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Schools, 1916

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Canterbury Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 8

Mr. George Cann, M.L.A., who is on the are of his departure for the front, has been advised by the Promler's Department that in the electorate of Canterbury the proposed expenditure…

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War Incidents. Leiters From the Front. Scholars and Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 7

The following is an extract from a letter received by his parents from Private Keith Grovenor, who sailed last August with the A.I.F. and is now at the front:—"To-day I…

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Among the Schools

Referee · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 13

Though only nine teams entered for the A Grade competition this season, play has been of a high standard. The teams are Burwood, Ashfield, Double Bay, North Sydney, Petersham…

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The Winter School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 5

On Friday afternoon a batch of students bade a friendly farewell to Hawkesbury Agricultural College, after a sojourn of four happy and wonderfully busy and instructive weeks…

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Picture Study for High Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 14

Mr. John E. Branch, Superintendent of Art Teaching, Department of Public Instruction, New South Wales, has prepared an instructive pamphlet of over four-score pages upon…

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Good School Sport Soccer Team for Queensland Preparing for Track Events

The Sun · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 4

For the past two years the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, while holding a display, has considered it inadvisable, on account of the war, to conduct the annual…

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The Schools. Directors' Interstate Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 11

Mr. Board returned on Friday from the first inter-State Directors' Conference over held in Australia. He was not disposed yesterday to say much about the results except that a…

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The Primary Schools. Method in Arithmetic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 14

One of the great mistakes of the old system of education was that it viewed arithmetic simply from the standpoint of mathematical accuracy and discipline. The…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 14

Teachers are invited to seek information on any que[?]tion relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—Ed. C.P…

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New School at Middle Harbor

Evening News · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

The Education Department is to open a new school at Macpherson-street. Middle Harbor, next Monday. This school will be attended by a large number of children [?] in the Middle…

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Aviators Arrive School of Instruction Australians' Experiences

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

The Aviation School at Richmond, New South Wales, under the direction of the State, will be an accomplished fact within the next few days. The two aviation instructors sent…

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Middle Harbor School Opening Next

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 4

The Education Department is to open a new school at Macpherson-street, Middle Harbor, next Monday. Only those for whom it is the nearest school to their homes will be…

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Schools and Rates

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 9

After reading the candid comment by Returned Soldier in yesterday's issue I would like to point out to the newly-formed Progressive Political Party the desirability of…

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EDUCATION. Closing of German Schools

The Land · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 6

Mr. Fraser (Wagga) moved—"That all German schools be closed and the children attending them be absorbed by the State schools."…

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The Master Painters' Page School Teaching

Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 8

"Huxley," says one of our contemporaries, "has defined science as an organised common sense, whereas, the things organised in most schools are uncommon…

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New School for Bankstown

Evening News · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 7

Though it is [?] months age since a new school was [?] Bankstown, the public school in Bankstown proper, on Liverpool-road, is now…

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The Schools. Medical Inspection. Whole State Covered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 8

"Within the next few days," said the Minister for Education yesterday, "the medical branch of the Education Dcpartment will have completed the inspection of…

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Aviation School. Arrival of Instructors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 8

Messrs. W. J. Stutt and Andrew Lang, the pilot instructors engaged by the State Government for the aviation school at Richmond, arrived in Sydney yesterday. They are both…

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Middle Harbour School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 5

The Education Department has just completed a new school in Macpherson-street which will serve a big section of the district of Middle Harbour. The school consists of…

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The King's School. the New Headmaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 8

The council of The King's School has unanimously elected Canon J. A. Pattinson, M.A., as headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta, in place of the Rev. P. Stacy Waddy,…

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