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Schools, 1875

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Temperance Lessons in Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 508

IN order that temperance reformers may operate with greatest effect on society, it is necessary that they seize and occupy every avenue of social intercourse and every centre of influence. At the fountain-heads of learning, in the…

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The Sanitary Condition of School Buildings. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1875 · page 6

SIR,—Your columns frequently remind us that there is in the city and suburbs of Sydney a large amount of disease and death which need not, and therefore, speaking from the human stand point, ought not to be. Children have in an…

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Exciting Scene in a Ballarat State School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 October 1875 · page 9

THE Courier report's that a special meeting of Board of Advice No. 117, west riding of the shire of Buninyong, was held on the 15lh October, to consider and report oa the oonduot of the head…

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The Mudgee Church ot England School. [From Our Correspondent.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 October 1875 · page 28

ON Friday last I paid a visit to the above school, a subst[?]ntial and elegant building hiving a frontage to Church and Market streets, and situ[?]ted just at the rear of the main street. Elevenyears age[?]th building…

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The School of Arts

Evening News · Monday 25 October 1875 · page 2

The entertainment offered at the School of Arts by the Fakir of Oolu was again well attended on saturday evening, and the new programme gave general satisfaction. The illusions programme gave general satisfaction. The illusions practised by the Fa[?] are…

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The Mudgee Church of England School

Evening News · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 3

ON Friday last I paid a visit to the above school, a substantial and elegant building having a frontage to Church and Market streets, and situated just at the rear of the main street. Eleven years ago the building…

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Setting Fire to a Schoolhouse

Evening News · Thursday 28 October 1875 · page 2

At the Sale Court of Assize a man named George Mather was tried before his honour Mr. Justice Stephen for arson, in having willfully set fire to the state school at Red Jacket, Jericho, on Saturday, 31st…

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The Morality Society and School Excursions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 October 1875 · page 6

SIR,—In the speech of the Bishop of Sydney at the annual meething of the Morality Society, as reported in this morning's Herald, his Lordship is stated to have said, in reference to Sunday-school excursions, that "he approved of…

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Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 October 1875 · page 6

SIR,—The Public Schools Act in itself makes no provision for requiring contributions from private sonrees towards the exection of Public school buildings, nor yet for contributions from private sources for the purchase of sites for…

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Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club Sports

Evening News · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 5

THE Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club held their third meeting on the Albert Cricket Ground, Redfern, yesterday, and had a day's excellent sport. There were large fields for most of the events, and the…

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Grammar School Athletic Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 9

THE third meeting of the Grammar School [?] Club was held on the Albert Ground, Redforn, yesterday afternoon. There was a large assemblage of ladies and children in the grand stand, and a good number of people…

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The Association for the Promotion of Morality and Sunday-school Excursions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 10

SIR,—If the Association for the Promotion of Morality had done no other good service during the past year, the attention which it has [?] to the evils which are too often connected with Sunday-school [?] and harbour…

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The Council of Education and the Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 6

WE are on the eve of hearing something out of the oracular caves of silence so long and mysteriously guarded by the present Administration. The Herald…

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New Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 2

We understand that the tender of Messrs. G. Coates and Son has been accepted for the erection of the new Public School, Parramatta South, for the sum of…

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News of the Day. Sabbath School Gathering

Evening News · Monday 1 November 1875 · page 2

The children attending the various Presbyterian Sabbath Schools of Sydney held a meeting, on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Presbyterian General Assembly in St. Stephen's Church,…

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The School of Arts

Evening News · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 5

The announcement that the Fakir of Ool[?] intended bringing his season to a close to-night caused a [?]ush to the School of [?]rts last night, but many people will be glad to learn that business arrangements…

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Sites for Public Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 592

THE action of the Council of Education in the matter of Public school sites requires explanation, but whether it will admit of a valid defence is to be seen When the Assembly pronounced its opinion against…

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Sunday-school Picnics

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 592

A. LIVELY controversy has arisen on the subject of Sunday-school excursions and the evils connected therewith. It had its origin in some sweeping statements made at the late meeting of the Morality…

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Religious Teachers

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 2

IF we turn back to the records of the past, in ancient manuscripts and also on the pages of history, it will be perceived that where mystery was thrown, over the actions of different…

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Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club Storts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 30

THE Sydney Grammer School Athletic Club held their third meeting on the Albert Cricket Ground. Reddern, on October 29, and had a day's excellent sport. There were large fields for most of the events, and the…

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