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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1883

82 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5

Public School, Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1883 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee, formed to carry out the above project, was held on Friday evening last a Stables' Hotel, Bull and Bruce streets, Alderman Dare…

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Hamilton School of Arts. Department of Justice. Sydney, 20th March, 1883

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1883 · page 2

SIR,—With reference to the application recently forwarded by you to the Colonial Secretary, from the hon. secretary of the Hamilton School of Arts, asking authority to have some books rebound at…

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Wickham Superior Public School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1883 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last, a very pleasing and successful entertainment was given at the Wickham School of Arts, in aid of the prize fund. Long before the commencement…

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Our Public Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 3

SOME energetic member of the Legislative Assembly, (says the Western Independent of Monday last,) would yield yeoman's service to the resident of towns in New…

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Presentation to a School Teacher at West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 5

ON Thursday evening last the friends of Mr. J. J. Callaghan (for some years head teacher of St. John's R.C. Denominational School, at West Maitland, and who has…

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Dr. Moorhouse on the Bible in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1883 · page 4

DR. MOORHOUSE, the Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, delivered an address to parents in the Fitzroy Town Hall, on Thursday evening, in aid of the movement for…

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The Schoolmaster in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1883 · page 4

THE educational movement (observes the St. James Gazette of February 21) seems to be rapidly improving the class of persons sent to gaol. The chaplain of the Pentonville…

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Public School at Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 4

THE public of Newcastle and the surrounding district will hear with great satisfaction that the Government have, as reported in another column,…

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Accident at a Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A girl, named Alice Crook, aged six, fell into the water closet at the Public School, Redfern, and was drowned. At the inquest on the body, the…

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The Rev. J. Watsford on Religious Instruction in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 7

THE Australasian of Saturday says:—The Rev. J. Watsford, of the Wesleyan Church, is evidently determined not to be deterred by the unfair pressure…

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Public School Promotions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The following promotions have been gained by teachers by examination in December last:—To Class 1A, Luke Blumer, Newcastle Superior…

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Wickham Superior Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 4

THE annual distribution of prizes in connection with the above school took place on Thursday afternoon last, in presence of an unusual number of visitors—in fact…

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Writing Classes at the Superior Public School. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1883 · page 3

SIR,—No doubt many parents who have children as well as myself attending the Superior Public School, are pleased with the improvement in writing made by them…

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Sunday School Teachers' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1883 · page 3

ON Thursday last, May 17th, the first Conference of the Primitive Methodist Sunday School Union for the Newcastle district was held in the Brown-street Church. Between…

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Sunday School Picnics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1883 · page 2

The Baptist Sunday School picnic will take place in Mr. Hubbard's paddock, Hamilton, while the Congregationalist Sunday School children will be treated to an…

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Congregational Sabbath School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 5

THE annual picnic in connection with the above school was held on Queen's Birthday. At 9 a.m. the scholars formed in procession (about 300), at the school-room,…

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The Wesleyan Sunday School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1883 · page 3

THE anniversary picnic of the children attending the Newcastle Wesleyan Sunday School was held at the Crystal Palace Gardens, Waratah, yesterday. The weather was admirable, being nice and cool all day…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 3

A DEPUTATION of clergymen representing various Protestant denominations has waited on the Minister of Education, at Melbourne, on Tuesday, for the purpose of [?]rging that certain facilities for…

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Wickham Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 4

THE above school has been closed for the usual midwinter holidays. Advantage has been taken by Mr. Rodgers of the vacation, and he is pushing on with the much needed work of repairing and asphalting…

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Newcastle Congregational Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 8

THE anniversary services in connection with the above, were successfully held on Sunday last. Sermons were preached to good congregations morning and evening,…

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