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    South Australia - Education

    State Schools and State Education

    "The Church of England and Public Schools" is discussed in the Register,
    11, 15 and 30 December 1856, pages 2c, 3g and 3c,
    "Public Education" on
    15 December 1856, page 2f.

    "Public Education" is discussed in the Register,
    24 June 1857, page 2c; also see
    26, 28 and 29 January 1861, pages 2d, 2a and 3b,
    "Public Schools" on
    22 May 1861, page 2f,
    "Government Schools" on
    26 and 28 January 1861, pages 2d and 3a,
    14 January 1864, page 2e.

    "Failure of State Education" is in the Register,
    17 February 1863, page 3c.

    "State Education in England and Australia" is in the Observer,
    26 January 1867, page 4c.

    "State Education" is in the Register,
    6 May 1869, page 3e.

    "Destitute Children in Government Schools" is in the Register,
    17 and 24 May 1869, pages 2f and 2g.

    An editorial on "State Education" is in the Register,
    31 March 1870, page 4d and
    31 August 1886, page 4g.

    "The Government Schools in 1869" is in the Observer,
    23 April 1870, page 10c.

    "Educational Legislation" was the subject of a paper read at a meeting of the Adelaide Philosophical Society - see Register,
    11 January 1871, page 7c,
    "Public Education in SA" is discussed on
    21 June 1871, page 4d.

    Bible reading in schools is discussed in the Register,
    4 and 7 October 1873, pages 4e and 5f-g,
    30 July 1875, page 6g.
    See South Australia - Religion - Religion in Schools.

    "State Schools in SA" is in the Observer,
    11 July 1874, page 13a,
    "State of Public Schools" in the Express,
    10 August 1874, pages 2b-3c.

    "Our Government Schools" is in the Advertiser,
    22 February 1875, page 3b,
    "State School History Books" on
    27 April 1875, page 2d.

    Sketches of State school students are in the Pictorial Australian in June 1878.

    "The Education Question" is the subject of an editorial in the Register,
    5 February 1875, page 4f.

    "Fees in State Schools" is in the Observer,
    7 August 1875, page 3a,
    "Free Scholars in Government Schools" on
    4 and 11 March 1876, pages 13b and 13c.

    A "spelling bee" is discussed in the Express,
    31 August 1875, page 3e,
    Register,
    18 September 1875, page 4g.

    "State Schools" is in the Register,
    1 January 1877, page 7b.

    "What Are They - State Schools or Pauper Schools" is in the Advertiser,
    7 March 1877, page 5f.

    "Our Educational System" is in the Register,
    25 July 1877, page 7c,
    2, 11 and 20 August 1877, pages 7c, 6g and 7e.

    "Admission to State Schools" is in the Register,
    7 March 1877, page 4c.

    "The Result System in Government Schools" is in the Advertiser,
    25 April 1878, page 7a.

    "The Government Schools and the German Language" is in the Chronicle,
    26 October 1878, page 12f.

    "The Chief Faults of the Education System of South Australia" is in the Register,
    25 January 1879 (supp.), page 2b,
    "Criticism of State Education" on
    12 February 1887, page 4g.

    The Public Schools Floral Society is discussed in the Register,
    8 November 1879 (supp.), page 2b.
    A photograph of an exhibition is in the Chronicle,
    15 November 1902, page 44.

    "Our Education System" is in the Register,
    13 May 1881, page 4e,
    "Education in SA" on
    18 and 19 July 1881, pages 1c (supp.) and 4f.

    "The Education Act and Religious Teaching" is in the Express,
    6 July 1881, page 3b,
    1 November 1881, page 2f.

    Provisional schools are discussed in the Observer,
    11 February 1882, page 27c.

    "Evil Companionship in State Schools" is in the Register, 20 May 1884, page 7h:

    A Public Schools' Exhibition is reported upon in the Express,
    8 November 1884, page 3c,
    Advertiser,
    4 November 1899, page 11a.

    "Asphalting School Yards" is in the Chronicle,
    2 May 1885, page 10b.

    "Some New Lessons in Our Public Schools" is in the Observer,
    20 June 1885, page 29c.

    "Model Schools Swimming Competition" is in the Express,
    18 March 1886, page 2d; also see
    17 April 1886, page 2d;
    for information on swimming instruction see
    14 October 1886, page 4e,
    1 December 1886, page 5g.

    "State Education" is reported upon in the Register,
    31 August 1886, page 4g,
    "State Education - Its Inexpediency" in the Observer,
    7 May 1887, page 27d.

    "A Talk With the Inspector-General of Schools" is in the Express,
    15 November 1886, page 3d.

    "State Education and Morals" is in the Register,
    30 April 1887, page 4f-6d,
    3 and 12 May 1887, pages 7f and 7h,
    12 May 1888, page 4f.

    "Horticultural Teaching at Public Schools" is in the Observer,
    11 August 1888, page 9c.

    A public schools picnic is reported in the Register,
    17 November 1888, page 6f.

    "State Education and Church Schools" is in the Register,
    18 June 1889, page 4h.

    "The State School Curriculum" is in the Register,
    9 June 1890, page 4g.

    Information on the decoration of public schools is in the Advertiser,
    17 April 1891, page 4d,
    "Public Schools' Decoration Society" is in the Express,
    21 and 24 September 1894, pages 3f and 3d,
    Observer,
    26 September 1896, page 28d.

    "State Schools and Their Defects" is in the Register,
    6, 7 and 14 July 1891, pages 4e, 6g and 6h; also see
    23 September 1895, page 4g,
    2 November 1896, page 4e.
    "State Education" appears on
    1 April 1905, page 6c; also see
    6 April 1905, page 4c,
    "Our Education System" on
    15 August 1895, page 7a,
    "The State Schools and Their Work" on
    20 January 1896, page 4e.

    "Public School Fees and Subjects" is in the Register,
    23 January 1894, page 4e.

    "The Public Schools Concert" is in the Register,
    24 and 28 September 1894, pages 4h-7f and 7h.

    "What Education is Doing and Going to do for the Working Classes" is in the Weekly Herald,
    11 January 1895, page 2b,
    "Our Public Schools" on
    8 November 1895, page 2b.

    "The State Schools and the Government" is in the Register,
    2 November 1896, page 4e.

    "Sanitation of State Schools" is in the Express,
    18 November 1896, page 3f.

    "State Schools in 1898" is in the Observer,
    1 July 1899, page 13b; also see
    23 June 1900, page 14e.

    "The Fifth Class in State Schools" is in the Advertiser,
    21 July 1898, page 4f,
    4 August 1899, page 6b and
    "Our Public School System" on
    6 October 1898, page 5f.

    "Schools and Their Work" is in the Observer,
    1 July 1899, page 13a.

    "The State Schools in 1898" is in the Register,
    24 June 1899, page 6g,
    15 June 1900, page 4d,
    Observer,
    1 July 1899, page 13b.

    "Our Public Schools - How to Build Them" is in the Advertiser,
    10 November 1900, page 4e.

    "What are School Boards of Advice?" is in the Register,
    24 April 1901, page 4d,
    "Our State Schools - Methods of Instruction" on
    29 June 1903, page 6g.

    "The State Schools - As Others See Us" is in the Chronicle,
    10 May 1902, page 34e.

    "Domestic Economy in Schools" is in the Register,
    23 April 1902, page 4f,
    Observer,
    26 April 1902, page 30e,
    Register,
    11 July 1903, page 8c (history of),
    "Domestic Economy in State Schools" is in the Advertiser,
    11 July 1903, page 8d.
    "Train the Girls to Cook" is in the Register,
    20 June 1904, page 4i,
    "The Domestic Element in Education" in the Register,
    22 November 1905, page 4c,
    "Girl's Domestic Training" in the Observer,
    20 December 1919, page 35e.

    A photograph of schoolgirl dressmakers is in the Chronicle,
    15 May 1930, page 54.

    "The State School System - Chat With a Headmaster" is in the Advertiser,
    16 December 1904, page 6h.

    "Our State Schools - Methods of Instruction" is in the Register,
    29 June 1903, page 6g,
    3 July 1903, page 5g.

    "The State Schools - Views of Inspectors" is in the Register on
    3 and 4 July 1903, pages 5f and 9e,
    "Reading in State Schools" on
    6 April 1904, page 4c,
    "State Education" on
    1 April 1905, pages 6c-9g,
    15 October 1908.

    "Our State Schools" is in the Observer,
    8 April 1905, pages 40-41.

    "State School Fads" is in the Register,
    30 November 1906, page 3c.

    "District High Schools - Course of Instruction" is in the Register,
    24 December 1909, page 6d,
    25 January 1910, page 6i.

    "State Education - A Frank Criticism" is in the Register on
    23, 27 and 28 June 1910, pages 8e, 5i and 8e,
    8 and 21 July 1910, pages 9f and 11c.

    "Public Education" is in the Register,
    29 June 1911, pages 6c-10c.

    Photographs of a State schools' picnic at Semaphore are in the Chronicle,
    18 November 1911, page 30.

    "The State School System" is in the Advertiser,
    16 August 1912, pages 8d-11a.

    "State Education" is in the Register,
    5 August 1915, page 6b,
    "Public Schools' Curriculum" on
    11 December 1918, page 6c.

    "Our State Schools" is in the Register on
    28 January 1919, page 4c,
    "The State Schools" on
    31 March 1923, page 8c,
    "Overcrowded State Schools" on
    25 October 1923, page 6b.

    Biographical details of R. Sutton are in the Register,
    1 July 1919, page 6g,
    of Mr W.T. McCoy, Director of Education, are in the Express,
    7 August 1919, page 1f.

    "The Gramophone in Public Schools" is in the Register,
    1 November 1924, page 8e,
    "The State Schools" on
    4 May 1926, page 8d.

    "State Education - Growth of Expenditure" is in the Advertiser,
    9 April 1926, page 15c.

    "The State Schools" is in the Register,
    4 May 1926, page 8d.

    "State Education - Review of the Position Today" is in the Register,
    28 May 1928, page 11g.

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