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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1901

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The Public Schools Display

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 4

The Public Schools display was one of the most magnificent and most brilliant gatherings over held in Australia. The Governor -General was delighted, and says it was the grandest…

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Commonwealth Celebrations. Public Schools Display

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 4

In the Public Schools Display in the Centennial Park on Thursday some 10,000 children took part on the [?]pacious circle of green award, in a…

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The Good Teacher

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

Teacher: "What's that noise? What are you eating, Baille Brown? Scholar "Please, sir, it's Arnott's Milk Arrowroot Biscuits." Teacher! " [?]ring them up…

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Naturalist. a School for Monkeys

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

It will be rembered that, some time ago, Professor Garner spent a considerable period in an iron cage in the depths of an African forest, studying the ways and…

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The School Master's Find

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 2

THE little settlement on Barren Island in Bass' Straits had scarcely any intercourse with the outer world in 1853. With the exception of an English schoolmaster and…

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Wrightville Public School Prize Day

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

Great interest was taken in the presentation of prizes at Wrightville School last Friday. The school is well managed and admirably taught,…

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Narromine Public School

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 4

The following is a copy of a letter received by Mr. S. Phillips, M.P., From the Department of Public Instruction, Under date February 11th, 1901:—…

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Public School

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

The annual examination of the public school was conducted last week by Mr. Inspector Hunt of Dubbo. We have had the…

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Baradine Public School

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. Picketing is arranging for the annual distribution of prizes to the pupils on Thursday, 4th April. There will be a picnic during the day, and the presents…

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Schoolboys As Academy Exhibitors

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

WHILE there are hundreds of capable artists who never live to realize their ambition to see their work on the Academy walls, there have been many, more favoured by…

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Mobla School

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

The above school was examined by Mr G. H. Hunt District Inspector on 1st [?] Mr. Hunt paid a high compliment to the teacher, Mr. Conn for the…

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School for Mistresses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

A novel experiment in domestic economy is about to be attempted in Brighton. Much has been done in the way of training servants; and one of the…

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The Sunday School Picnic

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

The Sunday School picnic of the combined Sunday schools was held as usual, on Easter Monday. From various un avoidable causes, there were not so many…

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Baradine Public School

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

On Thursday morning last, many eager little faces were watching the clouds and expressing rather doleful opinions about the horrid weather. ‘Why didn’t the…

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Sunday School Picnics

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

The children of the Wesleyan Church Sunday School enjoyed a splendid outing on Easter Monday at their annual picnic. Members of the Bodangora school were also…

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School Boy's Suicide

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 4

The latest English files record the suicide by shooting of a boy named Fred W. Lamb, a pupil at [?] School, near Fleetwood, L[?]…

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Correcting The Teacher

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 3

A teacher at an evening school had before her a class in which were many rough lads, ‘Suppose,’ said the teacher, ‘I…

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School Exhibits

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 4

THE school exhibits were above those Of last year in quantity land quality. Most of the maps were peculiarly well done, and there was a marked absence of the arade…

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Correcting the Teacher

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 7

A teacher at an evening school had before her a class in which were many rough lads. 'Suppose,' said the teacher, 'I should…

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Inauguring the Commonwealth. Public School Function

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

The adults of this and all the other federating states of the Australian Commonwealth have had Enough and to spare of the…

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