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Schools, 1870

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Laying the Foundation Stone of the Newcastle School of Arts. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1870 · page 3

ON Friday afternoon the foundation stone of tho Newcastle School of Arte was laid by Mr. William Keene, F.G.S., about 1500 persons being present to witness the ceremony. After 1 o'clock the day was observed as a general holiday,…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of the Newcastle School of Arts

Sydney Mail · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 7

ON the 8th instant, the foundation stone of the Newcastle School of Arts was laid by Mr. William Keene, F.G.S., abort 1500 persons being present to witness the ceremony. After 1 o'clock the day was observed as a general holiday,…

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Sales of Leases of Church and School Lands

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 29

THE leases of the portions of land in the annexed schedule, forming part of the Church and School Estate, will be put up to auction at eleven o'clock on Friday, the 6th May next, at the places respectively mentioned. The upset price of each…

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Newcastle. Laying the Memorial Stone of the School of Arts. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Friday evening

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 22

TO-DAY, at half-past two o'clock, the important interesting ceremony of laying the memorial stone of the Newcastle School of Arts was performed by the president,W. Keene, Esq., F.R.G.S., in the presence of a large…

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Bishop Quinn and the Public Schools. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Times.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 9

SIR,—My, attention hat been called to what purports to be an address delivered by Dr. Quinn, to a portion of his fleck at the "chapel midway between Sodwalls arid, Rydal," (this…

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Bishop Quinn and the Public Schools. (To the Editor, of the Bathurst Times)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 9

SIR,—I perceive that "Starboard" has again come before the public. Being troubled with what is called the ca[?] scri[?] h[?] sheathes his plant weapon, and regadless of…

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Bishop Quinn and the Public Schools. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Times.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 9

SIR,—In your issue of the 13th instant, your correspondent signing himself " Starboard" has not failed to take advantage of the glorious opportunity I afforded him in my report to the…

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Roman Catholic Orphan School. Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 7

The Most Rev. J. B. Polding, D.D., to the Colonial Secretary. My Dear Mr. Cowper,—When I had the pleasure of an imervew with you some few days ago, I said that I would…

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Roman Catholic Orphan School Parramatta

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 May 1870 · page 11

His Grace Archbishop Folding has sent the following letter to Mr. Cowper, in reference to the condition of the above School:— Sydney, April 8, 1870…

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The R. C. Orphan School

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 May 1870 · page 5

IT appears that the Most Reverend Doctor POLDING has been acting as Honorary Inspector of the Roman Catholic Orphan School. By a Parliamentary Paper just…

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Female Servants' Training School

Evening News · Tuesday 10 May 1870 · page 3
Also in Empire

A PUBLIC meeting was held yesterday afternoon, in the Masonic Hall, for the formation of an association for training female servants. A large proportion of the meeting consisted of ladies. His Excellency Earl…

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Servants Training School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1870 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the afternoon of yesterday, at the Masonic Hall, to take steps for the establishment of a Servants Training School. The attendance, probably owing to the unpropitious weather, was not large. The…

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Servants Training School

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 7

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the afternoon of Monday, at the Masonic Hall, to take steps fur the stablishment of a Servants Training School. The attendance, probably owing to the unpropitious weather, was not large. The…

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Cricket. King's School V. Newington College

Empire · Thursday 19 May 1870 · page 2

A MATCH between the first elevens of these institutions was played on the ground adjoining the Protestant Orphan School, Parramatta, last Saturday. Considerable interest was manifested in the result, each eleven…

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Cricket. King's School Newington College

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 May 1870 · page 27

A MATCH between the first clovens of these institutions was played on the ground adjoining the Protestant Orphan School, Parramatta, last Saturday. Considerable interest was manifested in the result, each eleven…

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Political Economy in Schools. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1870 · page 6

A GOOD deal has lately been said about the importance of religious instruction in schools. As the current seems at present to be setting rather in the opposite direction, it may be a…

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French Schools. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1870 · page 3

OUR French neighbours have been having trouble with their schoolboys of late. Those ingenuous youths, whom one may observe strutting about the Paris boulevards of a Sunday—…

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Denominational Schools for 1869

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1870 · page 3

THE following is the report of the Council of Education submitting to his Excellency the Governor, a statement relating to the condition of Denominational schools for 1869…

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Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1870 · page 3

THE following is the Report of the Council of Education submitting to his Excellency the Governor a statement relating to the condition of Public Schools for 1869…

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