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Schools, 1868

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Public Examination at the Bathurst Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 January 1868 · page 11

On Monday the 16th instant, the midsummer examinations of the above schools commenced, and terminated on Friday evening. The three first days were devoted to the examination of St…

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Country News. Opening of St. Patrick's New School House, Singleton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1868 · page 7

The Rev. Father Leonard has now seen realised one of his most darling projects, in connection with the education of the youth belonging to the Church of which he is such a sincere…

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A Visit to Some American Schools and Colleges. (From the Spectator.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1868 · page 3

WHILE the Rev. James Fraser was laboriously collceting the materials for his late Report, a Drivate Commission of Inquiry was being con ducted by two enterprising English ladies as…

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A Visit to Some American Schools and Colleges

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 10

WHILE the Rev. James Fraser was laboriously collecting the materials for his late Report, a private Commission of Inquiry was being conducted by two enterprising English ladles ; as…

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The Sunday Schools Presentation Bible. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 17

SIR,—The disappointment, as well as the extreme discomfort, experienced by the children on the occasion of the presentation of the Bible and Prayer Book to Prince Alfrod could not but have been most verations to all interested,…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1868 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of the members of the above institution was held in the Hall, Pitt-street, yesterday evening. There was not a very large attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr. N. D. Stenhouse…

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The Protestant Sabbath-schoold and H.[?]h. the Duke of Edinburgh

Empire · Wednesday 5 February 1868 · page 3

Yesterday, at noon, the Duke of Edinburgh was waited upon by about twelve thousand Sabbath[?] scholars, belonging to sixty-one schools of various Protestant denominatiers, for the purpose of presenting…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 11

THE annual general meeting of the members of the above institution was held in the Hall, Pitt-street, on Tuesday evening. There was not a very large attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr. N. D. S[?]nhouse…

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The Public School at Waratah. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1868 · page 5

I HAVE already forwarded to you a report of the Colonial Secretary's speech delivered on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Public School at Waratah; and I now furnish some account of the proceedings which took…

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Schools in Parramatta Domain. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1868 · page 2

SIR,—I should not have troubled you with the following errors were it not that you have in yesterday's issue corrected the number of the Parramatta Roman Catholic School children who were assembled in the Domain on Monday…

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The Industrial School at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1868 · page 4

THE Industrial School for Girls at Newcastle, one of the reformatory institutions recently brought into existence by the Government under the Act of 1866, promises to be most beneficial in its operation. The military barracks…

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The Duke of Edinburgh in New South Wales. Visit to Fort-street Modle School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1868 · page 7

HIS Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, Lieutenant Haig, and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Paid a visit, yesterday morning, to the model Public School in Fort-street. The…

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The Industrial School at Newcastle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 15 February 1868 · page 4

THE Industrial School for Girls at Newcastle, one of the reformatory institutions recently brought into existence by the Government under the Act of 1866, promises to be most beneficial in its operation. The military barracks…

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The Duke of Edinburgh at the Model Schools

Empire · Saturday 15 February 1868 · page 5

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, with his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, accompanied by the Hon. Eliot Yorke and Lieutenant Haig, visited the Model Public Schools in Fort-street, yesterday…

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The Duke of Edinburgh in New South Wales. Fort-street Model School. Friday, 14th FEBRUARY

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 February 1868 · page 12

HIS Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, Lieutenant Haig, and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, paid a visit, on Friday morning, to the model Public School in Fort-street. The…

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"What Was He Doing, the Great God Pan?" Modernized for the benefit of Mr. Parkes and the Public Schools. Septimus Smalltalk

Sydney Punch · Saturday 22 February 1868 · page 3

What was he doing, the big small man, Down at the Hunter River? Talking rubbish as only he can, Splashing and crashing with hoofs of an ass,…

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No. 7.—Sydney District.—Memorandum to Inspector. —Your men.o. of this date on P[?]-street South R. C. School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1868 · page 2

Although the proceedings you report have the appe[?]rance o p[?]co[?]erted obstruction, I think it would be well to make another effort to carry on the examination. By maintaining the concuiliatory…

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Parliamentary Paper. Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1868 · page 2

COPY of Correspondence between the Council of Education and the Most Reverend Archbishop Polding, respecting charges made against the Council's inspectors, at a meeting of Roman Catholies held at…

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The School Question and Horsewhip Discipline

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 9

IT is with heart-felt grief we chronicle the melancholy fact that the temper of the Honorable Henry Parkes has not been much improved by the holidays he has…

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Port-street Model School. Friday, 14Th February

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 6

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, Lieutenant Haig, and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, paid a visit on Friday morning, to the model Public School in Fort-street. The…

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