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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1900

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Fun in a Boarding-school

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 6

A GIRL in a boarding- school tells this story of how she and her companions cured the lady principal of a very annoying hobby. This hobby was promptness at…

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Professor Allison's Pupils Dance

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

A DANCE was held in the Masonic Hall on Thursday last, given by Professor Allison's pupils. There was a large number of guests present and supper was provided by the…

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The Barringun School. (To the Editor of the Western Herald.)

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 4

Sir,—I wish you would Kindly insert this as a correction to a paragraph appearing in the Bourke Banner of July 7, under the heading "By a…

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Bourke Public School

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 4

From the following official communication addressed to Mr. W. W. Davis, M P., it will be seen that the local public school has at last been…

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Improvements and Repairs to the Public School

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 4

We would direct the attention of contractors to an advertisement in another column, calling tenders for improvements and repairs to the local public school…

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Public School Concert. a Brilliant Success

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 2

Hobson'o Hall was crowded almost to suffocation on Wcdnosday eight, when a delightful programme was presented by the pupils of the local Public School for the dual…

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Cobar School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 2

A committee meeting of the above was held on Wednesday evening. Present:—Dr Lawes (President) Messrs Monahan, Robertson, J. G. Lee, N. Danvers-Power…

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Religion in Schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 August 1900 · page 2

Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, speaking at a Sunday school distribution of prizes in Brisbane on Tuesday night, said the basis of a very essential portion of…

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Aldermanic Schoolboys. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Liberal.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 2

SIR—Every time I read your excellent account of the Dubbo Municipal Council's proceedings of late I am more fully convinced that no ratepayer with any…

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Dr. Ross's Schoolfellow

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 2

About twenty minutes of public time (says Friday's "Star") was occupied in the Assembly by Dr. Ross in calling attention to a grievance of…

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Wrightville Public School

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

The annual picnic was held on Friday, August 21th. About 600 persons were present, including visitors from Lobar and Peak. The children's…

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Original Correspondence. the Murrumbidgerie Schoolteacher. (To the Editor of the Dubbo "Dispatch.")

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 4

SIR,--My attention having been drawn to a paragraph in the Dubbo "Liberal" of Saturday, September 1st, re a complaint that had been laid against the Public School Teacher of…

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The First Sunday School

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

Robert Raikes has been much belauded as the originator of Sunday Schools but when he was a small boy, with all his philanthropies in the future, a neighbour of his, living 12…

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Sunday School Concert

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

To morrow night, in the Protestant Hall, will be held the annual concert in connection with the Church of England Sunday School. A very nice programme has been…

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Catholic Schools Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 2

THE annual picnic given to the children attending the Boys and Girls' Primary Schools and the Infant School took place on Monday, and, favoured by beautiful weather the affair was a…

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Sot[?]esay School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 2

On Friday afternoon, a distribution of prizes to pupils of Bothesay School (conducted by Miss Oke in the Church of England School Hall) took place, the…

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Church of England Sunday School Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 5

A large and appreciative audience filled the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night, the occasion being the annual concert given by St. John's Church of England Sunday…

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Wesleyan Sunday School Anniversary

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 2

The anniversary services in connection with the Wesleyan Church were celebrated yesterday, there being very large congregations both in the morning, afternoon and…

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Geurie. The Geurie Public School Picnic

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1900 · page 5

The annual picnic of the Geurie Public School transpired on Saturday, and it was undoubtedly a brilliant success, which speaks well for Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, Miss McHugh, the assistant teacher…

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School of Mines

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 1

Sometime ago we threw out a suggestion regarding the advisability of agitating for the establishment of a School of Mines in Cobar district…

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