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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1874

9 stories in Murray's papers

Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral [?] St. Silas’ Schoolhouse, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 2

SIR,—The above school-house was [?] Valiant and Learmonth, and presented to the purpose of educating their children there [?] Monday last the teacher was compelled by [?]…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times. Moulamein School. a little learning is a dangerous thing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1874 · page 3

SIR,—The above line, from classic Pope, was vividly brought to my mind upon perusing some most fallacious doggerel about St. Silas’ Schoolhouse, Moulamein, which appeared in your…

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The Agricultural Society’s Prizes to School Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 7 March 1874 · page 15

The Council or Education have forwarded to the teachers of the public and [?] schools throughout the colony, a circular drawing attention to the following extract from the prize…

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Sydney Biloela Industrial School. (From Melbourne Dailg Telegraph.) Casting a retrospective glance

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 4

Through the dark portion of long years elapsed, it would he difficult, if not impossible, to rake up a darker passage in Australian history than the one which has just been published by the…

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Fees in Public Schools. Public Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 15

A public meeting was held at the Exchange Assembly Rooms on Thursday evening last to consider what steps should be taken with reference to the recent alteration authorised by the Council of…

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Schools and Politics. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 9

SIR,—The leader in the Banner of 17th inst. deserves a careful perusal. It cannot be denied that the school question has taken hold of the public mind in Sydney, and sooner or later the…

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The New South Wales Public School League

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 November 1874 · page 18

Most of our readers arc probably aware that an association has been formed in Sydney for the purpose of establishing a system of public education similar to that now in force in Victoria. As…

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The New South Wales Public School League. (Conducted from our last.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 28 November 1874 · page 7

4.—During the last four years we appear to have made, no progress whatever in overtaking the educational needs of the colony. We had over one in six of the population enrolled in…

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Professor [?] on Religion in Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 14

The following passage from Professor Huxley’s “Critiques and Addresses” may have a special interest at the present time of educational controversy and are remarkable, having in view…

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