Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Schools, all years

Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1883

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 28

School of Arts Lectures. Rural Life in India

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1883 · page 8

THE second of the present series of lectures in connection with the Parramatta School of Arts was delivered in the Council Chamber on Monday evening last, by Mr. James Inglis, to a…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Sydney School of Arts Conversazione

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1883 · page 13

A CONVERSAZIONE was opened on Thursday at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its commencement. Five rooms, including the reading room, large lecture hall,…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mr. Gladstone's Schooldays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1883 · page 3

Temple Bar for February contains a long and interesting article on "Mr. Gladstone's Schooldays," by James Brinsley Richards Mr. Richards has collected several incidents connected with Mr. Gladatone's six years' stay at Eton, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parramatta Wesleyan Sunday Schools Anniversary

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1883 · page 2

IN accordance with their annual custom, the Parramatta Wesleyan Sunday Schools (together, with the lately-established school at Granville) met on Easter Monday to celebrate their…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Dr. Moorhouse on the Bible in Schools. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 2

Dr. Moorhouse, the Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, delivered an address to parents in the Fitzroy Town Hall last night in aid of the movement for promoting the Bible in State…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

CHURCH of England Clergy and Religious Instruction in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 3

Sir,—Your correspondent, "An Earnest Churchman," is in error in supposing that the clergy of the Church of England fail to take an interest in the religious instruction of the Church children attending the Public Primary schools…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 3

Sir,--My attention having been called to the sub-leader in your journal of the 24th instant, I beg leave to enclose to you a supplementary catalogue just published, which, I submit, will prove that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Industrial Schools v. Larrinism. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 5

Sir,—It must be regarded as a subject of congratulation to the general public to feel assured that the Government are in earnest in thei determination to initlate as soon as possible the establishment of industrail schools for the youth…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Late Dr. CarmichaeL Founder of the Sydney School of Arts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 585

Mr. Justice Windeyer must have felt gratified that the privilege was afforded him at the School of Arts celebration of reading from that hitherto uncut page of Australian history which tells of the late Dr. Carmichael's well-directed…

Continued on Trove, page 585 →

Puseyism, or the Oxford Tractarian School

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 8

On the alleged mysterious efficacy attending the administration of the Sacraments at the hand of the privileged priesthood (what their personal character is, it a appears, little matters)…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Schoolmaster Abroad. SCENE: -- Parliamentary Refreshment Room

Sydney Punch · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 7

1st Member (ex-Public schoolboy). -- "You're a great authority on 'istory you are. Why, I'll bet nobblers round you can't tell who killed William Rufus Member (ex-Pul lie schoolboy). -- "Done, it's a bet." 1st Member. -- "Well, who was it, and what did he do it for?"…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Flogging School Pupils

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Chapman telegraphs to-day from Gosford that the Gosford magistrates appear to be carrying on a crusade against corporal punishment in schools. David Cowan, teacher of Kincumber,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Public School Teachers' Picnic

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On Saturday last about 300 public school teachers and their friends spent a very pleasant day at Clontarf, and had the satisfaction of experiencing that kind of weather which gives a zest to existence,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Public School Teachers Picnic

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 3

After a lapse of several years, a most successful attempt was made on Saturday to revive the annual picnics of the teachers in the various public schools in the colony, and of the officers…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Industrial School for Girls

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 3

The formal opening of an industrial School for girls in connection with the Manly Beach branch of the Good Sama[?]itan Convent Sydney took place on Saturday afternoon at Manly in the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Roman Catholic Industrial School for Girls at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1883 · page 5

Some time ago the Sisters of the Good Samaritan Convent, in Pitt-street, purchased a house and grounds at Manly, for the purpose of establishing an Industrial School for Girls. The amount of the purchase money was £2500,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

New School for Bondi

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1883 · page 3

A handsome public school has just been erected at Bondi, and was opened yesterday. Mr. F. Campbell has been appointed head master. He is a careful and competent teacher, and the Bondi school will no…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Public Schools and School Books. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1883 · page 7

Sir,—The present Minister of Public Instruction has expressed a desire to avail himself of every means to further the work of the Department he administers, and has on more than one occasion shown his determination to have…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Church of England Sunday-school Institute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1883 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Church of England Sunday-school Institute for the diorese of Sydney was held at the Church Society's House, Phillip-street, on Monday evening, under the presidency of the Very Rev. the Vicar-General…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →