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Schools, 1891

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Religious Instruction in Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 9

Our church, contemporary is strongly in favor of religious instruction being given in public schools, and says that if the attendance of churchmen at the meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on…

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School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 3

Mr. Dan Tracey's Vaudeville Minstrel and Specialty Company still holds undisputed sway at the School of Arts. There was not even convenient standing room on Saturday…

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Dedication of the Mount Carmel Hige School. Address by Cardinal Moran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 6

The Roman Catholic High School recently erected at Mount Carmel, Waterloo, under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy who carry on their ministrations in Waterloo, Alexandria, and Redfern, was dedicated by…

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Mount Carmel High School

Evening News · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon Cardinal Moran dedicated the Roman Catholic High School, which has been erected at Mount Carmel, water 100, under the auspices of the Sisters…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 7

THE School of Arts Debating Club held its usual weekly meeting on Monday evening, the president, Mr. J. A. Hendry, in the chair. The following question was debated :…

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UNION v. Marist Brothers’ Night School

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 2

On Saturday last the Auburn club journeyed to Parramatta to play the Unions but on arrival they found their intended rivals engaged with another fifteen, the Marist Brothers’…

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Alleged Robbery by Schoolboys. Five Committed

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 July 1891 · page 5

A REMARKABLE case was heard at the Central to-day, in which eight boys, of ages ranging from 9 to 13, were charged with having stolen seven and a half boxes…

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Breaking into a School

Evening News · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Henry Brown, 13, John Maher, 10, Ernest Smith, 11, George Rawlings, 10, William Neeve, 10, Samuel Cazean; 12, Alfred Shadlow (or Shaddler), 10, and John Cullan, 9, respectable…

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Public High Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 7

The following are the results of the examinations for scholarships and bursaries in the high schools, held on 18th and 19th June. The return shows the school attended and the school at which the…

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Schoolboys in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 3

Henry Brown (13), John Maher (10), Ernest Smith (11), George Rawlings (10) and William Neeve (10), schoolboys, were charged, with three more boys, at the Central Court…

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Proposed Training College for Public School Teachers at Sydney University. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 30

The New South Wales public school teachers are at present trained at the Fort-street Training School, Sydney. Under the existing system there are many disadvantages, and to obviate these the…

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Llandilo Public School

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 4

This centre of education, situated as it is all nestling among the trees, one could scarcely imagine could be of much utility from its visible surroundings as one stands within its porch, yet it numbers…

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Public High Schools

Evening News · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 2

The following are the results of the examination for scholarships, bursaries, and for entrance be the high schools, held on June 18 and 19 ultimo:…

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Catholic. the Sisters of Mercy at Mount Carmel. Dedication of the New High School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 17

THE fine weather favoured a large attendance at the blessing of the High School erected by the Bisters of Mercy at Mount Carmel, on Sunday afternoon. The new school is a brick building, which occupies a site at the corner of Elizabeth…

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Puseyism, or the Oxford Tractarian School. (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 4

Such is, in fact, the inevitable course which the controversy is taking; till at last thousands of Anglicans are contending for the system of the fourth or…

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Correspondence. Echo--"the Rising Generation of Australasia"--the Macedonian Cry From State School--and National Scripture League

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 8

Sing them over again to me, Wonderful words of life, Let me more of their beauty see, Wonderful words of life,…

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Murrumbidgee Mems. Roads Damaged by Floods. Further Assistance from Sydney. Found Dead--Thefts from the School of Arts--Oddfellows' installation. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 6

The Mayor yesterday received the following telegram from Mr. Barling, Under-Secretary for Public Works:--"The Minister for Public Works has approved…

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Windsor Wires. a Sergeant's Send-off. A Teacher's Retirement. Sackville to Windsor. WINDSOR

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 4

Staff-sergeant Chidgy, of the 3rd Regiment, V.I., was accorded a hearty send-off at the Royal Hotel, Richmond, on the eve of his departure for Cooma. His comrades spoke…

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Glen Innes School of Arts. a Flourishing Institution. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 6

On Thursday last the usual half-yearly meeting of the School of Arts was held. The Rev. Robert Kay, M.A., was elected president; Mr. B. T. Hall, treasurer; and…

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