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Schools, 1855

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Nautical School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1855 · page 8

Relative to the establishment of a Nautical School in Sydney, the following message has been returned by has Excellency Sir W. Denison, to the address of the Legislative Council, on the motion of Mr. Parkes:—…

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Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1855 · page 8

With reference to the "Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Act Amendment Bill," the select committee of the Legislative Council report, through their Chairman, W. M. Manning, Esq., that "they have…

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School of Arts—lecture on the Poems of the Late Th0mas Hood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 October 1855 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening, before a crowded auditory, Mr. Joseph Dyer, the Secretary, of the School of Arts, delivered a lecture on the powers of the highlygifted and lamented Thomas Hood. We need…

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Report by the Inspector of Police, and by the Agent for the Church and School Estate on the Benevolent Asylum. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 25 October 1855 · page 3

SIR—The report on the Benevolent Asylum by the above officers is plain and business-like, and it is creditable to the Government that the enquiry has been ordered…

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B. Rules for the Guidance of the First Teacher at the Protestant Orphan School

Empire · Thursday 15 November 1855 · page 5

On all occasions she is to take charge of the establishment, in the absence of the matron. For instance, she will have to attend upon the surgeon and receive his orders…

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Council Paper. Orphan Schools at Parramatta. (Report from Commission appointed to Inquire into the State of Education throughout the Colony.) Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the State of Education Throughout the Colony, Respecting the Orphan Schools at Parramatta. Sydney, 16th October, 1855. Report No. 21

Empire · Thursday 15 November 1855 · page 4

In judging of the efficiency of these institutions, regard should be had to the object for which they were established, and the aims they are intended to accomplish. Their main design should be to supply, to the…

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Orphan Schools' Reports

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 November 1855 · page 9

HAVING only just received these School Reports, we are obliged to defer any remarks on the subject till next week. It strikes us at the first glance that the gentlemen who drew…

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Local School Boards

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 November 1855 · page 9

THE Catholic Clergy of those districts where Denominational Schools are already established, will be pleased to forward at their earliest convenience to the Archdeacon, any…

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The Orphan Schools at Parramatta. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 17 November 1855 · page 5

SIR—I have road in your columns of to-day the " Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the state of the Orphan Schools at Parramatta." The perusal of that document has occasioned me much pain,…

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Orphan Schools, Parramatta. Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the State of Education, Throuohout the Colony, Respecting the Orphan Schools at Parramatta. Sydney, 15th October, 1855. REPORT, No. [?]1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 November 1855 · page 2

IN judging of the efficiency of these institutions, regard should be had to the object for which they were established, and the aims they are intended to accomplish. Their main design should be to supply, to the…

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Remarks on the "Report" on the Roman Catholic Orphan School, Parramatta

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 November 1855 · page 8

IT is both fair and just to the public, and to those connected with the Orphan Schools, to have enquiries made from time to time into the working of the Schools and of all other…

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS—No.4. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 3 December 1855 · page 5

SIR—It appears that notwithstanding all that has been said and written, wilth a view of directing public attention to this momentous question, the people still manifest the same hateful indifference and culpable apathy…

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The Orphan Schools

Empire · Wednesday 5 December 1855 · page 4

THE condition of the orphan schools, although now for the first time made known to the public by competent authority, has not been a secret for some years past. Numerous have been the…

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The Orphan Schools. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 8 December 1855 · page 5

SIR—In your leading article of to-day, you have exorcised your privilege as a public journalist to state your opinions upon the subject of the Orphan Schools. In doing so you have spared neither men nor systems;…

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Correspondence. Our Public Schools. (To the Editors of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 December 1855 · page 11

GENTLEMEN,—The Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of our public schools, Denominational and National, have at last ended their labours, and if their report on the state of…

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The National Schools—annual Examination

Empire · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 5

The Fifth Annual E[?]nation of the chidren attening the National Schools in Sydney, commenced on Tuesday last, and was continued on the three following days. The examination was conducted by Mr. Wilkins,…

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Mechanics School of Arts

Empire · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 4

The opening of the new [?] hall of the School of Arts, was celebrated on Friday night, by a co[?] a term used in reference to the social meetings of literary and scientific Instutions in Europe, but which has not…

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Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 December 1855 · page 2

WE noticed, in our issue of Friday, that a conversazions took place on Thursday evening last, in the new Hall of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, and we now proceed to enter somewhat more into…

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Instruction by Mechanics Institutes. [?] Delivered at the School of Arts West Maitland, on Thursday Evening, 20Th December. by Henry Carmichael, M.a

Empire · Tuesday 25 December 1855 · page 2

In occupying, on the present occasion, the important position of public lecturer before the members of this Institution, it may be expected that I should be more at ease than on my first appearance before you in the same…

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Local News. Breaking Up of the Mac Quarie-street School

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 29 December 1855 · page 2

The boys of this establishment were addressed by their Master, on Wednesday, the 19th instant on the occasion of the breaking-up of the institution, in consequence of its general…

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