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Schools, 1851

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School of Arts

Empire · Thursday 25 September 1851 · page 2

An adjourned Special Goucrul Meeting of the mombers of this Institution was held last night for the purpose of adopting the report of the special committee appointed at the meeting of the…

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Education in New South Wales; Its Present State and Future Prospects. (Appendix A.) On the Estimation, the Treatment, and the Grievances of Schoolmasters

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 27 September 1851 · page 6

THAT the profession of a schoolmaster is in a high degree useful to a community, and that it requires for its due exercise no contemptible talents, are points universally confessed. But it will not be asserted, that it is held in proportionate estimation. The term…

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National Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 October 1851 · page 8

The following paragraph appeared in the Herald of last Saturday:— "Extract quoted by Mr. Murray, on the day of nomination, when speaking in reference to the…

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The Empire. Thursday, October 2, 1851. the School of Arts

Empire · Thursday 2 October 1851 · page 2

IT is very frequently found in domestic life, that the trouble and expense of repairing an old kettle or a much worn garment would be worse economy than the…

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Sydney Mechanics' School Op Arts

Empire · Friday 3 October 1851 · page 3

REPORT of Committee appointed pursuant to Resolution of Special Meeting, held 30th July, 1851, to onquire into the present state of this Institution, and to report thereon to the…

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Sydney Mechanics School of Arts. Report of the General Committee in Reply to the Special Committee of Enquiry

Empire · Saturday 4 October 1851 · page 4

The general committee of the Machanies School of Arts beg to submit to the members the following remarles on the Report of the special committe appointed to inquire into the PRESENT…

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[Copy.] Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Empire · Saturday 4 October 1851 · page 4

Members who are desirous that the justitution should shake off its lethargy and become an instrument of usefulness in the community, are respectfully requested to exercise their vote and…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 October 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Ihe following notice ot motion, which will be submitted to the adjourned special meeting of the School of Arts, on Wednesday evening next, is of such importance to all…

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The School Boy at Home

Empire · Wednesday 8 October 1851 · page 2

A WEEKLY contemporary of ours, whose lucubrations we should, in accordance with the rule we havo laid down for ourselves, pass over, but for the mischief they…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 October 1851 · page 2

A SPECIAL general meeting of the members of this institution was held yesterday evening, Arthur A'Beckett, Esq., senior Vice-President, in the Chair. About seventy or eighty persons…

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School of Arts.—adjourned Special General Meeting

Empire · Thursday 9 October 1851 · page 2

An adjourned meeting of the members of this institution was held last evening, at seven o'clock. Dr. A'BECKETT, Senior Vice-President, having…

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Denominational Schools

Empire · Monday 27 October 1851 · page 4

Laid upon the Council table, by the Colonial Secretary, and ordered, by the Council to be printed, 16th October, 1851. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE…

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Model National School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 October 1851 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon his Excellency the Governor-General, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Keith Stewart, visited the National School in Fort-street. The building (formerly the…

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The Model National School

Empire · Tuesday 28 October 1851 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon, an examination of the children attending the Model National School, Upper Fort-street, took place before his Excellency the Governor-General, the Honourable Mrs…

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Denominational School. Third Annual Report From the Denominational School Board. Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 October 1851 · page 4

Off the vote placed at their disposal in support of the schools of the respective denominations for 1850, the Board appropriated nine-tenths to the payment of teachers salaries, and…

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Denominational School. Third Annual Report From the Demonstrational School Board. Finance

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 October 1851 · page 3

Of the vote placed at their disposal in support of the schools of the respective denominations for 1850, the Board appropriated nine-tenths to the payment of teachers' salaries, and one-tenth to the…

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Council Papers. National Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 November 1851 · page 2

COPY of a Letter from the Chairman of the National Educational Board to the Colonial Secretary. National Education Office,…

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Illawarra. National School

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 November 1851 · page 4

This excellent establishment, at Wollongong, progresses most favourably--only a fortnight oponed and it numbers on its books fifty-eight children. I have visited this school, and I cannot refrain from joining all that have visited the school, in…

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The National School

Empire · Wednesday 26 November 1851 · page 2

Yesterday morning, the, Speaker of the Legis lative Council, accompanied by fifteen or sixteen of the members, visited the Model National School, in Prince-street. The honourable…

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Denominational Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 3

The consideration of the estimates for the schools was postponed yesterday on the motion of the Attorney-General until this evening, in order that he and other honorable members might have time to…

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