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Schools, 1878

9 stories in Riverina's papers

Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Public School at Lake Albert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 2

Tuesday, the 5th instant, was a gala day at the usually quiet locality of Lake Albert. The cause of the demonstration was the laying of the foundation stone of the new Public…

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The Opening Op St. Michaels' New School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 2

ON Wednesday, March 13th instant, Dr. Bermingham, accompanied by the gentlemen of the School Board, viz., Dr. Morgan O'Connor, Knight, Mr. M. N. Callaghan,…

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Adelong Local News. Opening of the Adelong Public School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1878 · page 2

ON Friday last, the Queen's Birthday, the Public School at Adelong was opened in the presence of a large concourse of people. It will probably be remembed that the foundation…

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Wagga Public School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1878 · page 3

M R. Hookins, the Inspector of Public Schools, reports as follows upon the Wagga Wagga Public School:—Boys—Vested: General inspection, 19th,…

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Public Schools. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1878 · page 3

SIR.—Possibly it may be urged that our training school, under the Act of 66, turns out some very clever young men after passing a degree of P.T. (pupil teacher), and I should be inclined to say that their…

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Liberal Education Under the London School Board

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1878 · page 2

I DO not profess a wholesale admiration for the proceedings of the London School Board. They have spent money lavishly, not to say extravagantly, and have gone out of their…

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Atrocities in the Pacific. Massacre of Five Wesleyan Teachers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1878 · page 1

THE German barque John Caesar, Captain Bruck, has returned from a cruise to the South Sea Islands. The vessel is last from New Britian, and brings…

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School of Industry. (Argus.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 1

AN interesting experiment is being made by the municipality at Rheims. That body has founded a school of industry, capable of accommodating 300…

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The Public School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1878 · page 2

THE annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Public School prior to breaking-up for the Christmas holidays, took place yesterday. The children to the number of…

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