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Schools, 1891

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Missions to the Heathen. Native Teachers in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 3

On Thursday last there arrived in Port Jackson about 65 men, women and children, natives of Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the New Britain Group, in the South Pacific, who are…

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The Wrong Schoolhouse. (An American Story.)

Evening News · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 7

Jack came down to breakfast holding both hands to his jaws, as if without that support they would inevitably fall off. His face was the picture of gloom, appropriately framed in by the…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 7

THE School of Arts Debating Club held their meeting on Monday evening last. There was a large attendance of members. The debate was resumed by Mr. Murphy on…

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The Domestic Art Cooking Lessons in Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 3

There was a large gathering of damsels of various ages, together with relatives and friends, at the Girls' High School, Elizabeth-street, last evening, the occasion being the…

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The Wrong Schoolhouse. (An American Story.) Concluded.)

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 7

" Sir," said she, raising her hand, "John Fenshaw-started to stick a pin in your chair." John was a sober enough looking fallow, with a broad innocent face…

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Burwood School of Arts Literary Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1891 · page 6

The president of the Burwood School of Arts Literary Society, the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, delivered an address last evening to the members of that body in the hall of the association. There was a good…

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A Teacher Dead

The Australian Star · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 6

NOWRA, Friday. -- It is reported here today that Mr. C. W. Wood, teacher of the Kangaroo Valley Public School, and a relative of the New South Wales Minister for…

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A Catholic School Band

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 14

A VERY successful concert was given in the Royal' Standard Theatre on Tuesday evening in aid of St. Mary's High School Band Fund. An enthusiastic audience filled the building, and a…

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SITES for Experimental Farms and Agricultural Schools. Ministerial Minute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 10

Mr. Sydney Smith, the Secretary for Mines a[?] Agriculture, under date the 15th instant, has issued a minute regarding the sit[?]s for experimental farms and agricultural schools to be established within the…

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Public Schools Boat Race on the Yarra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 9

The Public schools annual four-oared boat race took place on the Lower Yarra this afternoon. All the u-ual crews, the Scotch College, Wesley College, Geelong Grammar School, and Melbourne Grammar…

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A Teacher Dead

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 6

NOWRA, Friday.--It is reported hero to-day that Mr. C. W. Wood, teacher of the Kangaroo Valley Public School, and a relative of the New South Wales Minister for…

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Experimental Farms and Agricultural Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 6

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, has written a minute with reference to sites for experimental farms and agricultural schools, and which…

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Granville. Primitive Methodist Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 2

THE third anniversary in connection with the Granville Primitive Methodist Sunday school was celebrated on Sunday by special services and on Tuesday by a public meeting…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 6

The twenty-second week of the season of the Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company was inaugurated on Saturday night at the School of Arts, when there was again a…

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Experimental Farms and Agricultural Schools

The Australian Star · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 3

A LENGTHY minute on experimental farms and agricultural schools, written by the Minister for Mines, has been approved by the Cabinet. In it the…

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The School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 5

A change of programme on Saturday night, introduced the 22nd week of Mr. Dan Tracey's Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company at the School of Arts. The house…

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The Browning of a Public School Teacher at Ramornie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day on the body of Herbert W. Herd, Public school teacher at Ramornie, who was drowned at Seo's Wharf yesterday morning. A verdict of accidentally drowned was recorded. The…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 2

THE School of Arts Debating Club held their meeting on Monday evening last, the president (Mr. J. A. Hendry) being in the chair. There was a good attendance of…

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A Servants' Home and Training School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 3

The Sisters of Mercy in what is known as St. Patrick's district have, with the approval of Cardinal Moran, taken practical steps in the direction of the establishment of a home…

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The Country. a Teacher Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.--Herbert Wesley Herd public, school teacher of Remorinc, was accidentally drowned on Saturday night. He was leaving the Kurrara steamer at See and…

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