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Schools, 1947

18 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Mountain Schools

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

Through Mr. J. Jackson, Member for Nepean, comes a letter from the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) regarding mountain schools…

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Governor Visits Katoomba Will Open LG. Summer School

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

The Local Government Association in conjunction with the Shires' Association, will conduct its Third Local Government Summer School in Katoomba Town Hall Today (Friday, 14th March), and arrangements have…

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Katoomba High School P. & C. Ladies' Auxiliary Annual Report

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 7

"In spite of the very poor attendance at our meetings, the year 1946 proved very successful. "It is to be regretted that no less…

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Changes in Local Government System? Third Summer School Held at Katoomba Looks to the Future

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 3

The President of the Local Government Association (Aid. A. S. McDonald) in a statement on the Third Local Government Summer School,…

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Country High Schools Cup Again Won by Katoomba Girls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 2

For the second year in succession, Katoomba has won the Country High Schools Cup in the Combined High Schools Sports, held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday last…

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Sadie Lewis' Pupils Visit Ballet

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 7

Last Saturday, 26th July, Miss Sadie Lewis took a bus full of children (pupils of her school) to Sydney, to see the Borovansky Ballet…

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Katoomba High School Choir Performs Exceptionally Well at City of Sydney Eisteddfod

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 1

On Tuesday last 70 pupils of Katoomba High School journeyed to Sydney to defend the "State Open Juvenile Challenge Cup Championship" for…

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Carols by Candlelight Massed Choirs—Katoomba Junior Band — The High School Choir — in Biff Christmas Festival

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 2

THE Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital Auxiliary meeting, held at the Katoomba Council Chambers on Monday, 29th September, was attended by Mr. Frank Grose, supervising secretary of the 2GB…

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Pre-school Kindergarten at Blackheath

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 6

A scheme has been suggested to start a preschool kindergarten at Blackheath, and a member of the Katoomba Day Nursery Committee…

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Broadcast by the Katoomba High School Choir

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 2

Relayed from the Katoomba Methodist Hall by land line to Sydney and broadcast by Station 2GB, the performance by the Katoomba High…

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"Unesco" Functions at High School

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1947 · page 2

November has been officially declared "UNESCO Month", and steps are being taken in our schools to impress on the pupils the aims of this…

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School of Speech Training And Dramatic Art At Katoomha

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1947 · page 3

The following students from the School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, Katoomba, were successful at the examinations conducted by the…

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High Praise for Local, Dancing Teacher

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 2

"Never, in any part of the world, have I seen better trained children of their age and standard." This was the comment of Miss…

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High School Ex Students' Club

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 3

The Katoomba High School Ex-Students' Club, or more familiarly, K.E.S. Club, is progressing quite steadily since it inauguration on August…

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100 Per Cent. Honor Passes by Pupils of Miss Sadie Lewis

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 7

The following pupils from the studio of The Sadie Lewis School of Dancing are to be congratulated on the excellent results of the British Ballet…

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Nursery School Committee's Thanks

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 7

The Hon. Secretary (F. Woods) on behalf of the committee of the Katcomba Branch of the Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools…

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High School Play Nights

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 6

The Katoomba High School presented its annual Play-Nights last week in the Town Hall before an enthusiastic audience of pupils and parents. These…

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Katoomba High School Speech Day and End-of-Year Dance

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 7

On Wednesday of last week, amid a profusion of floral decorations which gave the Town Hall an atmosphere of harmonious beauty, the High School…

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