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Schools, 1856

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The Association of Teachers

Empire · Wednesday 12 March 1856 · page 4

WHEN the agents in any work set themselves in earnest to qualify themselves for the due performance of their duties, there is good reason to expect they will succeed. The cause…

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Industrial Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1856 · page 2

MUCH, is said and written in this philanthropic age about educating the people. When a candidate makes up his mind to canvass a constituency, this subject is sure to occupy a very…

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Our "United Association of Teachers." No. I.

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 March 1856 · page 2

That a spirit of healthy progress permeates society in our age, no thoughtful and honest man will deny. Very different is the tone of public opinion on the most important…

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Education, and the Teachers' Association. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 31 March 1856 · page 3

SIR—Mr. Rutledge's letter contains some useful remarks; his conclusion, so far as it affects the Teachers' Association, seems somewhat independent of his premises…

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The Empire. Tuesday, April 1, 1856. the Clergy Daughters' School

Empire · Tuesday 1 April 1856 · page 4

Too much honour cannot be done to the inhabitants of the parish of St. Philip, for the beautiful Church they have erected solely by private contributions without Government aid…

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How to Make the Schools Efficient. (To the Editors of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1856 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,-I must say that it is with grateful feelings, I see such n general desire evinced as there is to advance, the social position of the sehool-master in this colony. It is an evidence that we…

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The Board of Education and the Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1856 · page 4

The offices in Tyrone House, Marlborough-street, Dublin, have long and loudly called for reforms. The Irish system of national education, root and branches, requires a through pruning…

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St. John This Baptist's School—laying the Foundation Stone

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1856 · page 3

At twelve o'clock on Monday, the foundation stone of St. John the Baptist's School was laid by the Rev. Dean Lynch. The children of the Catholic School having…

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Matland School of Arts. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1856 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of the members of this institution was, for the purposes stated in the following advertisement (published in the Mercury), held on Tuesday evening, viz…

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A Drunkard's Teacher

The Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend · Saturday 12 April 1856 · page 3

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Wesleyan Sunday Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1856 · page 5

THE anniversary services of the Wesleyan Sunday School Society, of the Sydney North Circuit, were last evening concluded by a tea meeting at the York-street Chapel, followed by a public meeting in the chapel…

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The Industrial Schools of Scotland. (From the Times, January 25.)

Empire · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 3

The first reformatory, or industrial school in Scotland was established in the city of Aberdeen:—A poor ragged boy knocked at the door of Sheriff Watson's house, begging for bread. The Sheriff happened to be going out,…

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Say A. says the Schoolmaster

The Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 5

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The United Association of Teachers of New South Wales. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 2 May 1856 · page 2

SIR—The great interest you have manifested in the cause of education, and the very favoumble notice in yourpaper of the above Association, have given the committee every reason to hope that you, would not object to…

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The United Association of Teachers of New South Wales. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1856 · page 5

SIR,—The great intenst you have manifested in the cause of education, and the very favorable notice in your piper of the above association, have given the committee every reason to hope that you would not…

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The Sabbath School Hymn Book

The Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend · Saturday 10 May 1856 · page 15

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The United Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1856 · page 3

HAVING promised to publish the following lecture, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Boag some time ago, we feel bound to do so now, though in future we shall be compelled to notice these lectures in the shape of…

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The "Empire" and the Denominational Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1856 · page 2

Every one who feels an interest, in the welfare of the colony must feel also'an interest in the Education of our colonial youth. The aim and object of every public writer…

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Schools of Architectural Design in Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 17 May 1856 · page 4

Nothing on this side of the line, that has (at least in modern times) been constructed by the art of man in connexion with masonry, can be compared to the magnificent embellishments and richness of the carved work, presented to the eye of the…

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MR. W. H. Wells, Land Surveyor Phillip-street, Sydney. Opposite Saint James's Grammar School

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 17 May 1856 · page 12

HAVING devoted the whole of his time during the last Twenty Years in Surveying and Tracing the Original Boundaries of Old Grants, subdividing estates, and preparing Plans for the various Auctioneering Establishments has made…

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