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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1905

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Brooks' Australian School Publications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1905 · page 2

We have received from Messrs. Brooks and Co., of Sydney contractors to the Public Instruction Department of New South Wales, a batch of new school books, produced specially to meet the…

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Exhibition of the New Syllabus in the Muswellbrook S.P. School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 2

ON Friday, on the initiation of Mr. Inspector Grieve, the teachers of the Muswellbrook district and the princi pals of Aberdeen, Scone, and…

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Campbell's Creek School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 3

Recently the residents of Campbell's Creek (near Goorangoola) erected at a cost of £60, a building for the purpose of a half-time school for their children. As a recognition…

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Football. Schools' Competitions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 June 1905 · page 2

In the A grade Morpeth Public School will play West Maitland Superior Public School on Saturday afternoon at a quarter-past 2 o'clock on the Maitland Park; Mr. W. Edmunds referce. In the B…

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The School Boys of Harrow

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 4

There are no boys on earth more fond of a joke than Harrovians, and no lads more clannish. It seems two boys were out very late one night, and…

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Brooks' Australian School Publications

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 9

We have received from Messrs. Brooks and Co., of Sydney, contractors to the Public Instruction Department of New South Wales, a batch of new school hooks, produced specially to meet the…

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Cessnock School of Arts First Debate

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 3

In connection with the above institution, members met on Monday night last for the purpose of bringing off their first debate, “City v…

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Teachers' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1905 · page 3

The Teachers' Conference was opened at the Town Hall this morning. The Lord Mayor presided, and the building was crowded…

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School of Arts Literary and Debating Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

The usual weekly meeting of the society was held on Friday evening last, the speaker (Mr. H. D. Mackenzie) occupying the chair…

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Conference of Teachers. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

The conference of teachers was opened at the Town Hall this morning. The Lord Mayor presided and there was a very large…

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The Schoolmaster

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 2

THERE are signs of awakening among public school teachers. At the annual conference, Mr. W. Swann put the case in a natshell. "The people now…

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Hanged by a Holier Towel. a Schoolboy's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 6

A twelve-year-old schoolboy, named Cross, has had a remarkable death at Battersea. He was found in a washhouse hanging…

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The School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the School of Arts will be held early in July, and should prove to be one of the most interesting of the kind held here for many…

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Teachers' Gathering

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

ON Friday, the 23rd ultimo, at the Scone Public School, a special day's work, illustrating the working and principle of the new syllabus, was…

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Libels on Queensland. in New South Wales School Books

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 3

A correspondent in a letter to the Brisbane papers has drawn attention to what are described as "libels on Queensland," contained in the new Australian school…

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Muswellbrook Letter. School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held in the institution last night. There were present: The Rev. Canon Regg (in the chair),…

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Scone Grammar School

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

We are requested to direct attention to an advertisement which appears in another column, announcing that the next term at the above school commences on Tuesday…

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Local and General News. Provisional School at Glen Dhu

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Department of Public instruction with reference to the above:—Sydney, 29th…

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Libels on Queensland. in New South Wales School Books

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 3

A correspondent in a letter to the Brisbane papers has drawn attention to what ore described as "libels on Queensland," contained in the new Australian school…

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The Teachers of Mankind

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 7

There is nothing which the adversaries of improvement are morn wont to make them solves merry with than what is termed the "march of intellect" and here I will confess…

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