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Schools, 1879

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Religious Education in Papist Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 7

[We give our readers the following as a sample of the religious teaching by which young papists are made good citizens and true Christians.]…

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The Bible, the Prince, the Governor, and the Papal School

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 7

Lord Agustus Loftus is a great and experienced diplomatist. Tact and careful phrase is second nature to men of his practiced fence and guard. Did they fail him on the occasion of his late…

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The Archbishop and the Schoolmaster

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 7

Dr. Vaughan remarks with great uneasiness the failure of his pastorals in the determined adherence of the Roman Catholic officers in and…

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St. James's Roman Catholic School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 3

The foundation-stone of St. James's Roman Catholic School, Forest Lodge, was laid yesterday afternoon, by his Grace Archbishop Vaughan, in the presence of about 2500 spectators. The new building, which is 110 feet long by…

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Religious Instruction in DENOMINATIONAL and in Public Schools. Iv.—mount Carmel School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 3

The first idea which suggests itself to any one visiting the school at Mount Carmel, is that its situation is an extremely bad one. It is nothing better than a sandhill, and is the one miserable spot in a very interesting…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The scientific festivals of Professor Popper at the School of Arts are likely to retain their popularity for some time yet. There was another large audience on Saturday night, the hall being filled. The…

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Laying the Foundation-stone of the Roman Catholic School Forest Lodge

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the foundation stone of ninety Roman Catholic School. Forest Lodge was laid His Grace Archbishop Vaughan, in presence of a large assemblage, numbering fully 3000…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 5

Professor Pepper's entertainment at the School of Arts was given before a large audience, and every point of especial interest was warmly applauded. Important factors in the entertainment are Miss Octavia Lane, who sings…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools in VICTORIA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 7

The Secretary of Education, by the direction of Major Smith, has forwarded to the Right Rev the Bishop of Melbourne the following official letter in reply to Dr. Moorhouse's communications on the subject of religious…

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Religious Instruction in DENOMINATIONAL and in Public Schools. V.—st. James' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 7

One of the oldest and best of the Denominational schools in the colony is St. James' Church of England school, the school rooms being the well-known two-storied brick building nearly opposite the Registrar-General's office,…

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School Fees and Public School Teachers. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 3

Sir,--However much we may condemn the policy which has shut out from the report of the Council of Education for 1878 the detailed descriptions of schools previously published, it cannot be denied that…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 5

Professor Pepper was again honoured with a crowded house last night, and his scientific wonders were witnessed by the people present with an interest and a pleasure which shows that the present programme will have a most…

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Religious Instruction in DENOMINATIONAL and Public Schools. Vi.—st. Philip's School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 7

The St. Philip's day schools are situated at the top of Church Hill, in close proximity to the church. There are three schools devoted respectively to boys, girls, and infants. The numbers on the roll last week…

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New Roman Catholic School Forest Lodge

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 3

The new school at Forest Lodge, the foundation-stone of which was laid on Sunday by Archbishop Vaughan, is in course of crection from designs prepared by Mr. Kirkpatrick, architect, of Temple…

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The Sunday School Assault Case

Evening News · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 3

The case of James Carter Allen, the Sunday school teacher, who is charged with having brutally assaulted one of the pupils, a little boy named Crockford, by kicking him in the abdomen, was again…

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Religious Instruction in DENOMINATIONAL and in Public Schools. Vii.—christ's Church School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 3

At Christ's Church School the proceedings of the day were begun by the whole school together chanting the 11th Psalm, the head master playing the music upon a harmonium. Then were said these prayers, after the…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 5

Professor Pepper's pleasant entertainment at the School of Arts is very popular, and a large audience last night witnessed the wonders of "Metempsychosis" and "The Artist's Dream."…

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The Melbourne "Argus" and the School Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 5

In his address at St. Francis Hall, on Wednesday night, Mr. Dalley Quoted from the Melbourne Argus in support of Catholic claims. Lest the public should be misled by the quotation referred to, or be induced to suppose that the…

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St. James's, Forest Lodge. Laying the Foundation-stone of a New School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 14

ON Sunday, October 12th, a pleading and most interesting ceremony was performed at Forest Lodge—the laying of the foundation-stone, by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, of the new…

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