Bulga Public School. Laying the Foundation Stoke
WEDNERDAY last was a gala day at Bulga, and deservedly so, for two important events in connection with the history of the little village, will be called to mind…
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Sunday School Picnic at Murrurundi
THE annual Easter picnic in connection with St. Paul's and the Blandford Church Sunday Schools, took place on Monday last at Glenalvon, in the paddock known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Scone. (From a correspondent.) Public School Feast
The annual school feast was held in the schoolroom on Friday, the 18th instant, and the children to the number of upwards of 150 were entertained with the customary good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting
The half-yearly meeting of members of the School of Arts, West Maitland, waa held in the hall of the institution on Thursday evening. The President, Rev. J. Benvie, presided,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Copymorumbilli School. Council of Education Office, Sydney, 17th April 1870
SIR.-With reference to your letter of the 19th [?] requesting that the aid granted to a Provisional School at Copymorum billi may be transferred to a similar school at Booga billa,…
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The adjourned half-yearly meeting of members of the Maitland School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Government Gazette. Supplement, Friday, April 25. Church and School Land Sales
The following lots of land, forming part of the Church and School Estate, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the undermentioned place, at twelve o'clock noon on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Adventures of Absconding Schoolboys
A most extraordinary shooting case, which is likely to have a fatal termination, is reported from Portsmouth. On January 20 four youngsters, named M'Farlan, Williams,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Clarence Town. Opening of the School of Arts
On Wednesday evening last, a soiree was held in the recently erected hall of the School of Arts, for the purpose of opening the institution, when an inaugural address was…
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The following lots of land, forming part of the Church and School Estate, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the undermentioned place, at twelve o'clock noon on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Public School, Quipolly. Council of Education Office, Sydney, 19th May, 1879
Sir,—Adverting to your letter of the 28th November last, and to mine of the 2nd December, marked B1, I am directed by the Council of Education to acquaint…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Select Poetry. the Schoolboy's Lament
TEACH, teach, teach, On every day of the week, And thrash, thrash, thrash, From your head down to your feet,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Peter's Church of England Sunday School, East Maitland. (From a correspondent.)
A very pleasing incident in connection with the above took place a few days ago, in consequence of the removal from town of Miss E. Paton, one of the senior teachers of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 7, 1879. History in Public Schools
SIR HENRY PARKES at Sutton Forest suggested that the difficulty of teaching history in public schools could be got over by limiting the range of the history to be taught. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Largs. School of Arts Half-yearly Meeting
The ninth half-yearly meeting of the members of the Largs School of Arts was held in the hall on Thursday evening last, 29th May. The attendance was rather small, compared…
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On Wednesday the new public school building just finished by the Council of Education at Woodville, and officially but wrongly called the Iona public school, was formally…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, June 10, 1879. History in Public Schools
THAT, if possible, history should be numbered among the subjects taught in primary schools is beyond question. The pupils are even now making and will throughout their lives make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridgman School. Public Meeting
A PUBLIC Meeting, called by advertisement, was hold in the Bridgman Provisional Schoolroom on Saturday afternoon last. There were nine or ten persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]d School of Arts. Special Meeting of M[?]mbers
On Thursday evening, a special meeting of members of the Maitland School of Arts, was held in the hall of the institution, "for the special purpose of considering the desirability of disposing of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridgman Public School. Council of Education Office, Sydney, 17th June, 1879
Sir, -I am directed by the Council, of Education to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 12th instant, enclosing a communication from Messrs. Peter Gett,…
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