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Schools, 1872

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Instruction in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1872 · page 3

SIR,—In the present Education, or Public School question controversy, every rightly constituted, well-balanced mind must feel inclined to deprecate the conduct of Mr. Wilkins, for two reasons, (1), for dragging the Rev. Dr. Badham's…

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Legislative Assembly. Tuesday. Roman Catholic School at Grenfell

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 5

Mr. WATSON moved,—"I. That in the opinion of this House, the refusal of the Council of Education to grant a certificate of conformity to the Roman Catholic School at Grenfell, as…

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The German School System

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 November 1872 · page 3

NOTHING strikes an Englishman who temporarily resides in Prussia more forcibly, or affords a more absolute contrast to his home experiences, than the fact that every person belonging to the lower…

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The Herald and the Grenfell School Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 8

It is unnecessary for us to remind our readers that the Sydney Morning Herald is the property of Mr. John Fairfax and that because it is the property of Mr. John…

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The Dissenters Versus Denominational Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 8

The proprietor of the Sydney Morning? Herald does not believe in the infallibility of the Pope nor in the infallibility of the entire Catholic Church. His journal speaks his…

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The London School of Mines. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1872 · page 3

SIR,—Now that the necessity for a School of Mines for the colony of New South Wales is being brought before Parliament, a brief sketch of the London Royal School of Mines may not perhaps prove altogether uninteresting to…

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School Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 10

On Thursday afternoon the annual exhibition and distribution of prizes to the children attending St. Mary's schools, under the sisters of the Good Shepherd, took place iu the…

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The King's School, Parramatta

Evening News · Monday 16 December 1872 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE annual distribution of prizes at the King's School, Parramatta, took place on Thursday last, at 1 o'clock. A large number of visitors were present, including many ladies. Amongst the most prominent of the visitors were his…

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The King's School. [From Our Parramatta Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 December 1872 · page 5

THE annual distribution of prizes took place at the above school on Thursday, the 12th instant. We observed amongst the many visitors the Right Rev. the Bishop of Bathurst, the Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney, the Hon. Charles…

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Sydney Ragged School. Opening of New School-house in Kent-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 December 1872 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening a public meeting was held in connection with the Sydney Ragged School, in Kent-street, to celebrate the completion of the excellent school-house there erected for that institution, and now ready for…

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Our Amusements. School of Arts

Sydney Punch · Thursday 19 December 1872 · page 9

THE Magnet Variety troupe are doing an immense business at this hall, drawing crowded houses every night. Their entertainment is so varied that there is food provided for all palates. Lottie has come out in some new and most extraordinary feats on the trapeze, which…

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Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 December 1872 · page 5

THE annual distribution of prizes to the boys of the Sydney Grammar School took place yesterday afternoon, in the schoolroom, College-street. A large number of ladies and gentlemen interested in the school were present. The company included his…

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St. John's School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 7

The annual distribution of prizes to the pupils to this school took place on Thursday. The prizes were distributed by the Rev. Archdeacon Rigney. The Rev. P.J. Mahony, and Hayes…

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St. Patrick's School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 7

The annual examination or the above school took place on Tuesday last at 3 p.m. in. the presence of a large number of visitors, amongst whom we noticed the Rev. Fathers Kirk and…

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St. Joseph's Convent School, Harrixgton-street

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 7

The annual examination of the young ladies attending the above school took place on Monday last. A large number of visitors were present, consisting of the parents and friends of the…

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School Examinations. Good Shepherd School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 7

This has been a very busy week in the many schools in and around Sydney. Examinations, exhibitions, and distribution of prizes have been the order of the day. On…

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New Zealand. the Convent Schools at Mount St. Mary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 5

A very interesting gathering took place at the Convent, Mount St. Mary, yesterday, upon the occasion of distributing the prizes to the pupils attending the schools in connection with that…

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King's School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 785

The annual distribution of prizes in King's School, Parramatta, took place on the 12th instant. Amongst those present were the Bishop of Bathurst, the Dean of Sydney, the Hon. C. Campbell, Dr. Woolls, the Revs. W…

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The True Meaning of Romish Bishops' Opposition to Mixed Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 6

IN a letter to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in April, 1860, and signed by twenty-eight Roman Catholic Bishops, it is thus unmistakeably announced--"According to our principles,…

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