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Schools, 1874

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Sober Truth About the Public Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 October 1874 · page 12

MR. HERBERT SPENCER, as is well known, disbelieves in State education as much as in State religion, and has endeavoured to show that the common argument by which it is…

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St. Benedict's New School. Laying the Foundation-stone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 October 1874 · page 9

SATURDAY was a complete gala day in Parramattastreet in consequence of it being announced that the Archbishop-Coadjutor, the Most Rev. Dr. Vaughan, would lay the foundation-stone of the…

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The Free Pu[?]lic Schools of New York. (From a Tr[?] Correspondent of the Manchester Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 October 1874 · page 3

THE writer saw [?]y grade of the free public school in New York, [?] the water side to the Western Avenues of the "u[?]per ten." As child can go to any other schoo[?] that of the district i[?] which it…

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Inner Life of the London School Board. by a Member. the Work of the Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 October 1874 · page 3

As the Educational Parliament of the metropolis has now broken up for its well-earned holiday, it may not be amiss to give an outline of its inner workings as a source of satisfaction to the curious in educational…

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Extraordinary Charge Against a School Teacher

Empire · Friday 9 October 1874 · page 3

A CHARGE of refined cruelty, brought against a school teacher, ongaged the attention of the board of advice for the East and West Ridings of the shire of Winchelsea, at a meeting held on…

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Extraordinary Charge Against a School Teacher

Evening News · Saturday 10 October 1874 · page 3

A CHARGE of refined cruelty, brought against a school teacher, engaged the attention of the board of advice for the East and West Ridings of the shire of Winchelsea, at a meeting held on…

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The Colonial Secretary's Visit to the Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1874 · page 9

The following letter from Mr. S. Callen, head teacher of the Albury Catholic school, has appeared in the Murray and Hume Times:— SIR,—On leaving the Public school, the…

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Public School League

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 October 1874 · page 5

A public meeting was held at Waverley on Tuesday evening, in the Waverley Sunday schoolroom, for the purpose of submitting the principles of the Public Schools' League, and…

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The Endowed Schools Debates. (From the Economist.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 October 1874 · page 6

LORD Sandon's Bill has thoroughly roused the Liberal party, nor do we wonder that it has done so. That Liberals who are Dissenters should resist an attempt to restore to the Established Church endowments…

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The Newcastle School of Arts. Laying the Foundation-stone

Evening News · Wednesday 14 October 1874 · page 4

AT half past 12 o'clock, yesterday (Monday), the foundation-stone of the new building which is to serve as a School of Arts at Newcastle, was laid by the Hon. Henry Parkes. A large number of persons assembled…

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Public Primary School Education. To the Editor

Empire · Wednesday 14 October 1874 · page 4

SIR,—Definitions are important, but they are not so easy as many seem to imagine. Education may be defined to be the culture or training which the life of the individual affords. School education, then,…

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The Newcastle School of Arts. Laying the Foundation-stone. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

Empire · Wednesday 14 October 1874 · page 3

AT half-past 12 o'clock, yesterday (Monday), the foundation-stone of the new building which is to serve as a School of Arts at Newcastle, was laid by the Hon. Henry Parkes. A large number of persons assembled…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 October 1874 · page 2

SIR,—From certain statements which have been made by some of your correspondents the public might be led to believe that the clergy of the Church of England do not give religious instruction in the Public schools…

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Model Schools Adelaide

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 9

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The Model Schools, Adelaide

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 18

THE Model Schools are situated at the corner of Grote and Brown streets, aud, with the yards, occupy one whole acre of land. The building, which is of Gothic style, and of one floor only, has its principal frontage to Grote street. It…

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The Newcastle School of Arts. Laying the Foundation-stone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 10

AT half-past 12 o'clock, yesterday (Monday), the foundation-stone of the new building which is to serve as a School of Arts at Newcastle, was laid by the Hon. [?]enry Parkes. A large number of persons assembled…

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Mines and Mining. Proposed School of Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 18

WE learn from the local paper that the project of establishing a School of Mines has been taken up in earnest at Hill End. And the same paper contains a letter from Mr…

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The True Character and Value of Our Denominational Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 October 1874 · page 3

[?] the [?] has been said and written of late upon the sub[?] our Denominational schools, and they have been [?] in no measured terms by those by those who are anxious to [?] [?] the present system of public education by one…

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Telegrams This Day. [A portion of the following appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.] N. S. W. Public School Leauge. Inquest on the Body of Miss Pettitt. the Border Customs. Miss Frances Hodgson. Latest Betting on the Derby and the Cup. a Boy Shot at a Rifle Match. Monster Meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall—resolutions Carried to Libraries on Sndays. Petition to Release Supple. &c, &c^ &c NEWCASTLE. Wednesday, 12 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 21 October 1874 · page 2

The School League to secure free, compulsory, and secular education for the children of the colony, held a crowded and enthusiastic meeting last night in the Theatre; James Hannell, Esq…

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New South Wales Public School League

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 7

A LARGELY attended public meeting was held in the Theatre Royal on last Tuesday (saysthe Pilot), for the purpose of establishing, in Newcastle, a branch of the Public School League, for making…

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