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Schools, 1881

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The Late Gale. Loss of the Schoolboy with Ail Hands on Board

Evening News · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 3

NEWS of Mother disaster during the late gale was received yesterday afternoon by telegram from Nelson's Bay. In this out it ia almost a certainty that the barque Schoolboy, of Sydney, a well-known…

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Wreck of the Barque Schoolboy.—loss of Life. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nelson's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 4

Portions of the barque Schoolboy have been found ashore at One-mile Beach, near Port Stephens. The beech is strewn with wreekage, and a boat, evidently belonging to the barque, was found with a man lying dead near it. There can be slight…

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Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 26th October, 1881. Tenders for Repairs to Public School at Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 13

TENDERS are invited for repairs to the Public school-buildings at Botany. Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Department of Public Instruction,…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Friday 28 October 1881 · page 3

The question "That the British Government is fully justified in continuing its policy of coercion in Ireland until the present disturbances are alloyed" was warmly discussed on Tuesday evening, in the…

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Loss of the Barque School-boy

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 October 1881 · page 3

The late gale was not as at first anticipated, without its disasters. The Boomerang had a tragedy to record, and the fate of the Balclutha is still doubtful. The ketch Violet capsized during the storm, but was…

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Wreck of the Barque Schoolboy.—loss of Live. Nelson's Bay

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 749

Portions of the barque Schoolboy have been found ashore at One-mile Beach, near Port Stephens. The beech is strewn with wreckage, and a boat, evidently belonging to the barque, was found with a man lying dead near it. There can be slight…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 6

The Chinese Opera Company attracted a large audience to the School of Arts last night. Their remarkable performances were listened to with that interest which is begot of curiosity, and the gifts…

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The Missing Barque Schoolboy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 6

No further intelligence has come to hand respecting the ill-fated ship Schoolboy, which has been wrecked, with the supposed loss of all hands…

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Portion of Bathurst, Showing the New Court-house, and Other Public Buildings. the Church of England, Public Schools, School of Arts, Etc., Bathurst

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 5

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The Late Gale. Loss of the Schoolboy with All Hands on Board

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 13

NEWS of another disaster during the late gale was received on Wednesday afternoon by telegram from Nelson's Bay. In this case it is almost a certainty that the barque Schoolboy, of Sydney, a well-known…

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The Missing Barque Schoolboy. Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 31 October 1881 · page 3

The Government steamer Cycions returned to port on Sunday from a search for the barque Schoolboy, bound from Richmond River to Sydney, with timbergrain, &c. Nothing fresh was discoverd…

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Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 26th October, 1881. Tenders for Repairs to Public School at Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 October 1881 · page 2

TENDERS are invited for repairs to the Public school-buildings at Botany. Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Department of Public Instruction,…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 October 1881 · page 3

There was a very good attendance at the School of Arts on Saturday, when a matinee was given. In the evening there was a large attendance, and the extraordinary character of the entertainment was…

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The Missing Barque Schoolboy

Evening News · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following letter has been received by the Collector of Customs with reference to the wreck of the Schoolboy:—" Customs Station, Fort Stephens, October 27, 1881. Sir,—I have visited the wreak…

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The Barque School Boy

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 3

The Government steamer Cyclops returned to port on Sunday, after searching for the barque Schoolboy, bound from Richmond River to Sydney, but reported nothing fresh…

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The BIBLE in South Australian State Schools. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 3

A deputation from the Bible in State Schools Society has waited on the Minister for Education to ask that a poll, under the auspices of the Education Department, be taken of parents sending…

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Charge Against a Schoolmaster

Evening News · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 2

A case of considerable importance, affecting. as it did, the conduct of a school, came under the notice of the magistrates sitting on the summons side of the Central Police Court this morning,…

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Charge of Assault Against a Schoolmaster

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 November 1881 · page 2

Patrick Keating, master of St, James' Roman Catholic school, Forest Lodge, was yesterday summoned before the Bench at the Central Police Court, charged with assaulting the infant son of…

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St. James's School, Forest Lodge. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 5 November 1881 · page 4

SIR,—Kindly permit me to contradict a statement said to have been made yesterday (Thursday) in the Central Police Court by Mr. Gates against Mr. Patrick Keating, teacher in St. James's School, Forest…

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