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Schools, 1899

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Football. Schools' Premiership

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 6

Lovers of good football who visited the Agricultural Ground yesterday were rewarded by the sight of the best school game of the year. The competing teams were the King's School and Sydney Grammar School, and as the latter…

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Jubilee of Fort-street School

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 3

On Thursday night next the celebration of the jubilee of Fort-street public school will take place at the Town Hall. The occasion will be marked by the performance of a…

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The Premier Public School "Old Fort-street" Jubilee Commemoration

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 5

An unprecedented celebration is about to take place in Sydney. The Fort-street public school has just completed the 50th year of its existence, and its jubilee is to be observed in a…

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Minister for Education at Leichhardt. Presentation of Certificates. Our Public School System

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 6

On the invitation of the chairman of the Leichhardt School Board, Mr. J. S. Hawthorne, M.P., the Minister for Education (Mr. J. G. Hogue) last night visited Leichhardt, and presented the…

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Football. Schools Premiership Competition. the King's School V. Sydney Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 3

The second meeting of the season between the King's School and Sydney Grammar School in the Great Public Schools premiership competition took place at the Agricultural Ground yesterday afternoon, and the finest…

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Public School Jubilee

Evening News · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

The celebration of the jubilee of the Fort-street Public School has been taken in hand by a committee, which has placed certain suggestions before the Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. Hogue)…

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Rockdale School of Arts

Evening News · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

A deputation yesterday asked the Railway Commissioners for a portion of the railway land at Rockdale, upon which to build a School of Arts. The Commissioners, however, did not regard the…

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Leichhardt Superior Public School. Presentation of Certificates by Mr. J. A. Hogue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 4

At the invitation of the chairman of the Leicchardt School Board (Mr. J. S. Hawthorne, M.L.A.), a large number of representative ladies and gentlemen assembled in the local Town Hall on Monday night,…

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North Botany Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 10

The new school at Gardener's-road, North Botany, opened on Friday last by the Minister for Public Instruction, is regarded as one of the finest additions that has of late been made to the suburban…

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Football. Schools' Premiership

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 10

Newington College defeated S. C. E. Grammar School on Monday by 26 to nil. The college team attacked from the start, and kept their opponents on the defensive during the most of the game, chiefly by the combination and fast…

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Fort-street School Jubilee. the Proposed Movement. Particulars of the Demonstrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 5

The demonstrations in connection with the Fort-street Model Public School Jubilee commence to-morrow evening at the Town Hall, when the jubilee commemorative ode will be rendered, and Mr. Hogue…

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Western Suburbs Sunday School Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 5

On Saturday night a number of teachers and officers of the various Sunday schools of the western suburbs met for the purpose of forming a union under the auspices of the Western Suburbs…

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St Mary's Schools Fair

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 5

The fair being held in the Masonic Hall in aid of St. Mary's R.C. schools is announced to close to-night. This will be the seventeenth evening, and despite the adverse…

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Petersham, Leichhardt, and District Technical School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 4

The annual prize distribution was held on Monday evening, and was attended by a great number of students and ex-students. The chair was occupied by Dr. R. N. Morris, Superintendent of Technical Education, who…

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Fort-street School Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 6

The committee of the proposed Fort-street jubilee celebration have brought under Mr. Hogue's notice their suggestion in connection with the movement. September has been…

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Football. Schools Premiership Competition. St. Joseph's College V. Newington College

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 10

St. Joseph's College met the Newington College on the ground of the former last Saturday in the Schools premiership competition. The game ended in a decisive win for St. Joseph's by nine points to nil. The winners scored…

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Parramatta South S.P.S. v. Parramatta Grammar School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 4

This match was played on the back Domain on Friday last, and resulted in a win for S.P.S.P.S. by 5 to 3. Jones, Hill; Withers and Hope played best for…

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Mr. Down's Pupils' Concert

Evening News · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 5

Rarely, if ever, has the Y.M.C.A. Hall looked so pretty as it did last night, on the occasion of the sixth, annual concert given by Mr. Frank Down, in order to shew to the public the…

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