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Schools, 1857

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Sydney Grammar School. [Second Report of the Trustees.] The Hon. Seoretary of the Sydney Grammar School, to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney Grammar School, 1st September, 1857

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1857 · page 3

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you the second report of the trustees of the Sydney Gramm[?] School, to be laid before his Excellency the Governor-General in Council, in accordance with the 16th and…

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Report upon the Condition of National Schools in 1856

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1857 · page 2

The National schools are widely distributed over the colony, some being situated as far north as the Darling Downs, and others as far south as the Murray River…

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Grammar Schools. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Tuesday 3 November 1857 · page 4

The subject of Grammar Schools is one which has occupied the attention of many persons in the country districts, who have the cause of education at heart, and who feel…

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Sydney Grammar School. The Honorary Secretary of the Sydney Grammar Schoo to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney Grammer School, lst September, 1857

Empire · Wednesday 4 November 1857 · page 6

SIR—I have the honour to transmit to you the second report of the trustees of the Sydney Grammar School,to be laid before his Excellency the Governor-General in council, in accordance with the 16th and 17th sections of…

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Newcastle School of Arts. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Thursday 5 November 1857 · page 5

A meering of the members or this institution was held on Thursday, October 29th, in the Congregational School-room, Newcastle, to adopt by-laws and elect officers…

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The Industrial Schools Bill. (From the Guardlan, July 2.)

Empire · Saturday 7 November 1857 · page 3

Thee recent grown of [?] for the maintenance and education of obildren convicted of crime and the large aid afforded to them out of the public Purse, by allowances under the Juveenile Offeender's Acts,…

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Mr. Armytage and the Sydney Grammar School. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 November 1857 · page 8

SIR,—In a letter addressed to yon, and published on Monday, 9th instant, Mr. Armytage charges me with the habit of recommending parents to-remove their sons from schools of which I know nothing, and to send…

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Public Aid to Catholic Schools in England

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 November 1857 · page 2

SINCE our notice of the plan adopted by the Education Committee of the Privy Council for giving pecuniary aid to schools in England, we have received communications from…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 December 1857 · page 3

ON Friday evening last, Mr. E. [?] jun., delivered an interesting [?] before the members and fr[?]s of this institution, on the Aborigines of the Northern Districts, of which the following is a…

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Dr. Lang at Maitland. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lecture at the School of Arts

Empire · Monday 7 December 1857 · page 4

On Thursday evening, the Rev. Dr. Lang delivered a leeture in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on, "the accordance of the Mossic account of the Creation, with the facts and deduotions of Modern Geology." The hall…

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Windsor Wesleyan Day School Public Exminations. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Friday 11 December 1857 · page 2

On Thursday the 3rd instant, an examination of the schoars in the above school took place. The writing was very good in a great many cases, the scholars also showed great aptitude in arithmetic, and their…

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Par Liament of New South Wales Legislative Council. Friday, 11Th December. the P[?] took the chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. Denominational Schools Receiving Public Aid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 December 1857 · page 4

Mr. HOLDEN moved, "That an Address be presented to the Governor, requesting that his Excellency will cause to be laid on the table of this House a return containing tho following informstion, viz.:—A[?] of the schools receiving aid from the…

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National School Examinations. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 December 1857 · page 8

SIR,—I visited the Fort-street National School on Monday last, for the purpose of witnessing a really interesting ceremony—the examination of the infant classes. From the timely invitation given through…

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A School for Cooks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 December 1857 · page 3

INNUTRITIOUS, wasteful, and unsavoury cooking, is our national characteristic. No school of cookery has ever yet thoroughly answered in this country. The school of adversity teaches the…

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The School of Arts. to the EDITOn of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 16 December 1857 · page 5

SIR—Your correspondent "Civis" expresses dissatisfaction with the present condition of the School of Arts. With that dissatisfaction I, to a certain extent, agree…

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The School of Arts. to the Edtiro of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 17 December 1857 · page 5

SIR—As the notice of the committee has been drawn by "Civis," in your issue of Tuesday, to the manner in which the classes are being conducted in connection with the above named institution, I would, with your…

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The School of Arts. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 18 December 1857 · page 3

SIR.—At intervals during the past few months letters have appeared in the morning papers of this city, Purporting to come from members of the School of Arts anxious to direct public attention to certain defects in…

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The School of Arts. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 18 December 1857 · page 5

SIR—No unkindly feeling actuated me in seeking to give publicity to my former letter, and as the existence of such a feeling might be inferred from some of Mr. Dyer's observations in the EMPIRE of Wednesday, I…

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To Catholic Teachers. (Per favour of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 December 1857 · page 3

MY FRIENDS,—I am directed by the Committee of the Catholic Teachers' Association to request your attention to the advertisement which appears in this day's Freeman, calling a meeting of teachers…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 December 1857 · page 8

ON Wednesday evening, December 16, Mr. W. Woolls delivered the following lecture, entitled "A glance at the Flora of the Parramatta District," in the room of the above institution. The meeting was very crowded,…

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