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Schools, 1848

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The Education and School Boards

The Australian · Friday 14 January 1848 · page 3

THE last number of this Journal contained the official notification of the appointment of "General Education Board," and a "Denominational; School Board;" the…

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Opening of the Gipsy School, at Farnham. (From the Poole Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1848 · page 3

A SUBSTANTIAL, chaste, and commodious building, the foundation stone of which was laid in this parish in 1845, is now complete, and was opened on Tuesday last, the 5th of October,…

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Regulations and directions to be attended to in making application to the Commissioners of National Education, for aid towards the building of school houses or for the support of schools

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1848 · page 4

1. The commissioners will grant aid towards the, building and support of schools, of two classes, elementary schools and schools of industry; but they can only…

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School of Arts

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 3 June 1848 · page 7

WE have recently perused with much interest the fifteenth Annual Report of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, and have learned with regret, from that document, that the institution is not progressing so well…

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The School of Arts

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 7

WE have received a letter from an ordinary member of the School of Arts, with reference to the article under under the above head, which appeared in our issue of the 3rd instant. In that article, it will be remembered,…

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Original Correspondence. Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. To the Editors of the Sydney Daily Advertiser

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1848 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,--An advertisement having appeared in your Journal, calling upon the members of the above Institution to rescind a resolution entered into in February last--…

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Local Intelligence. Meting at the School of Arts

The Australian · Thursday 20 July 1848 · page 3

On Monday evening a public meeting of electors for the City was called at the School of Arts, for the purpose of hearing from Messrs. Wentworth and Bland an expression of their…

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Rules and Reoulations for the Denominational Schools. Appointment of Masters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1848 · page 4

1. Teachers, to be hereafter appointed, will be named by the heads of the different denominations, subject to the approval of this board…

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Denominational Schools. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 24th July, 1848

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1848 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct the publication of the following code of rules and regulations for the conduct and inspection of denominational schools, together…

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The School of Arts. Lectures for the Year 1848

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 September 1848 · page 2

[THE lectures which it is proposed to deliver at this institution for the present year were commenced on Tuesday evening, the 29th ultimo, by one on the Nature and Advantages of Building…

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Mr. Michie's Lecture on Life Assurance, at the School of Tuesday. October 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1848 · page 2

THE words Life Assurance, do not, I believe, excite an absolutely pleasant idea in any mind. They delight us as little as do the words "making our will," and I think for much the…

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AUSTRALIA v. Ragged Schools

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1848 · page 2

What bait can be devised for the pupils of the Ragged School ? Lord Ashley comes forward with a plan. Distribute every year a thousand colonial cadetships…

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English News. Anniversary Meeting 0F Charity Schools at St. Paul's Cathedral. (From the Times, June 9.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 October 1848 · page 3

THE anniversity festival of the charity children from the different schools of the metropolis and its neighbourhood was celebrated yesterday with great pomp at St. Paul's Cathedral. As…

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General R[?]lationns for the Conduct of the Denominational Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 October 1848 · page 2

1. The schools are to open at nine o'clock in the morning and shut at four o'clock in the afternoon, [?] at any later hour that may be appointed and approved of by the Local…

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Denominational Schools. (From Tuesday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 October 1848 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, sydney, 18th October, 1848.—His Excellency the Governor directs the publication of a letter from the Board for superintending the Denominational…

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Sketches From Vanity Fair a School Turn-up

The Australian Sportsman · Saturday 28 October 1848 · page 1

Cuff, was the great chief and dandy of the Swishtail Seminary. He smuggled wine in. He fought the town-boys. Ponies used to come for him to ride home on Saturdays. He…

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The Moral Lawfulness of Capital Punishments Vindicated. a Lecture, in Reply to Two Lectures by the Rev. B. Quaife; Delivered in the Theatre of the School of Arts, on Tuesday Evening, October 24, 1848, by James B. Laughton, B.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 October 1848 · page 1

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—As I have undertaken, in one Lecture, to reply substantially to two Lectures, distinguished by considerable research and ingenuity, and taking unextended…

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The Schoolmistress very much abroad!

The Australian Sportsman · Saturday 11 November 1848 · page 4

A correspondent of DOUGLAS JERROLD sends him the subjoined literal copy of a letter in application for the appointment of Governess of a national school (Guernsey). It is curious and…

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The Licensed Victuallers of London. the Forty-second Anniversary of Their School

The Australian Sportsman · Saturday 9 December 1848 · page 1

At a moment when the Licensed Victuallers of Sydney are actively engaged in the organization of a Society after the excellent model of the London institution, the following report of the…

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Marylebone Club (with Diver) and Harrow School

The Australian Sportsman · Saturday 9 December 1848 · page 1

Another laurel has been added to the already abundant wreath of the Harrovians by the victory so nobly achieved on Saturday, the 22nd, in the above contest at Harrow. Their motto…

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