Before Sir John Forrest left Australia for England he drew on 2nd May a minute setting out his proposals for the first defences retrenchment scheme, by which the ...
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Article : 530 wordsThe Educational Congress was formally opened on Friday morning, when a good exhibition of school, work was made in the local school building. The institutions ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 10 Nov 1902, Page 6
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