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Schools, 1883

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The School-ship Vernon

Evening News · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 7

We have received the annual report of the Superintendent of the school-ship Vernon for the year ended June, 1883. The report is in every respect satisfactory, as showing that the institution has successfully…

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Nautical School Ship Vernon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 8

The following is the annual report of the Nautical School Ship Vernon for the year 1882:— "The Superintendent N.S.S. Vernon to the Under-Secretary of Public Instruction…

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Deputations. Public School, Comleroy-road

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 665

A deputation, consisting of Mr. M'Quade, M.L.A., and Mr. J. Lamrock, waited upon the Hon. G. H. Reid (Minister of Public Instruction) on the 28th ultimo to request that a Public school be erected on the Comleroy-road, Kurrajong…

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Proficiency in Primary Schools

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

At the recent conference of public school inspectors, the standard of proficiency was one of the subjects dealt with, the old standards having been prepared some 17 years ago, and not now…

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King’s School Athletic Sports

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 3

The eleventh annual meeting of the King’s School Amateur Athletic club will be held on the P.A.C.C. ground on the 19th instant. Following events are open:—All Schools’ Race,…

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Public Schools

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 8

FROM the appendices to the Report of the Minister of Public Instruction, for 1882, we extract the subjoined information relative to the working of…

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Deputations. School at Kurrajong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 October 1883 · page 13

MR. M'Quade, M.L.A.. and Mr William Lamrock, J.P., waited upon the Minister of Public Instruction last Friday to ask that a school-house might be built at Comleroy-road, Kurrajong. They stated…

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Public School Teachers and the University. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 October 1883 · page 6

Sir,—I have read with considerable interest your leader of Tuesday last, suggesting that teachers under the Department of Public Instruction, should be partially trained by, and receive their certificates from, the University…

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Opening of the High School

Evening News · Monday 8 October 1883 · page 2

The Girls' and Boys' High School, in Castlereagh-street, was opened to-day by the Hon. G. S. Reid, in the presence of a large number of members of Parliament and ladies and gentlemen interested in…

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Opening of the Sydney Public High Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 October 1883 · page 5

The new Public High schools for Sydney, which have been established in the building once known as the St. James's Church of England Primary school, were formally opened yesterday by the Hon. G. H. Reid,…

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Sydney High Schools

Evening News · Wednesday 10 October 1883 · page 7

The Sydney High Schools for girls and boys, in Cast[?]gh-street, were on Monday, formally opened by the Minister of Education, the Hon. G. H. Reid. It will be remembered that the building, which is now…

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New School for Waverley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 15

A MEETING of the Church Committee in connection with St. Charles' Church, Waverley, was held on Tuesday evening to make final arrangements for the erection of a new school for the…

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Schools and Churches in the Archdiocese in 1873 and 1883. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 14

SIR,— In a speech delivered by the late Archbishop, Dr. Vaughan, at Balmain, on Sunday, April 15th, shortly before he left the colony, the following statement was made: "When I…

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Opening of the Sydney Public High Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 713

The new Public High schools for Sydney, which have been established in the building once known as the St. James's Church of England Primary school, were formally opened on Monday by the Hon. G. H. Reid,…

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The Schools at Mittagong

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 7

Mr. M'Court, M.L.A., addressed a large meeting of the electors at Draper's Commercial Hotel, Mittagong, on Thursday week, and explained his action in Parliament during…

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Rome and National Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 7

Before the Education Commission in Victoria, R. C. Archdeacon Slattery appeared as as the spokesman of his church, and gave evidence, which we reprint from the…

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Industrial Schools and Free Workshops v. Larrikinism. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 8

Sir,—As mental culture purifies the intellect and ennobles the mind, in like manner physical exercise chastens the body and humanises its instincts. Both are necessary for the preservation of the due balance of greatness in this complex…

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Sydney High Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 17

THE Sydney High Schools for girls and boys, in Castlereagh-street, were on Monday formally opened by the Minister of Education, the Hon. G. H. Reid. It will be remembered that the building which is now…

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The School-ship Vernon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 23

WE have received the annual report of the superintendent of the school-ship Vernon for the year ended June, 1883. The report is in every respect satisfactory, as showing that the institution has successfully…

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