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Schools, 1880

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The New Public School Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 July 1880 · page 9

A supplement issued to the Government Gazette testerdat contains a notification by the Governor to the effect that he has, in pursuance of the provis[?]ons of the Public Instruction Act, and with the advice of the Executive Council,…

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School of Engineering

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 July 1880 · page 12

ON Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. S. Richardson formally laid the memorial stone of the School for Military Engineering, in course of erection at the Victoria Barracks. The proceedings were rather…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 August 1880 · page 3

M'Lean's Juvenile Troubadours made their last appearance at the School of Arts oil Saturday night in "Conrad and Lizette" and "Patch work." The audience was large, and the entertainment a…

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Review. a "Slashing Reviewer" of the Old School

Evening News · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 6

THE general interest felt in the greatest biography in our language (perhaps in any language) ensures for every fresh commentator who approaches the subject a favourable reception, and…

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The Degraded Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 13

THE suggestion of a correspondent, contained in the Daily Telegraph of Saturday last, that all teachers aggrieved by the new classification should make known to the Minister the loss they…

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A School of Agriculture in New Zealand

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 258

In recognition of the motto "Practice with Science," there has recently been established in New Zealand a School of Agriculture. A director has been appointed, and from his report we learn that, wisely, no high…

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The Teachers' Position Under the New Act. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 8

Sir,--In your able article upon " the teachers position under the new Act" in Monday's issue, you open the matter with the statement that tinder the old Act a teacher's income was derived from two sources:…

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LITERATURE. Review. A " Slashing Reviewer" of the Old School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 26

THE general interest felt in the greatest biography in our language (perhaps in any language) ensures for every fresh commentator who approaches the subject a favourable reception, and…

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Australian Botany. for Beginners at Home and at School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 20

FIRST BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN BOTANY. By W. R. GUILFOYLE, F.L.S., C.M.R.B.S., London, Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden…

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Evening School for West Maitland

Evening News · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—About 60 persons attended the meeting last night held to advocate the opening of the evening public school. The mayor presided. A resolution was proposed…

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School of Arts. to the Editor of He Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 3

Sir,--On Tuesday next the vexed question of Sunday opening of the reading-room is to be re-opened. With going into that question here, would it not be as well to open the reading-room on public holidays…

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The Grievances of Assistant Teachers. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 3

Sir,--With all due deference to the gentleman who holds the position of Minister of Education, and fully aware of the onerous duties devolving on him by virtue of his position, and of the consequent delays…

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Suaday Sceool Teachers and SCHOLARS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 6

A conference in, connection with the New South Wales Congregational Sunday School Union wate held in the Congregationalschool-hall,Pitt-streer lastevening, when papan on the subject of Sunday school work were read. The Rev…

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Opening of the School of Arts on

Evening News · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 3

A MEETING of subscribers to the School of Arts was held last night, to consider the propriety of opening the institution on Sunday. The hall was crowded in every part, and a number of ladies were…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

Evening News · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

A public meeting on the question of religious instruction to Church of England Children, attending public schools, took place in the Masonic Hall, York-street, last evening, the Bishop…

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Relig[?]ous Denominations in School Returns. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 6

Sir,—May I inquire, through your columns, what necessity exists to question children at Public schools as to their religion, in order to post up the numbers of each denomination in school returns? It seems a work of supererogation…

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Sunday Opening of the SCHOOL of ARTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 6

A meeting of subscribers to the School of Arts was held last night, in accordance with a requisition signed by the, requisite number of members, for the purpose or considering the-prooriety of opening the reading-room of the institution…

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Bourke-street Wesleyan Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 6

The forty-third anniversary of the Bourke-strest Wessleyan Sabbath school was celebrated on Sunday last and [?]last night. On Sunday sermons vere preached—in the [?]ing by the Rev. George Lane, in the evening by [?]…

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OPENING the SCHOOL of ARTS on SUNDAYS

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 3

A crowded meeting was held at the School of Arts last night, to consider the propriety of opening the reading-room of the institution on Sundays. Mr. Justice Windeyer occupied the chair,…

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