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Schools, 1881

13 stories in Riverina's papers

Adelong News. New School at Sharp's Creek

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1881 · page 2

THE opening of the new school at Sharp's creek was celebrated on Friday last. The weather was not favourable, torrents of rain falling at intervals. The school was opened…

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South Gundagai in Need of a Public School. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1881 · page 3

SIR,—For a long time I have considered that South Gundagai has been grossly neglected in the matter of a public school not having been erected there. It is all very well for the Government to say that a…

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Lower Cullinga School

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 6

THIS school was opened, under most favourable auspices, on Monday last. A building having been secured and a competent teacher engaged by the parents, a muster of children…

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Wesleyan Sunday School Anniversary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1881 · page 2

On Easter Sunday the anniversary services of the Wagga Wagga Wesleyan Sunday School took place. The sermons were proached morning and evening by the Rev…

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Poetry. When the Children Are at School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1881 · page 4

How quiet and lonely the home always seems When the little ones all go away. When no longer I list to light, echoing steps, Of child laughter and frolicsome play…

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Public School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 2

THE half-yearly speech day and presentation of prizes took place at the Public School yesterday afternoon. There was a large number of ladies and gentlemen present, including…

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Public School, North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 2

THE first distribution of prizes in connection with the above school took place on Friday evening last, in the presence of a number of parents and friends of the children…

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The Public Schools

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 1

MATTERS educational are in anything but a satisfactory state in this district; but it cannot be said that we are in any way to blame for the neglect of important…

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News of the Week. the Sunday School Concert

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1881 · page 2

THE concert to raise funds for the purchase of suitable books as prizes for the children attending St. John's Church of England Sunday school took place in Fry's Assembly Hall on…

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Kyron School. &c

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1881 · page 1

MR. J. M'Credie, school inspector, acting under instructions from the Department of Public Instruction, proceeded last Saturday to Kyron to investigate affairs connected…

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Public School Reserves

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 3

The following portions of land have been reserved from sale for public school purpose:—LACHLAN DISTRICT. No. 2490, county of Clarendon, parish of…

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The Public School

The Temora Star · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 2

THE following memorial to the Minister for Public Instruction has been circulated in town for the past few days, and received a…

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Teachers' Mutual Insurance Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the TEACHERS' Mutual Insurance Association was held in the Training School, Fort-street, on Tuesday, 27th December…

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