School of Arts
THE Annual General Meeting of Members of the Mechanics' School of Arts took place yesterday evening, in the Theatre of the Institution. The Chair was taken at seven o'clock by…
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English Extracts. the Manchester Sunday-schools. (From the Morning Chronicle's Special Correspondent) Labour and the Poor
THE Sunday-schools of the industrial North form not only a vast moral and educational engine, but a curious and characteristic social fact. The system originated by Mr. Raikes,…
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SOME years since Sir George Gipps, previous to his leaving the colony, granted an half-acre allotment in the township of Bathurst, for the erection of aschool-house. At the time there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Gazette. Friday, May 3, 1850. Grants of Land for National Schools
COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, May 3, 1850.—The descriptions of the following portions of Land, which have been granted as the sites for National Schools, are published for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REVIEW. Australian Geography, with the Shores of the Pacific and those of the Indian Ocean. Designed for the use of Schools in New South Wales. At the request of the Denominational Board of Education. By Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General. Sydney. Published by J. Moore, George-street, 1850. pp. viii. 268
THIS is "a step in the right direction." It is the first that has been taken by a well-qualified person towards the instruction of the Australian mind in the knowledge of "the land we…
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THE lecture season of the School of Arts occurring at the time when our Reporters are so much engaged, and our columns occupied by the proceedings of the Legislative Council, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. (As the People's Advocate, our columns will be open to all parties, but we by no means identify ourselves with the opinions of our correspondents.] Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. To the Editor of the People's Advocate
SIR, -- It is with no little reluctance I take the liberty of bringing under your notice an evil of a serious nature, affecting the welfare of that excellent institution, the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From the Interior. Camden. Church of England School
THE foundation stone of a school-house, in connexion with the Church of England, was laid in Camden yesterday (July 1) by the Lord Bishop of Sydney, on land given by the Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Versus Denominational Schools. To the Editor of the People's Advocate
SIR --Although it is nearly five years since a majority of the Legislative Council first passed a resolution in favour of the national system of education, still it is extremely gratifying to the liberal and philanthropic mind at length to witness the wishes of the…
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The Board have seen no necessity, during the past year, for making any alteration in their rules, except that they have cancelled the tenth section of the regulations, dated 1st…
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LAID upon the Council Table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of his Excellency the Governor, and ordered, by the Council, to be printed, 25th June, 1850…
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Laid upon the Council Table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of his Excellency the Governor, and ordered, by the Council, to be printed, 25th June, 1850. Copy of a letter from the Chairman of the Denominational Board to…
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The Board have seen no necessity, during the past year, for making any alteration in their rules, except that they have cancelled the tenth section of the regulations, dated 1st January, 1849. 2. FINANCE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denominational Schools. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—In the absence of a more competent person, I would endeavour, through your columns, to call the attention of our Representatives to the facts disclosed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denominational Schools. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—You and Disco are doubtless entitled to the thanks of every Wesleyan teacher for bringing under the notice of the Legislature and the public the unequal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. [As the People's Advocate, our columns will be open to all parties, but we by no means identify ourselves with the opinions of our correspondent.] Denominational Schools. To the Editor of the People's Advocate
SIR, -- In the absence of a more competent person, I would endeavour to call the attention of our representatives to the facts dis closed by the Report of the Denominational School Board, recently laid before the Legislative Council. From this Report it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. To the Editor of the People's Advocate
SIR, -- Permit me to make a few remarks regarding a letter from a member of the Mechanics' School of Arts, which appeared in one of your late numbers. That letter, while it pays some merited compliments to the general utility of the Institution, and its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Denominational Schools. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEM,—Although obliged to a Teacher for the compliment paid me, yet I must differ from him, when he recommends a return to the old Head Money System, which is so very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Denominational Schools, Por[?] Phillip. Report from Denominational School Bo[?] Port Phillip. Melbourne, 9th July, 1850. SIR,—On behalf of the [?] [?]
SIR,—On behalf of the Denominational Schoo[?] Board of Port Phillip, I beg to acknowledg[?] the receipt of Your Honor's letter, enclosing a communication from the Colonial Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denominational Schools. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—I am sorry Disco should have misunderstood me: I had no intention of proposing a return to "the old Head Money system." In my opinion the object of the…
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