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Schools, 1889

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Religious Instruction in State Schools. the Brisbane Anglicans in Motion

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 8

THE Anglican's of Queensland as well as those of Victoria are bestirring themselves in the matter of religious instruction in public schools. The following is from the Brisbane AUSTRALIAN:-…

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St. Martha's Industrial School. Feast Day Celebration

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 15

ON Tuesday the feast of the patron saint of the institution was celebrated by the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Martha's Industrial School and Home for Girls at Leichhardt. A number of…

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Proposed Convent Boarding-school at Wagga Wagga

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 15

WE learn from the Wagga Wagga ADVERTISER that a meeting was held at St. Joseph's School room on Sunday morning, for the purpose of considering the question of enlarging the Presentation…

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School of Arts Chess Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 256

The following entries have been received for the annual handicap in connection with the club:—Messrs. Pinkstone, James, Biggs, Haege, Paige, Andrews, Jackman, Darnell, Crump, Stormont, Brown, Miller, Barber…

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King's School, Parramatta

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 10

We must be thankful that this important school is now in safe Protestant hands. The Rev. Dr. Harris, the successor of the disappointing, ritualistically inclined Rev. Mr…

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Priest Hanley and Public Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 8

The correspondence below, and article, is from the Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette. We leave it to speak for itself; only prefacing that Priest Hanley in…

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Nowra School of Arts

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 5

NOWRA, Saturday.--The adjourned biannual meeting of the Nowra School of Arts was held, on Thursday night. The committee's report showed that operations during…

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A Soudan Schoolmaster

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, Saturday.--Mr. A.J. Bennett, who has been promoted head-master of the Public school at Cordillera was presented by the Public school boys was an address…

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Church and School Lands Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 24

The Act to amend the law relating to mining on church, and school lands was assented to on July 23; and it is needful to bear that date in mind. The measure itself is a very short one, consisting only of [?]ve…

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An Oxford Don of the Old School

The Australian Star · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 2

THERE is an interesting "in memoriam" notice of the late Professor Chandler in tho OXFORD MAGAZINE, from which we take the following extracts:--…

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St. George's Schoolroom, Glenmore-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 4

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the now schoolroom to be attached to St. George's Church, Glenmore-road, Paddington, was performed by the Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney on Saturday afternoon,…

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Leichhardt Superior Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 8

Some time ago Mr. J. S. Hawthorne, M.L.A., determined to do something towards removing the barrenness of the Leichhardt Public School grounds, and to that end set about obtaining trees for planting…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Evening News · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 3

A correspondent, signing himself "A.M.," writes as follows concerning the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts: The secretary having resigned, opportunity is…

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Tree Planting. at Leichhardt Superior Public School

Evening News · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a most interesting ceremony took place in connection with the Leichhardt Superior Public School. The occasion, which called together a large concourse of people,…

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School of Arts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 7

A meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held in the large hall of the institution last evening, Mr. W. H. D. Mitchell in the chair. The question of the…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 7

Sir,--I am an old member of the School of Arts, Sydney, and I crave a little of your space to draw the attention of my fellow-members to what I term a reprehensible proceeding. Dame…

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Tree-planting at Public Schools. Mr. Carrutiiers Explains

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 5

At the ceremony of tree-planting at Leich- hardt public school on Saturday last Mr. Hawthorne, M.P., stated that the Minister of Public Instruction informed him that he would not…

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The Bar[?]er School of Mines. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 August 1889 · page 8

Anxiety is manifested here in reference to the new arrangements contemplated by the Government in connection wilh the Barrier School of Mines. Confidence was felt in the old State Board of Technical Education…

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Tree-planting in Public School Grounds. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 5

Sir,—Upon the occasion of planting trees in the Leichardt Public School grounds, Mr. Hawthorne said that the ceremony which he was then performing was the first of the kind in the colony, and that the…

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Marrickville Congregational Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 9

The opening of the Marrickville Congregational Sunday school hall took place last night. The building is of fair size, and is nicely finished. It will hold about 300 persons. Last night it was filled to the doors…

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