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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1880

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Provisional Schools

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 3

THE following regulations for Provisional school under the public Instruction Act of 1880 are published in a supplement to the Government Gazette:—…

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Football. Combined Schools V. Oaklands

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 30 August 1880 · page 2

At necessary arrangements having been satisfactorily completed for a match between the abovenamed clubs, fifteen of the schools combined club left Goulburn for Mittagong by the half-past eleven…

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Cricket. Goulburn Club V. Schools

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 25 October 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon a cricket-match was played at Garroorigang between the members of the Goulburn club and sixteen of the schools. The weather was cold and wintry and a sharp wind blew across…

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Primitive Methodist Sabbath-school Anniversary

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 November 1880 · page 2

THE services in connection with the above interesting event were held in the church, Lagoon-street, on Sunday last; the sermons both in the morning and evening being of…

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St. Saviour’s Sabbath-school Annual Picnic

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 5

THIS pleasing event came of yesterday in Brooke’s paddock. An event of this kind is always looked forward to with great eagerness by the youth of both sexes…

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Teachers' Salaries

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1880 · page 4

THE following is an official report upon the working of the new scale of salaries with reference to correspondence from teachers of denominational schools :—…

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Hurstville College V. Grammar School

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 6 December 1880 · page 2

ON Saturday a match was played between the first elevens of these clubs, including the masters on each side. The Grammar School eleven went first to the wickets and made a score of 94, of which Mr. Morris…

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Speech-day at Hurstville College

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the closing day of the session at Hurstville College, was celebrated by the annual distribution of prizes and speech-making. The large school-room was neatly decorated for the occasion,…

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Regulations for High Schools and Superior Schools

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 4

A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette, published last Wednesday, contains the regulations framed by the department of Public Instruction for the establishment of high schools,…

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School Exhibitions. Yass Public School.--presentations to the Teachers

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY forenoon the children attending the Yass Public School were examined in a few subjects in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Hopkins, Wilkinson, W. H. Margrie…

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St. Clement's (C.e.) School

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 2

This school, yesterday afternoon, broke dd for the Christmas holidays, after a very satisfactory year's work, the average number in attendance being fifty. Prizes were presented…

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The Convent of Mount Carmel School

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 2

A most painstaking and searching examination of the pupils attending the Convent School at Yass took place yesterday, commencing at ten o'clock and lasting until after six p.m. The…

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Local and General. the Convent of Mount Carmel School, Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 December 1880 · page 2

LAST Thursday, as was briefly noticed in our Friday's issue, the annual exhibition and distribution of prises in connection with this school, taught by the Sisters of Mercy, took place in the…

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