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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1879

16 stories in Murray's papers

School Board of London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 2

Sir Charles Reed, Chairman of the Board of London, has sent me his last [?] Sir statement of the working of that imports [?] was for the year ending October 2, [?]…

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Cookardinia School. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 11

SIR, —Is is not possible in resuscitating the school to arrange to have a place (central) at Back Creek, as well as at or near Cookardinia, putting it in the power of the teacher to teach alternately…

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St. John's Sunday School

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 April 1879 · page 3

THE distribution of prizes to the children attending St. John's Church Sunday-school, Corowa, took place on Friday night last, after the exhibition of dissolving views…

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Education. Public Schools

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 August 1879 · page 3

THE Yass Courier publishes the following, which was written for the Gundaroo Mutual Improvement Society:--…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 9

A deputation of Protestant clergymen, headed by the Bishop of Melbourne, and numbering twelve, waited on the Minister of Public Instruction one day last week. Messrs. James, Bell, and…

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In School Days

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 1 October 1879 · page 2

STILL sits the school house by the road A ringed beggar sunning; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running…

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School Board of Advice

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1879 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of this Board was held at Rutherglen on Thursday inst. Present: Messrs. Reeve (chairman), Booth, Briggs, and Audley (correspondent.) The…

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Correspondence. the Vicar of the Church of England, Albury, and the Catholic Denominational School. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 9

SIR,—In the local journals of the 4th October appears a report of a lecture delivered to a meeting held in the Church of England Schoolroom on October 1st, by the Rev. A. D. Acocks, vicar…

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A School of Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 November 1879 · page 15

The want of a school of mines in the colony has long been felt, and it will, no doubt, gratify those interested in mining matters to learn that the School of Arts committee are urging the…

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The Proposed Amendment in the Public School Act

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 5 November 1879 · page 4

It is certainly gratifying to find that the Government are alive to the necessity of making a change. Good as our system is it still falls far short of what it should be, and…

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Poetry. a Country School

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 1

PRETTY and pale and tired, She sits in her stiff-backed chair, While the blazing summer sun Shines on her soft brown hair;…

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The Church of England Grammar School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 8

We are requested to insert the following correspondence:— “ Albury, 3rd November, 1879. “The Vicar and Wardens of St. Matthew’s…

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Thurgoona Public School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 14

The concert in aid of the prize fund of the Thurgoona Public School took place on Monday last, and was numerously attended by visitors from the surrounding district and Albury. Albury…

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Church of England Grammar School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 14

The annual distribution of prises to pupils at the Church of England Grammar School took place on Thursday morning, in the presence of the churchwardens and some visitors, the…

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Religion in the State Schools of Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 15

The Age of Saturday says :—“ A new movement on the education question has emanated from the Board of Advice for the east division of the south riding in the shire of Warrnambool…

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Catholic School, Deniliquin—christmas Holidays

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 3

The presentation, of prizes took place on Christmas Eve in the Catholic Church, which was prettily decorated with foliage in the customary manner at Christmas…

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