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Central Coast · Schools

Schools, 1949

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High School Win In Shield Match

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 7

Gosford High School's football team won its match against Farrer (Tamworth) Agricultural High School in…

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School Shield Football Final

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 7

Gosford High School footballers will play Kempsey High School in the final of the Sydney University Shield…

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Gosford Coach Expresses School's Thanks In Letter To Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

To the Editor: I wish to express my thanks to the following people for the part they played in making the visit of the Kempsey football team a success. The following billeted the Kempsey boys: Mesdames Mattocks, Beattie, Ongley, Walker, H. Pryor, Cox, Andrews. Law, Connolly, Cail, Halliday, Robson,…

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Victorious School Footballers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

Members of the Gosford High School football team, which won the University Shield at Gosford on Saturday in a match against Kempsey: Coach J. Holmes at extreme left. Bark row: M. McLeod (Ourimbah), W. Lean (Morisset), B. Beattie (Vice-captain, Gosford), F. McGrouther (Wyong), B. Walker (Gosford) and A. Lammi (Kulnura). Front row: K. Mattocks (Gosford), K. Schubert (The…

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School Athletic Champions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford High School champions pose for the cameraman at Grahame Park last Thursday. In front are two sisters, May and Gwenda Chadwick, whose father teaches at the High School. They won the senior and junior athletic championships, May Chadwick for the second year in succession. Both also set new records. Behind them are (left to right) jack Holden, senior champion, who set a new…

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Gosford Team Wins State Football Honours Defeats Kempsey High School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford High School footballers defeated the Kempsey High School team 26-5 on Saturday afternoon to win the coveted Sydney University Shield in one of the best football matches seen at…

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2,000 Children Compete At Annual Combined School Sports They Ate 3,000 Ice-Creams; Drank 2,976 Bottles Of Soft Drinks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 3

Nearly 2,000 children from 22 schools took part in the combined schools' annual procession and sports on Wednesday. A big crowd of business people and shoppers clapped the children as they marched along Mann Street from the railway station to Grahame Park…

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North Gosford Public School Site Chosen

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

Land at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Laycock Street, North Gosford, has been resumed by the Education Department for…

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School Games

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 7

Following are the results of the one-teacher schools' ball games at the combined district schools' athletic carnival at Grahame Park…

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Mainly Social High School's 21st Birthday Celebrations On

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 6

A visitors' day will be held at the Gosford High School from 2 pm to 2.45 pm on Thursday to celebrate the school's 21st birthday. Barbecue Gosford CWA Younger Set will…

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High School Boy Wins At City Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Fifteen-year-old Gosford High School pupil, John Gallagher, won the NSW all-schools' under 16 shot putt championship at the…

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High School's 21st Anniversary Shortage Of Classes Big Problem

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Nearly 200 parents and friends of pupils attended the 21st anniversary of the Gosford High School yesterday. Many were former pupils who now have…

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Schools' Accommodation Problems Expected To Be Solved By Next Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

The accommodation problem at Gosford district schools was expected to be solved very early next year, said the District Inspector for Schools, Mr G. A. Morrow, yesterday…

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School Inspector Supports Library Appeal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

"I feel sure that parents of the children throughout the district who are gaining such benefit from the library will…

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High School Athlete Invited To Compete In Sydney

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 7

Fifteen-year-old Gosford High School pupil, John Gallagher, who won the NSW All Schools' shot putt championship recently, has been invited to compete in inter-club competitions in Sydney. The track secretary of the Botany Harriers, Mr R. C. Cornish…

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Two Lavatories At School For 150 Boys

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

The Mistress of the infants of the Gosford Public School (Mrs Turnbull), told members at the monthly meeting of the Gosford…

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"Old Boy's" Help For School Band

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 6

Mr Cliff Goodchild, a member of the ABC Military Band, has re-formed the band at St Joseph's Boys' Home, Kincumber South…

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24 Convent Music Pupils Pass Exams

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 4

At the music examination held recently at St Joseph's Convent. Gosford, by the Conservatorium of Music, the 24 candidates…

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Easing High School Problem Of Accommodation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 1

Withdrawal of pupils to Wyong next year will ease Gosford High School's problem of manual training and home science…

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Girl, 10, Falls And Breaks Arm At School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

Annette Elliott, 10, of Avoca Beach, had her left arm broken when she fell while playing at the Gosford Primary School yesterday…

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