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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1838

38 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Presbyterian Schools

The Colonist · Wednesday 3 January 1838 · page 3

IT has already been publicly announced, that in addition to the ministers who have recently arrived by the Portland, Dr. Lang has also brought to this colony a number of well-educated and efficient…

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Presbyterian Schools

The Colonist · Saturday 6 January 1838 · page 2

IN our last number we announced the establishment of the Presbyterian Schools in connexion with the Synod of New South Wales, and we communicated to the public some idea of the…

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Presbyterian Schools

The Colonist · Saturday 13 January 1838 · page 3

SYDNEY SOUTH DISTRICT.—Two schools on the Training System, viz. an infant and juvenile school, are to be immediately established in this district of the town, in connexion with the…

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Original Correspondence. the Female Orphan School. to the Editor of the Colonist

The Colonist · Saturday 20 January 1838 · page 2

SIR,—As you take a deep interest in education, will you allow me to draw your attention to a statement which has been made among the on dits of the day, and which affects an important public…

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Australian School Society

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1838 · page 2

At a Meeting of the Australian School Society, held on Tuesday evening, 6th February, 1838, the chair was taken by William M'Pherson, Esq.; the…

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Australian School Society

The Australian · Tuesday 13 March 1838 · page 3

At a meeting of the Australian School Society, held on Tuesday evening last, William Maepherson, Esq, in the chair; the Secretary read the Report. The following Resolutions were then…

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St. Phillip Sunday School

The Colonist · Wednesday 14 March 1838 · page 3

THE Annual Examination of the St. Phillip's Sunday School, was held on Monday se'nnight in the schoolroom adjoining the church. In addition to the two rooms, a large and commodious tent…

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News of the Day. Australian School Society

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 14 March 1838 · page 2

At a meeting of the Australian School Society held on Tuesday evening last, William Macpherson, Esq., in the chair; the Secretary read the Report. The follow…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Synod's Schools

The Colonist · Wednesday 21 March 1838 · page 2

WE were unable in our last number to give an abstract of the Report of the Committee of the Synod of New South, Wales on the Schools already established or at present in progress of…

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Domestic Intelligence the School of Arts

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 22 March 1838 · page 2

The greatest difficulty that the supporters of this Institution have to overcome, is the apathy of the mechanics of the Colony, for whose benefit it was originally formed. There are at present…

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Mechanics' School of Arts

The Colonist · Saturday 24 March 1838 · page 2

IT is with pleasure we submit to the perusal of our readers the following Address prevented by a deputation from the Mechanics' School of Arts, to His Excellency Sir George Gipps, on…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Australian · Tuesday 27 March 1838 · page 1

AMONG the institutions of Australia which are rapidly advancing towards an equality with those of a similar character in Great Britain, the Mechanics' School…

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News of the Day. Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 4 April 1838 · page 2

The following Address was presented to His Excellency the Governor, at Government House, Sydney, on Tuesday the 20th ultimo…

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To the Rev. Jas Carlile Commissioner of the Board of Education, Dublin. Letter Viii. Killerment, Oct, 5, 1837. the Books Read in the National Schools

The Sydney Herald · Monday 9 April 1838 · page 4

REV. SIR,—I have now laid before you the objects which the priests havein view in educating the people. They would rather that the people were taught nothing but superstition; at all events,…

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Literature and Science. REVIEW. Fifth Annual Report of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, for the year 1837. Sydney, J. Spilsbury, 1838

The Colonist · Saturday 21 April 1838 · page 4

THE fifth annual Report of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts of the year 1837, has now been published, and we assure the Members and Managers of that Institution, that we have…

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Schoolmasters

The Colonist · Saturday 26 May 1838 · page 2

WE quote the following statement from The Monitor of Monday last. It appears as a communication from the Correspondent of that paper at Bathurst:—…

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Mechanics' School of Arts

The Australian · Friday 1 June 1838 · page 2

On Friday last, Dr. Nicholson concluded his lectures on Chemistry, before a numerous and respectable audience. The principle points to which he adverted in the course of the evening…

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English Extracts. Home and Colonial Infant School Society

The Colonist · Saturday 30 June 1838 · page 4

THE second anniversary meeting of this institution was recently held in the Hanover-square Rooms. There was a numerous attendance of subscribers and friends…

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Local News. Mechanics' School of Arts

The Australian · Tuesday 10 July 1838 · page 2

On Friday evening last, a lecture was delivered by Mr George Bennett, on the "Growth and Structure of Shell and Coral," The lecturer commenced by observing that he "considered…

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Two Days in the Riding-School

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1838 · page 4

The first morning after a young officer has joined his regiment, he finds himself exalted on a spirited steed, some sixteen hands high, from whose back he dares not…

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