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Schools, 1889

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 13

The monthly committee meeting was held on Thursday night. The returns laid on the table were of a highly satisfactory nature, showing that on the day of the meeting a total number of 3024 members were on…

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Aquatics. the Intercolonial Schools Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 14

The race for the Intercolonial Schools Championship is to be rowed at 4 o'clock this aftornoon on the Lane Cove River. Each crew is equally confident of success, and judging from the style and condition…

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A "Strike" of School Children. a Protest Against Home Lessons and Flogging

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night, -- A peculiar "strike" has occurred in Scotland, where the children attending some of the board schools have refused to attend school. They…

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Thackeray as a Schoolboy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 33

An article on Thackeray in the NATIONAL REVIEW consists of some stories, lightly strung together, of the great novelist's school days at "Gray Friars." To the writer,…

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A Popular Teacher

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 12

GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—Mr. T. E. Pyman, teacher of the public school, Barrinton, near Gloucester, who is proceeding to Rothbury, was made the recipient of two handsome testimonials…

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School Fees. (Extract from the Australian Standard.)

The Dawn · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 6

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All Schools Athletic Club Prizes

Evening News · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 8

The presentation of prizes won at the recent publi schools sports took place in the Girls Department the Fort-street school at 11'clock on Saturday morning. In the acsence for the Minister, Mr. E. Johnson,…

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The School Children's Strike. Extending to England

Evening News · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 4

LONDON, October 5.—A " strike" of an extraordinary nature has taken place in Scotland among the scholars in the schools under the Scotch Education Department…

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Aquatics. the Intercolonial Schools' Race.—victory for St. Ignatius Crew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 3

The Intercolonial Schools' Race took place on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the home crew, the St. Ignatius College four. The weather was fine, but very hot, a strong wind blowing from the…

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Extraordinary "Strike" in Scotland. Refusal of Children to Attend School. the Abolition of Flogging Demanded. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 5

A "strike" of an extraordinary nature has taken place in Scotland. Many of the children attending the board schools refuse to go to school unless certain alleged…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 6

Mr. G. H. Snazelle, long and honourably Known in England in connection with the Carl Ross Opera Company, opened here on Saturday night, and gave a form of entertainment which promises to prove…

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AQUATICS. Intercolonial Schools Race

The Australian Star · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 2

The race between a crow from St. Ignatius' College aud one from the Geelong Grammar School took place on Saturday. The crows were: --…

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AQUATICS. The Intercolonial Schools Race. Won by the Local Boys

The Australian Star · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 6

The Intercolonial Four-oared Schools Race between representatives of St. Ignatius' College and Geelong Grammar School was rowed over a course extending…

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Public Schools Athletic Sports Association. Presentation of Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 3

The presentation of prizes to the successful competitors in the Public Schools Athletic Sports, at the Association Cricket Ground, on the 20th of last month, took place on Saturday…

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The Intercolonial Schools Race

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 October 1889 · page 6

[?] saw for the first time on Sydney waters a race between Victoria and New South Wales for the schools championship in four-oared boats, The Church of England Grammar School, Geelong,…

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The School Children's Strike

Evening News · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 4

As CARLYLE, in his famous description of the "insurrection of women" has spoken of that event as the moat phenomenal one, not alone of the French Revolution, but of all recorded…

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Parramatta School of Arts

Evening News · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of the above was held on Friday evening, the president (Mr. R. H. De Low) in the chair. A telegram was received from the Rev. Canon Kemmiss, stating that…

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Intercolonial Schools Boatrace. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 3

Sir,—As an old Geelong Grammar School boy, I write to say that I do not think the St. Ignatius crew can be justly termed like their opponents—a crew of bona fide schoolboys. Thynne, their No, 2, is an…

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The Goulburn Technical School. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulbubn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 5

The additions to the Technical School recently erected by the committee of the Mechanics' Institute were formally opened this evening, at a well-attended public meeting, by the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, Minister of…

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School Children and the Stage

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 4

WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday. -- To-morrow night the public school children produce the cantata " Haymakers," for the benefit of the School of Arts…

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