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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1949

389 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 20

An Overcrowded School Meeting Of Protest To Be Held To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

Goulburn High School was designed to accommodate three hundred students and the present enrolment is about 550. The school is therefore seriously overcrowded…

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Parents Request Larger Bus Subsidy for School. Children

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

Approximately twenty paents of children utilising the Crookwell Goulburn bus service to attend Goulburn schools met in Goulburn…

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Problems of High School Public Meeting Demands Action By Govt

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

A public meeting called to protest against accommodation difficulties at the Goulburn High school was last night told by Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., that provision had been made in the Government's…

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No School Train For Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

Councillor R. F. Edmonds, of Bungendore, said yesterday that the Bungendore Parents and Citizens Association had been…

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Army Apprentice School

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 5

Applications are being called from boys between 14 and 17 for entry to the Army Apprentice School at Balcombe,…

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Andrew Barton Peterson: A Memoir When Banjo Went To School at Binalong His Father Managed Illalong Thanks to Mr. Browne

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Half a century has gone by since “The Man From Snowy River” startled, delighted and captured the Australian world—time enough for the author who, in 1895, burst into such sudden blaze, to grow dim and…

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Bourke Street School Pupils Visit Parliament (Continued from Page 1)

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 4

A general inspection of Parliament House was then made, the Senate chamber, the derails of the room being fully…

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Bourke St. School Pup Ils Visit Parliament Informative Day At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

On Thursday of last week, 45 sixth class pupils from Bourke St. School visited Canberra and had a very educational experience. The trip was arranged through the co-operation of Mr. Allan Fraser, M.L.A., who finalised the details at the…

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Junior Farmers' Winter School

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 6

Each July for the past four years arrangements have been made between the Junior Farmers' Club Council of N.S.W. and the Minister…

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Andrew Barton Paterson : A Memoir When Banjo Went to School at Binalong His Father Managed Illalong, Thanks to Mr. Browne

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5

HALF A CENTURY HAS GONE BY SINCE "THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER" STARTLED, DELIGHTED AND CAPTURED THE AUSTRALIAN WORLD-TIME ENOUGH FOR THE AUTHOR WHO, IN 1895, BURST INTO SUDDEN BLAZE, TO GROW DIM AND…

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High School P. AND C. Appreciation Of Public Help

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the High School P. and C. Association, it was decided to hold a market day at the school at the…

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A Laughable And Purposeless Eyesore Crookwell P.& C.On Local School Fences

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

The Crookwell Central School Parents and Citizens' Association has written to the Minister for Education, the Director of Education an d the local member, Mr. L. J. Tully, regarding the condition of the school at Crookwell…

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Protest Meeting High School Letter Sent To Minister

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

Following was the letter of protest sent to the Minister for Education. Mr. Heffron, as an outcome of the public…

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About the High School

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

The cavalier treatment of Goulburn in relation to the High School is an outstanding example of the easy…

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Another School Proposed Gundaroo-M’bateman Dog Trap Rd-Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

ANOTHER school bus service is proposed for the Yass district. The popularity of these inter-district bus services is becoming…

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Kindergarten Teacher Sought For Central School

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 7

Claiming that many children are being placed at a disadvantage by the fact that they are not allowed to attend school, members present…

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Mothers’ Club Protest Site of Proposed New Infants’ School

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

At a meeting of the Inter High School Mothers’ Club on Tuesday afternoon, a motion protesting against the proposal to build a…

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New British Aluminium Schools

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 4

Five schools to be built by the Kent County Council will be made of aluminium. The use of this type of construction is to avoid the difficulty of obtaining materials under control and in short supply. These schools can be constructed in a few weeks and because…

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Municipal Briefs Proposed New Infants’ School

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. R. Haddon) occupied the chair at a meeting of the Municipal Council last week. Others present were:—…

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Bicycle Rack for Girls Bourke St School Proposal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 5

The meeting of Bourke Street P. and C. Association was well attended, but apologies through sickness and the weather were…

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