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Schools, 1890

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A School Girl of the Period

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 919

Geography? Yes, there's a lesson each day, But it's awfully hard to remember. We're been in South Africa nearly a month; Perhaps we'll go north by November…

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News by Cable. London Board Schools. London, April 25

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 5

The London Board Schools are to be supplied with pianofortes…

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Pianos for Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--It has been decided to supply pianofortes to the London Board Schools…

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Temperance Teaching in State Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 9

The Minister for Public Instruction yesterday received a deputation of representatives from the Independent Order of Good Templars, the deputation being introduced by Mr. Garrard,…

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Parramatta School of Arts. the New Catalogue

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

A COPY of the now Catalogue, recently published for the Parramatta School of Arts, has been sent to us with a request from the Committee for some reference thereto in on…

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Parramatta School of Arts. University Extension Lectures

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 6

THE second lecture on "English Litorature of the Victorian Age" was delivered by Mr. Percy Creed, B.A., on Friday, 18th, to a some-what larger audience than the first. Amongst…

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Maccabe at the School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1890 · page 7

The ever-welcome as well as evergreen Maccabe resumed his acquaintance with a Sydney audience at the School of Arts on Saturday night, accompanied by Madame Minnia. The…

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Fire in a Grammar School. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1890 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fire occurred at the Caulfield Grammar School last night. The Rev. E. J. Burnett's schoolroom and outbuilding were totally destroyed, but the school…

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A Very Young Teacher

Evening News · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 7

I went back to my room the other day, after a short absence, and found my baby girl installed in a big arm chair with a small story book in her right hand, and a tiny kitten nestled on her left…

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Temperance Lessons in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 9

Sir,—In to-day's issue of your journal you give a summary of the arguments used by the Good Templar Order and the Minister's reply re the introduction of temperance lessons in our public schools. Having…

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Temperance Lessons in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 4

Sir,—Will you permit me, in reply to Mr. W. Richardson, to point out that the reports which appeared in the newspapers of the interview between representatives of the Good Templar order and the…

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School Concert

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 2

A concert of the infant children attending the East St. Leonards Superior Public school was held at the local town hall on Friday night last. The hall was so crowded…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 8

At a meeting of the debating club of the Sydney School of Arts held on Monday, April 28, Mr. Hendry, premier of the club, moved--"That a revenue derived from…

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Public Schools Athletic Association

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 6

The Public School Athletic Association, desiring to see the sports of the schools thoroughly organised; are inaugurating a series of inter-school contests in…

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The Nepean Gully a Teacher's Holiday

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 4

Whether the Hawkesbury and stones are of aerial, marine, or lacustrine formation, may be a subject of debate for many years to come, and whether the formation of the Nepean Gully was the result of a…

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School-church at Wilcannia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 14

THE Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, "Bishop of Wilcannia, on Sunday performed the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the school-church at Wilcannia before a large congregation. The Bishop…

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Attendance at School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 7

Sir,—I am not aware that there is any clause in the Public Instruction Act, where it says parents should be informed of their children's absence from school; if not, I think there should be, as it is very hard on…

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Public Schools Athletic Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 8

The Public Schools Athletic Association, desiring to see the sports of the schools thoroughly organised, are inaugurating a series of inter-school contests in football and cricket, and in connection with the football…

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Sydney High School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 8

The annual sports meeting of the Sydney High School Amateur Athletic Club will be held on the 28th instant. Among the events on the programme are a Three-mile Bicycle Handicap, a 220 Yards Strangers'…

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Sunday Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 9

A meeting of the scholars of the Wentworth-lane Sunday school was held in the chapel on Monday evening last. It was preceded by a tea for the scholars, and judging by the…

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