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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1904

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Model Schools in the Country

The Age · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3

PREPARATIONS are being made to carry out as soon as possible some of the decisions recently arrived at in connection with the improvement of our educational system. Mr…

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Model Schools in the Country

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 4

Preparations are being made to carry out as soon as possible some of the decisions recently arrived at in connection with the improvement of our educational system. Mr…

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The New School Syllabus

The Age · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

AT a meeting of those interested in the new syllabus, recently introduced in the public schools, held in the school room last Monday night, it was decided to hold a School Fai[?]…

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By Teacher's Orders

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 1

"What on earth." said a gentleman to his son, "are you doing up there, Johnny, sitting on the horse's back with a pencil and paper, when you ought to be at school?"…

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Pupils’ Concert

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a very enjoyable, conceit, was given by pupils attending the local Superior Public School. The scholars acquitted-themselves admirably. A number…

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For Grown-up Scholars

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 1

Pain: The interest of pleasure. Idleness: The sepulchre of talent. Circumstances: A key-ring used by wise men…

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The New School Syllabus

The Age · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 2

FOR the, purpose of giving the pupils lessons embraced in the new syllabus (says a Goulburn paper) some interesting work has recently been carried out at the South…

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Fun in the Schoolroom

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 1

A contemporary is publishing from teachers the q[?]eer answers they have received-in reply to the questions given to the classes. One says—The headmaster at the…

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The School Post

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 2

At a school where a Miss Blodgett was teacher a little fellow composed the following, and wrote it on his slate, to the amusement of the other boys :-…

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School Fair

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon the Fair in connection with the Queanbeyan Superior Public School was opened in the Protestant Hall by the Mayor…

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The School Fair. NEARLY £30 NETTED

The Age · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

As a means of raising funds to procure the necessary books and other articles in order to carry into effect the newly introduced school syllabus, several ladies and gentleman…

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Invalid Cookery. Specially Written by Miss Any Monro Principal Cookery School, Technical College, Sydney

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 1

In preparing food for an invalid, it must be borne in mind that the range of food is very limited, and that certain methods of cooking are quite inadmissible. Pork, and…

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School of Arts. The Fourteenth Annual Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

WAS held in the institution on Tuesday evening last. About 30 gentlemen were present. The chair was taken by the president Mr. B. Hayes. Having read the…

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In School

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

Johnny Samkins,' said the school teacher impatiently, what is it you are fidgeting with?' Johnny did not reply, but tho class sneak…

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School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Age · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

THE fourteenth annual meeting of the above was held in the committee room of the institution last Tuesday night. There were about sixteen members present; the…

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Bungendore School of Arts

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above association was held on 26th July. There was a good attendance. The annual report was read and adopted,…

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Some School Questions and Replies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 1

Here are a few examples of replies to school questions :— Q. What do you understand by the following:—Pig iron, Bristol boards, lumber trude,…

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Kitchen Economies. Specially Written by Miss Amy Monro. Principal Cookery School, Technical College, Sydney

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 1

Save all scraps of fat, cooked and uncooked, to render down and clarify, for making poetry, frying, etc. Soraps of bread should be dried in the…

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A Race for a School-house. (Copyright.)

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 1

Monkton was a western village, built in a miasmatic wood, about a mile from a small railroad station. Back of it, divided by a swamp,…

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Local and General News. Schoolteachers’ Meeting

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the district schoolteachers was held at the local Superior Public on Saturday, with a very good attendance. Several papers were read, a synopsis of…

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