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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1884

43 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 3

Burning of a Bush Schoolhouse

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 15

The Braidwood Dispatch reports that the schoolhouse at Durran Durra was burnt to the ground one night last week. Nothing was known of the affair till the next morning,…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 15

A representative meeting of clergymen and prominent laymen in connection with the churches in Sydney was held in the diocesan registry on Tuesday, Bishop Barry presiding…

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Testimonial to Mr. C. Hookins, Inspector of Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1884 · page 14

A public meeting was held at the Commercial Buildings on Wednesday evening for the purpose of presenting a valedictory address to Mr. C. Hookins, District Inspector of Schools, on…

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Wesley Sunday School Anniversary

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 2

The fourteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Wesleyan Sunday School at Deniliquin was celebrated on Monday night. There was a arge attendance the church being filled. The proceedings…

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Religious Instruction in the Public Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1884 · page 15

A deputation, consisting of the Bishop of Sydney and a number of ministers and other gentlemen representing several Christian denominations, waited upon the Minister of…

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Quarterly Report of the Deniliquin Grammar School

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 2

The attendance of pupils in all classes during the past quarter was 38. being an increase of three on the previous one. The school has now finished [?] second year of existence, and no less than 88 [?]…

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Corowa School of Arts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 2

A special meeting of members of this institution was held on Tuesday evening the 29th inst., at which the following gentlemen were present:-- Messrs. Weir, Harvey, S. Chenhall, D. Thomson,…

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Thurgoona Public School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1884 · page 19

On Tuesday, 23rd inst., prizes, consisting of several suitable volumes the gifts of the parents and friends of the children attending the above school were presented to the successful…

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Rutherglen Shire School Prize Fund. Concert at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1884 · page 3

A SCANTY audience assembled in the Rutherglen Town Hall on Monday night, to witness the second of the series of concerts inaugurated by the Rutherglen Shire Board…

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The Municipality Question Public Meeting at the School of Arts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting convened by the opposers of the proposed incorporation of Corawa was held on Saturday at the School of Arts, Corowa…

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A Riding School. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 4

SIR—Being a pupil of Professor Sample's for some time, also having a previous knowledge of horses, I think I know sufficient to import a little instruction to my follow men. My intentions are to open and…

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A Riding School. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 3

SIR—Being a pupil of Professor Sample's f[?] time, also having a previous knowledge of ho[?] think I know sufficient to import a little inst[?] to ray follow men. My intentions are to o[?]…

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“The Contributor. School-teaching and the English Language

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1884 · page 12

I should like to know how far my experience and the feelings it has occasioned are shared by others similarly situated with regard to the shameful faults of omission and…

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The Magic Wand. a School Board Officer's Story

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

HORRIBLE dens, sir, aren't they? This is one of my daily rounds It's here, in these awful places, That child-life most abounds…

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The Magic Wand. a School Board Officer's Story

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 2

HORRIBLE dens, sir, aren't they? This is one of my daily rounds It's here, in these awful places, That child-life most abounds…

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The Corowa School of Arts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 November 1884 · page 2

THE publication of the additional estimates for the current year removes the doubts as to the existence of the promised subsidy to the School of…

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Bishop Barry on Church Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 19

On Sunday morning the Primate preached in St. John’s, Darlinghurst, to a large congregation, from Jeremiah xxiii., G. After developing, and enforcing the purely religious…

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The St. Alphonsus LIGUORl’S (R.c.) School

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 2

The foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic School was laid in an unac[?]tion mentor [?] last by the Rev. Feither lian[?]ey. T[?] was of a seto[?]vate ch[?]goer and [?]…

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Accident in a Schoolroom

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 21

The children attending St. Mary's Roman Catholic Parochial School, Grafton, gave an entertainment last week, in the schoolroom. During the evening the dress of a little girl…

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The Convent Schools

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1884 · page 18

The annual examination of the pupils attending the Convent Schools took place at the beginning of the week, and was conducted by the Rev. Fathers Dunne and O'Connell, who…

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