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Schools, 1878

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School "Mills."

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 733

We can recall too many schools in our earlier experiences, at which it was the custom for bigger boys on rainy or idle days to pair off their smaller schoolfellows, as gladiators to fight for public recreation. There need not have been any…

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The Church and School Estate

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 7

In the address upon which we commented last week, the Rev. Mr. Jefferis dealt with that "religious whim of an irreligious sovereign," the Church and School Estate. He thus tells…

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School Improvements. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 6

SIRS,--If we compare our new buildings with those of Canada, the States, Germany; or with new schools which are being erected by the the London School Board, we must be struck with…

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Schools and Schoolmasters

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 9

The proposal, or rather the demand, that the salaries of Irish schoolmasters should be increased by an additional Imperial grant is one that it is quite natural for Irish members to…

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School Treat at Yass

Evening News · Monday 11 November 1878 · page 2

YASS, Monday.—The children attending St. Clement's School have a grand treat given them to-day in the shape of a picnic in Mrs. O'Brien's paddock. The affair is in honour of the Prince…

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Newcastle Public School. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle, Nov. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 7

The memorial stone of the future Newcastle Public School was laid on Saturday, the 9th instant, at noon, by Mr. Clarence H. Hannell, shipping master of this port, and chairman of the local School Board, with considerable [?]…

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School of Arts

Evening News · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 5

During the put fortnight very extensive alterations have been effected in the Mechanics' School of Arta. in Pitt-street The committee have displayed considerable taste and judgment in having the large…

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The Schools of Our Fathers. the Archbishop of Sydney's Second Lecture, Delivered in the Princess Theatre, Sandhurst, on Wednesday Evening, October 9Th, 1878. (Concluded.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 15

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School Gardens and Model Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 774

It is not surprising, when we hear from the highest agricultural authority in Britain the statement that at the present moment on much of the so-called cultivated land in England weeds are so rampant that ten…

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Hurley, on Pegasus. (Vide His Recent Public School Oration

Sydney Punch · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 7

No, it will not wash, my Hurley ! Your attempts at the poetic Must have been a strong emetic To all men whose common sense is…

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The Public School—among the Hats

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 23

As it was not late when we finished our rounds of the vineyard, Mr. Platt proposed a visit to the public school, and then if we had time a trip to Tacking Point light-house. Being the very thing…

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Servants' Training School

Evening News · Thursday 21 November 1878 · page 2

On Monday next his Grace, Archibishop Vaughan, will formally open a bazaar at the Masonic Hall, to raise funds, for founding a training school for female servants, under the management of the Sisters of…

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King’s School Athletic Sports

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 3

THE sixth annual meeting of the King’s School Athletic Club took place on the Parramatta cricket ground, on Friday, 15th inst. The attendance was not as…

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Training School for Female Servants

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 14

THE bazaar raise funds for the founding of this institution at North Shore in connection with the convent of the Sister of Mercy there, was opened by his Grace the Most Rev. Dr…

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The New Public School, StLeonards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 32

WE give an engraving this week or the new Public School, St. Leonard. On the North Shore hundsome and commodious residences and business places have been erected upon every hand; there…

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Sunday Services in Sydney. Hyde Park Teachers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 26

HYDE Park on a Sunday afternoon and evening is one of the sights of Sydney, Its southern half seems devoted to open-air preaching and public discussion. Much of the preaching ia more rant,…

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New Lambton Public School

Evening News · Monday 2 December 1878 · page 2

[?] NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The foundation-st[?] New Lambton Public School was laid on [?] by Thomas Hu[?] Esq. The [?] were presented to that…

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The Victorian Team at the Cleve Land-street School

Evening News · Thursday 5 December 1878 · page 3

One of the most pleasant [?]ats given to the Victorain rigfle team during their stay here has been the visit to the Cleveland-street school. The principal object of visiting this school was to show the team the military drill of the boys…

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High School for Girls

Evening News · Thursday 5 December 1878 · page 3

Mr. Windeyer moved a resolution in favour of the establishment and partial endowment by the Government of a High School for girls in Sydney. He contended that the time had arrived in the history of the…

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Injustice to Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 13

GREAT dissatisfaction exists among teachers of Denominational schools, at what is justly considered the unfair way in which they are treated in not being…

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