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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1899

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A Schoolmistress Assaulted

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 3

Miss Hughie, the teacher of the Wellesley Public School, situated about five miles from Delegate, and neor the Victorian border, was brutally assaulted recently by a…

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Public School Rebellions

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

It is queer thing that at almost everyone of the big English public schools there has at some time or another been a regular rebellion against all authority. There is a record of a…

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Tales Told Out of School

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

School examinations and composition writing produce funny results the world over. An Austrian teacher has recently published in Vienna a book called “Humour…

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School Picnic

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with the Church of England Sunday School took place on Thursday in the police paddock, and was quite as enjoyable a function as any of its predecessors. The youngsters…

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District News. Sutton. Annual School Picnic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 November 1899 · page 2

THE annual school picnic to the children attending the Sutton Public School was tendered to them by their esteemed teacher, Mr. T. A. Lake, on Saturday last, and was…

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Sutton School Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with the Sutton Public School took place near the school on Saturday last. The attendance of adults must have been very gratifying to the…

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Local News. Queanbeyan Superior Public School Picnic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

A NUMBER of ladies and gentleman met at the Superior Public School on Saturday afternoon to discuss a proposition for giving to the pupils a picnic on the occasion…

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Public School Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 2

At the invitation of the master of the Queanbeyan Superior Public School, a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended on Saturday afternoon a meeting to organise…

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Chinese Children at School

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 3

A noted German traveller. Baron von Hesse-Wor[?]gg, has just returned from China, bringing, among other interesting stories, an account of the Chinese schools…

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Dr. Busby and the School-boy

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 3

A good story is told of the late Doctor Busby, who one morning, going into the school-room, took with him a bunch of fine grapes for his own eating. Going from the…

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To-day's School Picnic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 2

IN connection with the picnic which takes place in the park this afternoon, there are several matters of interest to mention. In the first place, in answer to the Mayor's…

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Convent School Entertainment

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 2

THERE was as usual a crowded audience in the Protestant Hall last night to witness the annual exhibition given by the pupils attending the schools in connection with…

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Public School Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with the Queanbeyan Superior Public School took place in the Rec, to-day (Friday). The weather was very suitable for the outing,…

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Convent School Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

The annual concert and dramatic entertainment by the pupils of St. Benedict's Convent School took place in the Protestant Hall, Queanbeyan, on Thursday evening…

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School Picnic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 December 1899 · page 2

THE picnic given to the pupils of the Queanbeyan Superior Public School on Friday was a gathering on a much larger scale than was at first reckoned on. It…

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Teachers Exams

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 December 1899 · page 2

On Monday a pupil teachers examination commenced at the Queanbeyan Superior Public School. Miss Stephens and Mr F. Brook sat as candidates. The superoising…

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