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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1887

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The Queen and the Ragged School Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 9

The children of the “One Tun ”Ragged School, Old Pye-street, Westminster, having written a Jubilee letter to the Queen which was presented by the Baroness…

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Germanton School of Arts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 July 1887 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held on the 30th ult, when there were present Mr. J. Ross (vice-president, in the chair), Rev. J. Walker, Messrs. J. Bruce, Irvine Smith)…

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Presentation in the Patrician Brothers’ School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 24

At half-past 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dr. Dunne, accompanied by Rev. Fathers O’Connell and Walsh, visited the above school to accept the address of tbe Brothers and boys…

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School Attendance Officers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last week, papers were laid on the table by the Minister for Public Instruction with reference to changes which have been introduced in the matter of the…

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Miss M'Colough's School Picnic

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 2

Last Thursday afternoon a most enjoyable picnic was held under the auspices of Miss M'Colough, and included, besides the children attending her own…

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Mr Bright on Sunday Schools

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 4

At a recent Sunday School Conference at Rochdale Mr John Bright, while disavowing any clam to a place among the army of workers in the "most holy cause" of the Sunday School, expressed a very…

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Convent School Concert

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 November 1887 · page 2

A vocal and instrumental concert was given in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evenings the 15th inst., by the pupils attending the Convent School, that is…

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The Chiltern State School

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 November 1887 · page 2

WE are glad to see that the anomalous position occupied by the Chiltern State School since the departure of Mr. CARLINGTON has at length been…

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Munificent Donations for Jewish Schools. London, November 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 21

Baron Hirsch, the well-known banker and financier, has given the munificent sum of £2,000,000 for the purpose of founding schools Jews in Russia…

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The Household. Charles Reade’s First Schoolmaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 12

Life under his roof was more than purgatory—it was a positive inferno. His system has accurately been described as one of all punishment and no reward, and the wonder…

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School Speech Days. the PATRIClAN Brothers’ School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 24

The Annual distribution of prizes at this school took place on Wednesday in the St. Patrick’s Hall, in the presence of a large gathering of parents and friends of the pupils…

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Sad Drowning Accidents. Two State-school Masters Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 27

A fatal accident occurred at Yambuk, Victoria, on Sunday evening at about 6 o’clock to two State-school teachers, Wm. Beilby and Joshua H. Vaughan. Whilst fishing along…

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