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Schools, 1886

22 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Stockyard Mountain Public School

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 4

THE following having reference to Miss Alice Ryan, daughter of Mr. James Ryan, of Numba, will be read with interest by the many friends of that young lady in this…

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The Teaching of Agriculture in Public Schools

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 4

THE question of the teaching of the rudiments of agriculture in the public schools has again cropped up in Victoria, and the Council of Agricultural Education, and the…

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School of Arts. Report of the Proceeding for the 12 MONTHS [?] January 21St 1888

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 2

COMMITTEE [?] hold. Attendances T. Rawlinson, (President), [?] Bland, (Vice-President), 10. W. Scott, (N.S.W.), (Vice-President), S. W. Scott,…

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Mercantile and Collegiate High School, Bega. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1886 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—Kindly allow me a few lines in your paper. It seems that the good folks in this southern district are greatly puzzled at the meaning of the…

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Nowra Public School

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1886 · page 2

WE have received complaints from several local parents, setting forth in effect that for some time past and at present, the supply of drinking water— not to mention water for the…

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Lady's Column. Home Cookery. Teacher at the Edinburgh School of Domestic Economy. OYSTERS

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1886 · page 2

A BACHELORS DISH OF BAKED OVSTERS.-A bright, clear fire without a particle of smoke is absolutely necessary for this dish, and the top bar of the grate should…

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Cricket. Toothdale Public School v. Frogs’ Hollow

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 2

BY kind permission from Mr. Wren, the return match of the above schools was played on the Wolumla flat on Saturday last. A most enjoyable Jay was spent,…

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School-girl and dress

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1886 · page 4

A LADY who had taught for over thirty years gave the following as a result of her experience:— "When a new scholar was introduced." she said "I always looked first at her dress…

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Experiments at the Munster Dairy School

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 4

SOME interesting results of experiments in feeding calves are recorded in a report of the Munster Agricultural and Dairy School recently issued. The foods tried were as…

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In School Days

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 2

Still sits the school house by the road, A round it still the sumachs grew And blackberry vines are running…

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Male and Female School Teachers [?]

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 3

A correspondent writes to the [?] Vale [?] as follows:— Last year the sum of £820,000 was spent on Public Instruction. Is this [?] sum absolutely…

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Nowra School of Arts

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 2

The following is the half-yearly report of the abovenamed institution, which was road by the Secretary at the bi-annual meeting hold on Thursday evening last:-" Gentlemen, I have…

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District School Statistics

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 2

We subjoin some statistics relative to the schools in this district, from the report of the Minister for Public Instruction for the year 1865. We shall refer to the main body of this report,…

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School of Arts Meeting

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 2

A GENERAL, meeting of members of the School of Arts, called by advertisement, was held in the on Thursday night. Sixteen members attended, the majority…

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The Wollongong Public School Site. Fight in the Assembly

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 3

ON Tuesday night one of the most disgraceful scenes that over occurred in the Legislative Assembly took place. During the course of the evening some…

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Brown Mountain School Pic-nic

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1886 · page 2

SATURDAY last was a day to be remembered by old and young in the neighbourhood of Brown Mountain, being the occasion of a pie-nic given by the parents…

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Presbyterian Sabbath School

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 November 1886 · page 2

THE annual treat in connection with the Presbyterian Sunday Schools of the Rev. Dr. Grant's charge, took place on last Thursday, and in every way was an unbounded success, owing chiefly to…

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Church of England Sunday School Picnic

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 3

This book place on Tuesday last on what is really the village green” The day was fine and a ,ore pleasant day soldom been spent The Incumbent of the parish and his staff of…

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School Pic-nic

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1886 · page 2

SITUATED on the main road on the Wolumla side of Frogs’ Hollow bridge is the Wolumla North Public School. This educational establishment at present…

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A Schoolgirl's Remance

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 November 1886 · page 1

I suppose normal schoolgirls of the present generation are not radically different from those of my day. Human nature is the some all the world over, and normal…

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