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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1907

112 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

School Howlers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 6

Dr Macnamara M.P. is an indefatigable co[?]ector of school "howlers" in fact as he [?] acknowledge, he regards them in the light that other people regard rare china…

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School of Arts Concert

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer, The Age

The Concert in aid of the School of Arts funds, took place on Tuesday evening last. The attendance was fairly good, and those who…

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A Schoolteacher Charged with Assault

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 2

Frederick George Durie, assistant teacher at the Braidwood Superior Public School, was summoned on Monday…

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Travelled English Teachers. Educational Methods of America. Is “Hustling” Good Educationally

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

Are the educational methods of other nations superior to ours? The question has been asked over and over again. It can. only be answered…

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School "Howlers." Dr. Macnamara's Collection

The Age · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

Dr. Macnanmara, M.P., is an indefatigable collector of school "howlers"; in fact, as he himself acknowledges, he regards them in the light that other…

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Teacher and Johnie

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 4

Teacher : "What throe words did Adam use when he introduced himself to Eve. which read backwards and forwards the same?"…

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Medical Inspection of Schools

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

Dr. Both has been appointed medical officer of the Department of Public Instruction, and as such will make an annual inspection of the schools of the city and suburbs. During each inspection…

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School-girls' Friendship. Why They Should Be Encouraged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 3

The demonstrative friendship between girls in their early teens has always been a fruitful subject for mirth among masculine cynics…

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In School

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

A schoolmistress received the following interesting letter from the mother of one of her pupils:--.Dear Miss--You writ me about whiping…

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A Convent School Burnt Down

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 2

The weatherboard buildings attached to the Villa Maria Roman Catholic School and residence, at the corner of Gladesville-road and Mary-street, Hunter's Hill, were totally destroyed by fire on…

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Male " Schoolmistress."

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

A SENSATION has been caused in St. Petersburg by the discovery that the headmistress of a girl's school, who recently died, belonged to the sterner…

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School-girls’ Friendship. Why They Should Be En Courage

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 4

The demonstrative friendship between girls In their early teens has always been a fruitful subject for mirth among mascnkine cynics,…

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Nature Study. for School Teachers

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 2

This branch of study is, I think, not yet fully realised in the majority of our Public Schools. The country schools, where this study can be carried on to…

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Schoolboy's Suicide. a Dog Watches by His Body

The Age · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 3

A sad story Comes Paris of a schoolboy who recently drowned himself in the the Seine because he could not learn his lessons, and had been…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 2

THE winterschool for farmers and their sous, inaugurated so successfully at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College last year, is to hold its second session…

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Public School Teachers' Salaries

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 2

The council of the Public School Teachers' Association of New South Wales has been considering a scheme of salaries for teacher under the Department of public instruction. The scheme adopted…

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A Schoolboy's Romance. Truant and Actress

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 3

On 18th February the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from Hamburg:— At an entertainment at his father's…

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Burned to Death. Forty Children. Girl Teacher’s Beroism

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

On 28th February, live attack correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— Forty school children were b[?] to…

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