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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1873

19 stories in Illawarra's papers

Presbyterian Sabbath School. Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1873 · page 2

THE annual examination and soiree in connection with the above took place at the Presby torian Church on last Friday at the appoint time. The Children were all assembled in…

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Wesleyan Sabbath School. the Annual Picnic

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 January 1873 · page 2

The children attending the Wesleyan Sabbath School in this town, were entertained at a picnic on the racecourse, on New Year's Day. There was a large number of scholars and other juveniles…

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Jerrara Public School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1873 · page 2

ACCORDING to the advertisement which appeared in our last issue, the front and entertainment [?] connection with the above named school shine off on Monday, the 27th instant,…

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Mega Retreat Public School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1873 · page 3

[?]ING to the inclemency of the weather on the 31st ultimo, the annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Omega Retreat Public School did not take place till Monday,…

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Wollongong School of Arts

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 March 1873 · page 3

The adjourned annual meeting of the members of the Wollongong School of Arts was held in the hill of the institution, last Tuesday evening. The attendance was meagre, but there were sufficient…

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Milton School of Arts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1873 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the members of the above institution, fur the purpose of hearing the secretary's and treasurer's reports for the, past, and electing officers for the current year,…

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Public School Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1873 · page 3

THE public examination distribution of prizes, and "breaking up" of the Kiama Public School for the Easter holidays, took place yesterday according to announcement in our…

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Public School, Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 April 1873 · page 2

The annual examination and exhibition of work done at the Public School, Wollongong, took place on last Wednesday. There was a very large attendance of parents and friends of the…

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Gerringong Wesleyan Sabbath School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1873 · page 2

SERVICES in connection with the anniversary of the above school were held, pursuant to announcement, on Sunday and Monday last. On the day first named the Rev. J. W. Brown…

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Wesleyan Sabbath School, Crawley Forest

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1873 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, the 10th instant, being the seventeenth anniversary of the above school, the children of the neighbourhood, with their parents and friends, assembled in large…

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Public School, Omega Retreat

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1873 · page 2

THE musical and literary entertainment, which, as announced in our last, was to take place on behalf of some projected improvements at the schoolhouse, Omega Retreat,…

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Mutiny at the School of St. Cyr

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1873 · page 4

ONE of those noisy scandals pretty common French military schools has just occurred at St. Cyr, and drawn down some sharp criticisms from the Parisian…

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Petition for the Abolition of Public School Fees

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1873 · page 2

The following petition has been forwarded to us for publication, by Mr G. H. Hunt, Omega Retreat, Gerringong, at the request of the public school teachers of the Illawarra district:—…

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A Schoolmaster Fined for Caning a Girl

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 July 1873 · page 2

The 'Bendigo Advertiser, of July 3, has the following:— At the Huntly Police Court yesterday, a case was heard of some interest to school teachers and…

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A Schoolmaster Fined for Caning a Girl. (Bendigo Adveriser, July 3)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1873 · page 4

AT the Hently police court yesterday, a case was heard of some interest to school teachers and others engaged in the work of instruction. A school master named E…

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Teachers' Picnic

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1873 · page 2

PURSYANT to announcement, the teachers' picnic came off on Friday last. The spot selected as the redervous—an island at the shallow entrance to the Illawarra Lake, and hearing…

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C. E. Denominational School

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1873 · page 2

The annual examination of pupils attending the Church of England Denominational School in Wollongong, and exhibion of samples of work done during the past year, was held in the schoolroom…

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Petition for the Abolition of School Fees

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1873 · page 4

Referring to the petition recently presented to the Council of Education by the teachers in the Illawarra district, praying for the abolition of school fees, the Journal of Primary Education…

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Kiama Presbyterian Sabbath School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1873 · page 2

FRIDAY last was a gala-day for the children attending the above school, on which was held the public examination and feast for the year 1873. The weather had been very unsettled…

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