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Schools, 1885

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The Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 15

The Sydney Grammar School was the scene of an intersting [?] last evening, in which the [?] were the performers, and their relatives and friends the audience. The large hall was, as [?] on such occ[?]…

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Herkomer's Art School. (From a Correspondent of tha Guardian.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 16

The Art School which was inaugurated at Beabey, in Hertfordshire, deserves more then a brief notice by the journilist. It is a serious undertaking, the outcome of a generous energy of no ordinary kind, executed with great…

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East Maitland Grammar School Sports

Evening News · Monday 22 June 1885 · page 6

The athletic sports in connection with the Bast Maitland Grammar School pupils on Wednesday were very successful. The results were as follows :—Champion Race.—J. Button 1. Handicap, 75yds.—French 1. Running High…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1885 · page 6

The usual meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held on Monday evening in the hall of the School of Arts, which, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, was filled with the usual large…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1885 · page 3

IT was announced in our issue of Wednesday last that application had been made to the proper authorities for increased accommodation at the Granville Public school owing to the…

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Mr. Abigail and the School Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 13

MR. Abigail is the close-as-wax member of the House. Secret and suspicious in his nature, he is ever worming out secrets to gratify his suspicions. He suspects some short weights in…

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Mayb[?]ke School, Petersham

Evening News · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 5

A first-class entertainment was given in the Town Hall, Petersham, on Friday evening, by the pupils [?]ding Mrs. Wolstonholme's young ladies' school at M[?]ybanke, Petersham, to [?] their annual…

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St. Augustine's Boys' School, Balmain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 15

IT is always satisfactory to notice fresh indications of the progress of Catholic education in our midst, and it is with great pleasure that we draw attention to the very handsome structure, now…

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Riding Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 1346

Comparatively few dancing men will be found to confess that they, in their maturer years, frequent the dancing school; they would have you to believe that they learned dancing when young, and are indebted to practice alone…

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School of Arcs Debuting Club

Evening News · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 3

The School of Arts Debating Club met as usual on Monday evening. Mr Atkinson Price occupied the chair. During the preliminary business a motion was carried that the club should co-operate with…

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The School of Arts Committee. More Amenities. Giving Information to the Press

Evening News · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 3

For some days there have been rumors ac to exciting things to come to pass at the next meeting of the Committee of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts. Interrogation of the secretary, or of a member of…

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School of Arts for Casino. CASINO

Evening News · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 6

At a meeting of the committed of the local School of Arts on Thursday night, it was decided to have plans prepared and tenders invited immediate by for the erection of a new hall, library…

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St. Joseph's School, Newtown

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 17

ON Thursday week a very pleasing entertainment was given by the pupils attending the above school, conducted by the sisters of the Good Samaritan, on the occasion of the annual distribution…

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New Catholic School Buildings at Goulburn

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 17

To meet the growing demands made for accommodation of their day pupils, the Sisters, of Mercy (says the SOUTHERN ARGUS) have found it necessary to enlarge their schools, and the…

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The High School of the Future. (From the Pall Mall Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 12

The future of higher education in England is bound up with the development of day-schools. I do not mean that the great boarding-schools will cease to exist, or that their shadow will ever grow less; but there is a rapid increase in…

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School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 9
Also in The Cumberland Mercury

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held on Thursday, when Mr Dalgarno, vice-president was in the chair. The treasurer, Mr F. J. Thomas, announced that the…

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Convent School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 8

THE attendance at the school recently established in Granville by the Sisters of Mercy has increased at such a rate that the premises are…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 3

THE residents of Auburn are very pleased to learn that there is every prospect of the proposed Public school building being commenced at an early date. The tender of Messrs…

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School of Arts for Casino. CASINO

Evening News · Monday 6 July 1885 · page 6

At a meeting of the committee of the local School of Arts on Thursday night, it was decided to have plans prepared and tenders invited immediately for the erection of a new hall, library…

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