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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1847

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Original Correspondence. Baptist Sunday School. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1847 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—I am sure you will allow that the report of the examination of a Sunday School at Kissing Point did not emanate from me; I may therefore testify concerning its substantial…

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"Ragged Schools;" an Antidote to Puseyism

The Australian · Tuesday 2 February 1847 · page 2

IN the English papers we saw lately a notice of the number and attendance of children at "Rugged Schools." Will any worthy person enlighten us on the subject?…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1847 · page 3

THE Annual General Meeting of the members of this Institution was held in their theatre on Tuesday evening last, and not withstanding the inclemency of the weather, the attendance was…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Australian · Thursday 11 February 1847 · page 3

The annual general meeting of the members of this institution was held on Tuesday, 2nd instant, and adjourned, after a portion of the business was disposed of till the following…

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Local Intelligence. School of Arts

The Australian · Tuesday 23 February 1847 · page 3

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the Fourteenth Annual Report of this valuable Institution. It is gratifying to perceive that its affairs are in a more flourishing condition than…

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Saint Peter's Prophetic Description of False Teachers, of the Apostate Church of Rome. Ii. Epistle and Ii. Chapter

The Sentinel · Thursday 22 April 1847 · page 4

Verse 1.--'But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that, bought them,…

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School of Arts. Mr. Holroyd's Lecture on the Pyrmaids

The Australian · Saturday 22 May 1847 · page 3

Mr. Holroyd apologised to his audience on Tuesday, for lecturing on a subject which bad previously occupied its attention, from the mouth of another gentleman, but he considered it one…

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Domestic Intelligence. Wesleyan Sunday School Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1847 · page 2

THE anniversary of this Society was held as usual, on Monday last, Whit Monday. At eleven o'clock in the morning, the children of the various schools were assembled in the…

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National Education. Dr. A''beckett's Lecture on National Education, Delivered at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, on Tuesday, May 11

The Australian · Thursday 3 June 1847 · page 4

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—In again appearing before you to deliver the customary annual introductory address, I shall not, as on a former occasion, enter at length…

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National Education. Dr. A'beckett's Lecture on National Education, Delivered at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, on Tuesday, May 11. (Concluded from our last.)

The Australian · Tuesday 8 June 1847 · page 4

Science, indeed, is one of the firmest supports of true religion, and so it has proved in an eminent degree, on a late very remarkable occasion. About two…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Thursday 10 June 1847 · page 3

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church of England Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 June 1847 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the day appointed for the children belonging to the Church of England Schools in Sydney to attend at St. James's Church, for the purpose of hearing the sermon…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of tho Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church of England Collegiate School of South Australia

The Australian · Tuesday 13 July 1847 · page 3

WE congratulate our Church friends at Adelaide in the important step taken by them in the formation of this Institution. It will afford us pleasure if our re-print of…

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Gallery of Comicalities No 20. the Coc[?] Inn, or the Sweet Little Widow. Sung by the Veteran Tom Phillips, (The last of the Incledon School;)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 3

A trav'ler for many long years I have been, But never went over to France, All cities and most market towns I've been in, From Berwick on Tweed to Penzance;…

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School of Arts Lecture

The Australian · Saturday 24 July 1847 · page 3

Last night, shortly after seven o'clock, the Theatre of this establishment overflowed in every part;—a compact crowd of anxious visiters having congregated, betimes, to secure…

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The Schoolmasters' Petition

The Sentinel · Thursday 5 August 1847 · page 2

WE are glad to perceive that the Schoolmasters of Sydney have come forward as a body, to endeavour to elevate, both the standard of education in our Private Schools, and the social position of their profession…

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The Schoolmasters' Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 August 1847 · page 3

THE following petition was presented to the Legislative Council by Mr. Lowe, on Friday last. The humble petition of the undersigned…

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