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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1908

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Lake Bathurst Public School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 4

Colonel Ryrie has received official communication to the effect that the Department of Education has approved of repairs being carried out to Lake Bathurst Public School, and…

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School Appointment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

Cooma, Monday.—Miss Moriarty, of Goulburn, has been appointed head mistress of the girls' department of the Monaro Grammar School. Master Walter Roy Sheen, a pupil of Mr. M. L…

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Peer's Son As a Teacher

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 3

The Hon. Gerard Collier, second son of Lord Monkswell, is at present undergoing the novel experience of acting as teacher in an elementary school…

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School Humor Some of Mr Barker's Stories

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 3

Fifteen years ago Mr H. J. Barker delighted the English and American public with his "Comic Side of School Life." Now, through Messrs…

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London School Children. Quaint Dances Before the King. Three Hundred Performers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6

The King and Queen spent the merriest afternoon imaginable at the Queen's Hall yesterday (29th June), when the boys and girls of the…

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Open-air School. Its Excellent Effects

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 3

In on enclosure of twenty acres at Bostall, near Abbey Wood Station, the London County Council carried out an educational experiment last year which…

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Monster Schools’ Picnic

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

At a meeting of residents held in the Mechanics’ Institute on Friday night, the Mayor in the chair, it was unanimously decided to entertain the whole of…

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Millinery School

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

Miss Akaster, who has been holding classes in all important towns on the Northern line, and also at the Warwick Technical College, Queensland, intends…

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"The School of the Cross." New Play Arranged at Oberammergau

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

The lapse of time (writes "Lloyd's Weekly") between 1900 and 1910 when the last Passion Play was held and the next is arranged for has been too long to…

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Baw Public School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 4

With reference to a letter presented by him from Mr. F. Gaymer, of Baw Baw, urging the erection of a residence in connection with the Public School at that place, Mr. James, M.L.A.,…

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The Chief Inspector of Schools. Visit to Young

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 3

FROM our report of last meeting of the Young District School and Citizens’ Association it will be seen that Mr. Dawson, Chief Inspector of Schools is to pay a visit…

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Young District School. Parents and Citizens’ Association

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council of the Young District School Parents and Citizens’ Association was held on Tuesday 22nd inst., Mr. Whiteman occupying the chair…

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School Welcome to the Bishop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

His Lordship Bishop Barlow was enthusiastically welcomed at Bishopthorpe High School on Tuesday afternoon. The school was decorated with flags, and a welcome banner was placed…

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Yass District School. Life Saving Classes

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 2

Life saving classes have been formed at the Yass District School under the direction of Mr. S. M. O’Conor. Land drill is being taught in order that the…

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Distribution of Prizes. West Goulburn Sunday-school

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 6

On Thursday evening the annual distribution of prizes to scholars of the above took place. The Ven. Archdeacon Spencer, rector of the parish, presided. The proceedings opened with the singing…

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School Welcome to Bishop Barlow

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 2

His Lordship Bishop Barlow was enthusiastically welcomed at Bishop thorpe High School, Goulburn, on Tuesday afternoon. The school was…

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Christian Brothers' School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 2

The pupils of the above school have been very successful in competitions in penmanship branches t the different shows held at Junee and Queanbeyan lately. In the former case they secured two first…

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Address to School Teachers

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

On Saturday morning Mr. Dawson addressed 100 teachers on the "Principles in Education." He stated that teachers should have an aim, the aim practically of each…

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Norwegian Romance. Teacher and His Pupil

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 5

A strange Norwegian romance was unfolded at Worship street Police Court on Friday, 14th October, when Henry Forbes Harding, 28, well-dressed, and stated to…

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Secondary Education. Visit of Chief School Inspector Mr. James Dawson, M.a

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

Under the [?]pices of the Young Parents' and Citizens' Association, Mr. Chief School Inspector James Dawe[?]n, M.A., of the Educational Department, Sydney, paid…

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