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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1886

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School Board

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 3

The first meeting of the newly appointed district school hoard was held on Friday last, when Mr. G. D. Hay, J.P., was elected chairman, and Mr. W. H. Oram…

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School Exhibits

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 2

At the show last week the work of the pupils attending the Crrokwell, Gullen, Cotta Walla, Pejar, Diamond Swamp; and Third Creek schools was exhibited,…

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Wesleyan Sunday School Picnic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 4

THE anniversary picnic of the Wesleyan Sabbath-school yesterday passed off very successfully. A special excursion train conveying about eight hundred, the large proportion being of course children,…

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Eastgrove Sunday School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 4

THE new building which has just been completed in connection with the Church of England at East-grove was opened last evening with a tea-meeting and concert, which proved to be a success far beyond…

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Opening of Schoolroom at Eastgrove

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1886 · page 2

The building recently erected at Eastgrove as a Church of England Sunday-school and for other purposes was formally opened on Friday evening last, with a…

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Bowning Public School

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 March 1886 · page 2

A PICNIC and sports were held on Saturday 20th inst. and the whole proved an unqualified success. About 180 children and too adults were on the ground and partook of the ample and…

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School Teachers and the Civil Service Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 4

A well-attended meeting of public school teachers was held in the Masonic-hall, Maitland, on Saturday to take into consideration some of the provisions of the Civil Service Act, 1884, and to take such…

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The High Schools

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 3

THE HIGH SCHOOLS.—In reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Dr. Renwick said that the actual cost of the high schools for the year 1885 had been:—Bathurst, £1175 0/1;…

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The Old Schoolmaster's Fire Wood

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 2

The snow lay very deep, that year, at Clinton Beeches, and old Schoolmaster Rufford was more feeble than usual; and, what with Maria's sewing being interrupted, and a new milliner and dressmaker…

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Christ Church Sunday School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 4

THE children of the above school and their friends spent a very enjoyable day yesterday in the grounds attached to the Christ Church Parsonage. Special arrangements had been made for the attendance and…

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Transfer of a Teacher

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 4

A BLANKEY cricketer writes:—The manly game of cricket has been much less indulged in here of late, probably owing to the loss of several of its most enthusiastic members, among them being Mr…

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The Laggan School

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 2

WE paid a visit to this school on Wednesday morning, and were agreeably surprised at the aptitude of the children and the discipline of the school. An…

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Gullen West School

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 2

ON visiting the school at Gullen West on Monday last, we found the building undergoing repairs, and, on enquiry from some of the neighbours, learned that, owing to…

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Breadalbane Public School

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 3

The tender of S. E. Murray has been accepted for wooden building and addition to existing building, Breadalbane public school, for the sum of £250 13/8…

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Attempt to Poison School Girls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 4

AN extraordinary charge was investigated by the Kingsbridge (Devon) magistrates, on March 6, when Alice Mitchell, a domestic servant, was charged with placing poison in a pudding intended for…

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Meeting of School Boards

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 21 May 1886 · page 2

THE School Board for the Crookwell district held a mooting at the public school yesterday afternoon. Amongst the correspondence was a letter…

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Teacher Removed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT at Forest Hill, East Mimosa; writing on May 16 to the Wagga Advertiser says:—"After a two years' stay among us, Miss Ross, our teacher of the local Public School, has sought…

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Weathershed, Merrilla Public School

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 4

Colonel Holborow M.P. recently had a conversation with the under-secretary for public instruction respecting the provision of a new weathershed at the Merrilla public school. He has since been informed…

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High Schools Versus Scholarships

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 3

HIGH SCHOOLS VERSUS SCHOLARSHIPS.—We have received a copy of a pamphlet recently issued in Bathurst under the above title, the joint production of Edward Bean B.A., head master of All Saints'…

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Local School Board

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 June 1886 · page 3

ON Friday last Messrs. Broderick, Worrall, and Oram, members of the school board for this district, visited the School at Laggan, and, after examining…

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