copy of a letter which appeared in the Australian of the 14th of February ultimo on the above subject. How truly it answers to several of the villages…

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CROOKWELL. (From our Correspondent.) Opening Cotta Walla School

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 10

SPORTS.—The sports to celebrate this event took place on Friday, 9th instant, in Mr. John Mortimore’s paddock, opposite the school-house. The day was beautifully fine,…

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Crookwell. Opening Cotta Walla School

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 19 April 1880 · page 2

THE sports to celebrate this event took place on Friday, 9th instant, in Mr. John Mortimore's paddock, opposite the school-house. The day was beautifully fine, and as a consequence seems five…

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Yass District Teachers' Association

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 April 1880 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of this association was held in the primary-room of the Yass Public School on Saturday last, the 17th inst., and was well-attended. Mr. J. W. Brierly, chairman,…

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North Goulburn Sunday-School

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 4

AT a meeting of the St. Nicholas’ Sunday-school teachers, held at the parsonage last evening (Wednesday), there were present the Incumbent and Mrs. D’Arcy Irvine, the…

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Corporal Punishment in State Schools

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1880 · page 4

We see (says the Melbourne Argus) that the Rochester board of advice is about to re-open the question of corporal punishment in state schools. At a recent meeting…

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Schools Inspectors Reports for 1879. Goulburn District

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 4

I HAVE the honor to submit my report on the condition of the schools in the Goulburn district for the year 1879. At the beginning of the year there were 101…

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The Yass District School Inspector's General Report for 1879

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 2

AT the commencement of the year there were in operation in this district thirty-seven Public Schools, twenty Provisional Schools, twelve Half-time Schools, three Church of England…

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Correspondence. Mr. Murray, the School Inspector To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 3

SIR,--If Mr. Murray is to be believed, he is a great man in his own estimation. In writing this letter 1 appeal to the sympathy of mothers who have given birth to and are rearing up…

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The New Schools Act

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1880 · page 4

FINDING that the new minister for public instruction had issued orders to all public school-masters, notifying that they were now ranked as civil servants like clerks of petty-sessions, land or sheep inspectors,…

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