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Schools, 1886

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Parramatta Church School Bill

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 3

WE are in receipt of a copy of the minutes of evidence taken before the select committee on the “Parramatta Church School Bill.” The object of the bill is to give the Bishop of…

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The School of Arts Majority. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 3

Sir,--It is impossible to express any surprise at the decision of the School of Arts committee with reference to the request of many subscribers of the institution that copies of the…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1886 · page 2

DUTIES were resumed at the Granville Public school on Monday morning after the midwinter vacation, and the new school built for the girls was also opened. Miss Noad, the lady who has…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1886 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Granville School of Arts was held on Monday evening last. There were present:— Messrs. J. Nobbs, president (in the chair),…

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Teachers' Salaries in Public Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 3

In a recent Parliamentary return obtained by Mr. Kidd, Member for Camden, some very remarkable information is given regarding the salaries of male and…

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News From Rome. Another Irish Cardinal. Wonderful Growth of New Churches and Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 8

A GENTLEMAN now in Sydney received a few days ago a letter from Rome, dated, May 10th, from which we extract the following particulars:— According to rumours now prevalent in Vatican…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 3

THE building recently added to the Granville Public. School for the accommodation of the girls was formally ,opened on Mondaylast, when duties were resumed at the school after the midwinter…

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On Revisiting The King's School, Parramatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 32

Beneath thy porch of stone once more, Old school, I stand, and fondly gaze On scenes that back to memory bring Those brightened, joyous, bygone days,…

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Cardinal Moran on Irish Political Affairs. Opening of St. Bede's Convent School, Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 July 1886 · page 7

At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Cardinal Moran performed the ceremony of blessing and opening the new High school of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, adjoining St. Bedo's Convent, Newtown. As the event was one of some…

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Victorian Nightschool Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 July 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A deputation of teachers in State nightschools waited on the Minister of Education yesterday, urging that the clause in the proposed Amending Education…

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Content School Opening at Newtown. a Challenge to Inspect the Roman Catholic Schools. Cardinal Moran on Irish Home Rule

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 July 1886 · page 3

A large number of people, principally residents of the district, assembled yesterday at the formal opening of the new High-school erected in connection with St. Bede's Convent,…

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Great Schools and Great Men. (From the Pall Mall Gazette, May 25.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 5

You recently attempted to show (writes a correspondent) what each of our Public schools has done in one particular year in the way of winning scholarships. The winning of Buch prizes, however, is, as you will admit, only the means…

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Australian Defences. Naval Training School

Evening News · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 5

LONDON, July 13.—Last night, Sir Thomas Brassey, formerly secretary to the British Admiralty, gave a lecture upon, "Imperial Naval Defences" at the Royal United Service…

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Proposed Naval Training School at Sydney. London, July 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 9

In the course of a lecture delivered by Sir Thomas Brassey last night, at the United Service Institute, the lecturer advocated the establishment of a school at Sydney for the…

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Parramatta School of Arts. What I Saw in America

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 2

ON Monday evening last, Mr. G. A. Lloyd, M.L.A., delivered a lecture entitled “What I saw in America,” in the hall of the Parramatta School of Arts, under the auspices of the…

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The King's School. Old Boys' Dinner

Evening News · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 4

The dinner on Thursday night at Gunsler's Cafe, to mark the retirement of the late head master, the Rev. G. F. Macarthur, and welcome the new one, the Rev. A. St. John Gray, must have been to old colonists…

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"Old Boys" of King's School Banquet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 6

The "Old Boys" of King's School gave a dinner at Gunsler's Cafe, last evening on the retirement of the Rev. C. F. Macarthur, late head master. The attendance was very large and…

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New Roman Catholic High School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 128

CARDINAL MORAN on Sunday blessed and opened the new High school of the Sisters of the good Samaritan, at Newtown. An imposing procession was held in honour of the occasion, in which a large number of…

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Political Lectures at the School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 3

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir, -- My attention has been drawn to this matter by reading the reports in your columns of the last two lectures delivered by Mr. John…

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New Public School at Marrickville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 July 1886 · page 4

Five years ago had the idea been propounded that an additional Public school would shortly be required in the district of Marrickville, it would have been regarded as a suggestion emanating from a disordered imagination…

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