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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1885

113 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 6

New Public School

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 2

It is proposed to establish a public school at Demondrille junction near Murrumbarrah. Sunday last was the forth-eighth anniversary of…

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The Spread of Disease by School Children

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 4

A LONDON paper received by last mail says:—"For some time past diptheria and scarlet fever have prevailed in Canterbury to a serious extent, and there have been…

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Training School and Home for Nurses

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1885 · page 3

The matron of the Goulburn hospital has supplied the following particulars in regard to the above-named institution, at 152 Phillip-street, Sydney, and anyone…

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Inspector of Schools

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 4

INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS.—The many friends of Mr. John F. Rooney in the Berrima district will be pleased to learn that Mr. Rooney has been appointed an inspector of schools.—Serutineer…

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Nangus Creek Public School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 7

A PLEASANT surprise was given to Mrs. J. N. Baxter, of the Nangus Public School, on the 15th instant, when the Misses May Pollack and Sarah Angel presented her with a beautiful gold locket,…

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High Schools, Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 2

THE entries for examination at the High Schools were made yesterday, and six boys and four girls presented themselves as candidates—some of the boys from Crookwell and the remaining candidates…

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Religious Instruction in Primary Schools

Southern Argus · Thursday 22 January 1885 · page 2

An Education Union League was inaugurated on Tuesday afternoon at St. Francis' Roman Catholic schoolroom, Melbourne, when about 50 persons attended, chiefly Roman catholics, but a few…

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Goulburn High School

Southern Argus · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 2

The following lire the successful candidates in the Goulburn High school examination held on Monday last:—Boys: A. Carr, W. N. Gunn. P. H. Matthews, A. D. Soares, and J. A. Walsh. Girls:…

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The West Maitland High School

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 4

A public Meeting of parents and others interested in the continuance of the Maitland high school for girls was hold in the Masonic hall, West Maitland, on Thursday…

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Teachers and the Civil Service Act

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 3

A meeting of Public school teachers was held at the Temperance Hall, Sydney on Saturday to protest against the alleged anomalous position of teachers generally in relation to the Civil Service…

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Superior Public School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

MISS Hooke, assistant mistress in the girls department of the above school, has been removed to Hay. Her place will be taken by Miss Amy Loverage…

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The Bathurst School of Arts

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 12 February 1885 · page 2

The annual report of the Bathurst school of arts discloses a very prosperous state of affairs. The number of members is larger than in any previous year, as well as…

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Public School Promotions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 4

THE following promotions have recently been made:—Miss Hanley, teacher, Shaw's Creek, near Goulburn, to class 3B; and Miss McDonald, teacher, Currowan, Clyde River, to class 3C. Both…

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Christmas Morning in a Back-wood School

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1885 · page 4

THE school closed on Christmas Eve as usual. The boys had been talking in knots all day. Nothing but the bull-dog in the slender, resolute young master had kept down the…

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School Teachers and Their Grievances. To the Editor of the Goulburn Evening Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 4

SIR,—When the Public Instruction Act of 1880 came into force it was generally believed that teachers became civil servants of the Crown; in fact, they received a circular stating that they had…

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Superior School v. Combined Schools

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 4

THIS match was played on Friday evening last, and was remarkable for the low scoring in the first innings of either. That of the combined schools were pre-eminently a phenomenon, the whole team…

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Important to Teachers

Southern Argus · Thursday 19 March 1885 · page 3

Two teachers of languages were discussing matter and things relative to their profession. "Do your pupils pay up regularly on the first of each month?" asked one of them…

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Catholic School Fund Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1885 · page 2

THE concert at the Mechanics' Institute, the proceeds of which went towards the building fund of the Catholic School, was an entire success. The hall was nearly filled—the front seats being packed,…

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Wesleyan Sunday School

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 4
Also in Southern Argus

The annual festival of the Wesleyan Sunday School took place yesterday in the form of a railway excursion to Lake Bathurst. At an early hour numbers of children and adults…

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