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Schools, 1880

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Plattsburgh School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1880 · page 6

Yesterday, a deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Fletcher, Mr. Richardson (Mayor of Plattsburgh), and Mr. T. Abel (Town Clerk), introduced by Mr. T. Hungerford, M.L.A., and Mr. A. Camaron, M.L.A., had an interview with the…

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The Merrilla Public School. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 3

Sir,--Will you allow me space in your valuable columns to bring under the notice of the authorities and the public generally what seems to me to be a real grievance? Merrilla, which is situated within 12…

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Deputations. Plattsburgh School of Arts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 135

On Wednesday, a deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Fletcher, Mr. Richardson (Mayor of Plattsburgh), and Mr. T. Abel (Town Clerk), introduced by Mr. T. Hungerford, M.L.A., and Mr. A. Cameron, M.L.A., had an interview with the…

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The Exhibition. Some Lessons from the Garden Palace. V.—colonial School Exhibits

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 117

On the second floor of the north tower at the Garden Palace is an extensive collection of school exhibits, formed under the superintendence of the New South Wales Council of Education, and…

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Roman Catholic Orphan School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1880 · page 6

The children of the Roman Catholic Orphan School, to the number of 300, were treated by Mr. T. H. Rawlings of Parramatta, to a picnic and sports at the farm of the Institution on Friday. A large number of guests were…

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Lithgow School of Arts

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 3

We have been shown a very handsome silver trowel, with served ivory handle and a mallet of crocus wood, with silver inlaid plats, which in to be presented to Mr. Thomas Brown, J.P., of Lithgow,…

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Paddington Church of England School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 6

Sir,—Some of your correspondents have referred to this school as if it were an exceptionally bad case. The fact is, the room and site are excellent far better than the average, and certainly beyond all comparison with the crazy…

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Catholic Attack on the Schools

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 4

Boston, November 25.—An announcement is made concerning the policy of the Roman Catholic Church in New England towards the public schools. The Archbishop, following the advice of…

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Parramatta. Catholic Orphan School Picnic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 8

On Friday, January 16th, the children of the Catholic Orphan school, Parramatla, were treated, to an excellent picnic by Mr. T. H. Rawlings, of this town. The children, who looked exceedingly…

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Sham Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 160

The mania for something cheap in no few cases overrides 11 the maxims of prudence and common sense. We call it a mania, because it is not rational to imagine that people who keep hotels, let lodgings, sell curious and precious…

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Colonial School Exhibits. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 165

Sir,—Mr. Plummer, in his article in your issue of the 17th instant, assumes the following inferences from his observations on the exhibition of school drawings in the Garden Palace:—1. That the teachers,…

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Public School at Bungendore

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 2

BUNGENDORE, Friday.—A public school was opened on Thursday by J. B. Burke, Esq., J.P. A goodly number of Catholic denominational children and members of the local board united…

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Tee Christian Brothers' School Brisbane

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 18

The new school of the Christian Brothers, at Gregory Terrace, was opened yesterday afternoon by Bishop O'Quinn, in the presence of a very large number of people. The ceremony…

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Bazaar, in Aid of St. Benedict's Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 15

The grand bazaar and fancy fair in aid of St. Benedick's schools, held during the week at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, was formally opened on Anniversary Day by his Grace the Archbishop…

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Teachers and Frandulent Certificates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 13

Is the examination of tho primary school teachers what it pretends to be, or is it an official sham ? It is conducted with some external form once or twice a year, and much stress has been laid from…

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Correspondence Letters to the Editor. the Exhibition of School Drawings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 221

Sir,—In the reply to Mr. John Plummer's criticism on the Public school drawings exhibited in the Garden Palace, Mr. M'Donnell has made several assertions respecting the School of Arts which are calculated to convey wrong…

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[ENCLOSURES.] No. 1. Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, September 11, 1879

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 221

Sir,—In order to secure for scholars attending the Primary schools of the city a knowledge of drawing, modelling, and design on the system adopted by the Science and Art Department of South Kensington, it is…

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Bazaar in Aid of St. Benedict's Schools, &c

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

A grand bazaar and fancy fair was opened on last Monday, by His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, in the Temperance Hall. The attendance on the occasion was very large. His Grace expressed his…

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Teachers and Temperance. a Sermon by the Rev. J. H. Potter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 6

Preached in the Training College, St. Mark's, Chelsea. "He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bring[?]th out to light the shadow of death."— JOB xii, 22…

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