Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Schools, all years

Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1894

1,449 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 73

The Erskineville Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 4

Mr. Bavister, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, elicited a little information from the Premier, who is Acting-Minister for Public Instruction, with regard to the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Public Schools Sayings Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 4

A paragraph in the annual report, of the Minister of Education relating to the Savings Banks opened in connection with public schools, states that 10 new banks were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

St Mary's High School Sports

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 16

THE committee of the above are doing their almost to make the sports on July 11, at the Association Ground, a success. The programme drawn up is a varied one, including two bicyckle races,…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Loretto Convent School, School, Rand Wick. Opened by the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 15

ON Sunday afternoon the new primary school, erected by the Loretto nuns in connection with their convent at Randwick, was opened by the Cardinal-Archbishop. The building, which is at…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Public School Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 7

A concert was given at the Alexandria Town Hall on Friday night by the pupils attending the local Public school. The head mistress, Miss Chaffer, directed the concert, and the chorus "Toy Girls,"…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Woollahra Superior School Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 7

The Paddington Town Hall was crowded last night, when the pupils of the Woollahia Public School gave their annual entertainment. The programme presented was a lengthy one, and met with…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Zenana Mission. Girls' Boarding School, Kilpauk, Madras

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 1163

The visit of Mrs. Longhurst, Superintendent of the Church of Scotland Zenana mission in Madras, India, to Australia in 1891, will yet be fresh in the minds of many of our readers. At that time, Mrs…

Continued on Trove, page 1163 →

Stage, Song and Show. the Oratorio Festival. Revivals at the Lyceum. Re-opening of the Criterion -- Mr. Williamson's Novelties -- The Bland Holt Season -- "The Flying Scud " at Her Majesty's -- The Tivoli -- The School of Arts Hall -- The Alhambra

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

This has been a particularly busy week in the matter of amusement, and it would be difficult, perhaps, to remember any previous period of the same length during which…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

School Concert at Paddington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 6

The pupils of the Woollahra Superior Public School, assisted by several well- known artistes, gave an entertainment in the Paddington Town-hall last night. The…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Public School Football

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

Two series of football matches have been arranged by the Public Schools' Athletic Association, to be played under Rugby rules--one for senior schools, or those whose teams…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Miss Maynard at the School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

Miss Jennie Maynard, assisted by several other artists, will begin a season of music, mimicry, sketch, and song and dance at the School of Arts to-night. Miss Maynard's…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Congregational Sunday-school Union. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 9

Sir,--Kindly permit me to draw the earnest attention of Sabbath-school teachers to the course of lectures now being delivered in the Y.M.C.A. under the auspices of…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Thornleigh. A School Improvement

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 7

In consequence of the recent increase in the number of pupils, Mr. Epthorp, of the public school, has been granted an assistant. He applied for a pupil teacher, but the Department…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

School of Arts

Evening News · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 3

Miss Jessie Maynard in her interesting sketches of men, music, and manners, made her first appearance in Australia at the School of Arts on Saturday evening. Unlike Mr. Lincoln, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

School of Arts.—miss Jennie Maynard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 6

It is now a considerable number of years since Mr. Lincoln came here from America and England and essayed the novel task of entertaining an audience unaided. There are veteran theatre-goers who…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Alexandria Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 6

On Friday evening the Alexandria Town Hall was crowded, when a concert took place for the purpose of providing a prize fund. The chairman of the school board (Alderman Williams, J.P.)…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Stage, Song and Show. the Oratorio Festival. "The Messiah" at the Town Hall. Miss Jennie Maynard at the School of Arts--Revivals--The Tivoli Programme--The Alhambra

The Australian Star · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 3

Comparative simplicity of style, extreme richness in beautiful, placid melody, dignified recitative and noble choruses have for years placed Handel's " Messiah " foremost…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Primitive Methodist Sunday Schools. Second Convention

The Australian Star · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 6

The second convention of the Sydney branch of the Primitive Methodist Sunday Schools Union was opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Albion-street Church. The…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Miss Jennie Maynard at the School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 3

Miss Maynard, who made her debut at the School of Arts on Saturday night as a caricaturist of character, is a young lady with a pleasant knack of versatility, and a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

School of Arts for Manly

Evening News · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

In response to a requisition the Mayor of Manly (Alderman H.E. Farmer) called a public meeting last night, in the Church of England schoolroom, for the purpose of establishing a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →