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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1954

427 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 22

Body in School Ground

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 7

Police yesterday found a dead man in the grounds of Fort Street Girls' High School near the Harbour Bridge. They…

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Firewood Offer to Boorowa Central School Working Bee To Be Arranged

Boorowa News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

At last Tuesday night's meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, the Headmaster Mr. T. Dun…

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Minister's Comments On Teachers' Salaries

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 3

The Labour Minister for Education, Mr. Heffron, admitted in the Legislative Assembly that, although he wanted schoolteachers to be well paid, he had no control over the fixing of their salaries…

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Marulan School's Annual Fete

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 5

Marulan School Mothers' Club held the annual fete recently, when there was a large gathering of children and adults…

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"Ugly Men" to Aid School for the Sub-normal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 3

An ugly man competition, to raise funds for Goulburn sub normal Children's Association, is now in full swing…

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Letters To The Editor Goulburn Teachers Take Up Issue

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Teachers' Federation, in a letter to the Editor, replies to comments made in the "Post" by Mr. Royce Beavis, in defence of its campaign for Commonwealth aid for education…

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School Lunches for Children

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 7

(By the nutrition section of the Department of Public Health) When children go to school, the housewife is…

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Goulburn High School Behind in Smith Cup

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 7

Bowral High School finished the opening round of the Smith Cup with a handy points lead over Goulburn High when the annual round of events was decided at Loseby Park, Bowral. Bewral came through the day with an ascendancy of 33…

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Beavis Replies To Teachers' Criticism

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

Comparisons made by officers of the Goulburn Teachers' Federation between the education systems of Great Britain, the United States and Australia, were unreal, Mr. Royce Beavis, Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro, said…

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Sub-Normal School Opened Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

A minding centre, for sub-normal children, opened in Goulburn's Scout Hall yesterday. The object of the Sub-Normal Children's Association is to help…

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Tarago School Fete Nets £50

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 7

The organisers of the recent Tarago Public School fete were gratified when it was announced that over £50…

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Schoolchildren See Goulburn Industry

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

More than 70 children from Moss Vale and Bowral visited Goulburn yesterday and made inspections of the city's factories and railway workshops…

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£75 Allotted to School Library

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

South Goulburn Parents and Citizens Association decided at the last monthly meeting to make an allowance of £75 to the…

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High School P. & C.

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Goulburn High School Parents and Citizens' Association, the headmaster, Mr. Lynch said that…

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School Holidays

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

More than 400,000 public school pupils to-morrow begin their autumn vacation. They will resume school on…

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BOWNING P. & C. RAISES £140 Most Successful Fete Ever Held At School

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

The Bowning P. & C. raised £140 at a fete held in the Bowning Public School grounds on Saturday,…

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Teachers Seek Show Grant

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Teachers' Federation, in a letter to this weeks meeting of Goulburn A., P. and H. Society, applied for a grant…

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Autumn School Vacation

Boorowa News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

Schools broke up yesterday for the Autumn vacation and will resume duties on Tuesday, May 25…

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North Goulburn School Fete

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

The Mayor of Goulburn, Ald. G. E. Gerathy, opened North Goulburn Public School's annual fete, held at the school recently…

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New Canberra Schools

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

A new school soon to be built at Canberra—the Turner Primary School—will accommodate up to 600 boys and girls in…

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