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Churches, 1851

4 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Government Gazette. Friday, January 10, 1851. Denominational Schools. Distribution of the sums voted by the Legislative Council for the support of the Denominational Schools for 1851. Church of England Schools.—diocese of Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1851 · page 4

Salaries to Teachers, and Local Boards of Inspection, for 1851: Newcastle—salary, £50—local board, Rev. C. P. N. Wilton, Beresford Hudson, Esq.[?] Charles Bolton, Esq…

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Newcastle Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 2

On Thursday the first annual meeting of the members of the Church of England was held in the schoolhouse, Morpeth, pursuant to announcement, for the purpose of forming a general…

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Original Correspondence. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury. He is in yellow stockings, most villanously crossgartered, like a pedant that keeps a school in the church.—SHAKESPEAR

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1851 · page 2

SIR—As you have copied in your paper the Rev. W. B. Clarke's statement about the Bathurst gold field individualized by Mr. Hargraves, and about sundry other gold fields yet to…

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Congregational Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1851 · page 2

On Sunday last the building in West Maitland recently purchased by the Congregational or Independent denomination of Christians, and which has since been undergoing alterations,…

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