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Schools, 1880

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 October 1880 · page 3

The diorama of the Russo-Turkish War is still attracting large audiences at the School of Arts, The handsome gifts presented at the close of the entertainment are a source of great satisfaction to…

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Tamworth School Requirements. TAMWORTH

Evening News · Friday 29 October 1880 · page 2

There was a large attendance of residents of South Tamworth in the Church of England schoolhouse last ev[?], for the purpose of disucssing the advisability of po[?]oning…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 October 1880 · page 2

The diorama of the Russo-Turkish War succeeded in drawing a large audience at the School of Arts last evening. Mr. Newton's lecture is vividly descriptive of the principal epochs in the…

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The Political School of National Training

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 849

In the eloquent and suggestive address delivered before the Social Science Congress in Melbourne the other day, Dr. MOORHOUSE declared political life to be one of the most…

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School Picnics

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 3

"ARE Sunday School picnics Scriptural ?" "No; they are very unscriptural. There is nothing said of them in any passage or book, from Genesis to Revelation. The…

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The Public School Attendance

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 4

IT is manifest that even the short trial of the new public school regulations has had the effect of increasing largely the number of pupils is attendance; and as the teachers' salaries are…

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Laying of the Corner-stone of the Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 November 1880 · page 2

About noon there was a large gathering of the townspeople at the site of the Public school now being elected. The children of the school, to the number of 520, marched through the town, headed by the local amateur band, who…

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Presbyterian Sabbath Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 November 1880 · page 3

The annual gathering of the Presbyterian Sabbath Schools of the city and suburbs was held on Saturday afternoon, in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street. The proceedings commenced shortly after 3 o'clock, at which…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1880 · page 6

At the School of Arts lait night Mr. W. H. Newton, who was lecturer for the Russo-Turkish War Diorama during its recent season here, took a benefit, and played Richelion, in Bulwer's drama of that name. Owing to…

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Church of England Sunday School Institute

Evening News · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the Church of England was held on Wednesday, in the Church Society's House, under the presidency of the Bishop of Sydney, for tho purpose of torming the Church of…

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Public Schools and Artillery Cadet Corps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 6

The tenth annual contest of the Public schools and Artillery Cadet Corps was held, at the Paddington Rifle Range, on the 29th and 30th of October. Shooting in all the matches was excellent, showing [?] marked improvement on that of…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

A complimentary concert of vocal and instrumental music, tendered by the members of the Naval Brigade Band, who won the first prize in the late [?] and Contest, to Mr. Fulton, who had the management of that…

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Fashionable Cookery Schools

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 10

COOKERY CLASSES are becoming popular in fashionable circles, and no wonder considering how captivating the fair pupils appear when engaged in acquiring a knowledge of the mysteries of the culinary art. In the…

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Pennant Hill Quarries, Near Parramatta. a Fashionable School of Cookery

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 20

A FASHIONABLE SCHOOL OF COOKERY…

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Girls' Schools and Colleges. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 November 1880 · page 7

Education is the craze of the day. The word is used in no disparagement of zeal in so good a cause; bu[?] not without allusion to the infectiousness, and the ten[?] denoy to exaggeration too, which a great subject…

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Girls' Schools and Colleges. Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 November 1880 · page 9

The girls' schools of England stood very badly in comparison with the boys' schools in the report of the Schools Inquiry Commission of 1864. It was no fault of the girls' capacities, but of their opportunities,…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 November 1880 · page 5

Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather, a very large audience assembled at the School of Arts last evening to witness the production of the cantata "The Flower Queen." Although this cantata is not how to the…

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Amusements. School of Arts Concert

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 November 1880 · page 3

Mr. J. Churchill Fisher's juvenile choir, assisted by well-known vocalists, gave a very interesting concert last night in the School of Arts, before a large and appreciative audience. The first part of…

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Redfern Congregational Sunday School

Evening News · Thursday 25 November 1880 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Bedfern Congregational Sunday School was Held on Wednesday evening in the Cleveland-street church. The chair was occupied by Mr. John Sutherland, who delivered a suitable…

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