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Schools, 1886

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Leichhardt Wesleyan Sunday School

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 3

A very pleasant and enjoyable evening Was spent on Friday last in the school-room Mr. S. F. Blackmore, the superintendent of the school, invited the teachers,…

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Congregational School-Hall Concert

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

An entertainment in behalf of the Congregational church funds, came off on Wednesday evening, at the above hall, and proved equally satisfactory to projectors,…

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ATHLETICS. Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club Sports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 1134

The thirteenth annual sports meeting of the Sydney Grammar School [?]as held on the Association Cricket Ground, Moore Park, on Saturday afternoon. As is usual on the occasion of these meetings, a large number of parents…

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Queen's School Sports. Wednesday, May 26

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 40

The weather was beautifully fine for the third annual sports of the Queen's School, which were held upon the Association Cricket Ground on Wednesday. When the sports began the attendance could not have numbered…

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Sydney Geammae School Sports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 40

ThE thirteenth sports meeting of the athletic club of,the Sydney Grammar School was held on the Association Cricket Ground On Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance. The grand stand and lawn were crowded…

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Scholars and Prizemen. Faculty of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1886 · page 6

Second Year.--Russell, Harry Ambrose (first-class and Cooper scholarship No. 1 for classics, first-class and Barker scholarship No. 1 of mathematics, pror ecc. Deas-Thompson…

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Hurch of England Sunday School Institute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 4

[?] teachers' tea and annual meeting in conneetion with the [?]rch of England Sunday School Institute was held las[?]ening in the hall of the Young Men's Christian A[?]tion. The tea was numerously attended, the…

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Church of England Sunday-school Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 7

The sixth anniversary of the Sunday-school Institute for the Diocese of Sydney was celebrated on Monday evening at the building of the Y.M.C.A. by a tea, followed by a public…

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School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1886 · page 6

A meeting of the general committee of the School of Arts was held last evening in one of the rooms of that institution. The pre[?]eat. Mr. J. Dagarno, in the chair. There were…

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High Schools

Evening News · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 4

RESULTS show conclusively that the establishment of high schools, in the country at any rate, was premature. The demand for such institutions at the time was neither…

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Permanent Buildings of the University Medical School. [See Illustration Page 1162.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 1164

It will interest many of our readers to have an illustration of an institution destined to be of the greatest importance to the country at large, and doubtless destined to exercise no mean influence in shaping the course of medical…

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Presbyterian School Church Concert

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 5

A GRAND sacred and secular concert, in aid of the site and building fund of the Granville Presbyterian School Church will be given in that building on Friday evening next, 11th…

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The Little Schoolma'am

Globe · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 3

"Speakin' of the rural regions," said an old chap at the end of the bar, who had trouble in raising a glass of beer to his mouth with his right arm, "I might be…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the general committee of the Granville School of Arts was held in the reading room on Monday evening last. The President (Mr. John Nobbs) was in the…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 3

IT was intimated in last Friday’s issue of the “Government Gazette” that Miss Amy Loveridge has been appointed mistress of the Infants’ Department of the Granville Public…

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School Attendance. Work Accomplished by the Branch

Evening News · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 6

In reference to the leading article in our issue of last Saturday week on the subject of school attendance, the following information as to the work performed during the year 1885 has been supplied to…

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Private Schools. School Attendance Officers' Reports. Serious Allegations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 2

Mr. Abigail brought under the attention of the Assembly on Tuesday some important statements made in a return furnished to Parliament embodying portions of the reports of the…

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School Inspection

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 4

OF the supreme importance of school inspection to any system of public instruction, there can be no question. Uninspected, bad schools become worse, and the best are…

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Entertainment in the School off Arts

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

On Monday night last an entertainment was given in the above hall by Bryant and Russell's Star Mastodon Minstrels. The attendance was meagre. The company…

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Leichhardt Wesleyan Sabbath School

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

A sacred concert took place in the Albert Hall, on Wednesday evening last, for the benefit of the above named school, and was a great success, the large hall being filled with a…

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