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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1942

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Church of England Schools, Newcastle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

An important decision by the governing bodies of the Church of [?]ng-land Grammar School for Girls, and the Broughton Church of England…

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Register of Evacuees Schools Open on

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

Public Schools will re-open next Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Sydney, Newcastle, and Wollongong-Port Kembla areas to enable parents to…

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School Helps Patriotic Fund

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Tuesday. — £37 was received at a meeting of the Singleton and District Patriotic Council from the Singleton…

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Teacher’s Transfer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Wednesday. — Mr. H. Ainsworth, who has been transferred to Casino, was the recipient of leather wallet at the…

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Plans for Sydney Schools

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.—Unless [?] Pacific war situation decorates, it was announced today that all metropolitan schools…

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Schoolboy Lost Leg at the War

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Robert Dunstan, son of Mrs. J. R. Dunsian, Of Ranelagh, Mt. Eliza (Vic.) and the late Sapper Dunstan, is back at school again…

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No Mass Evacuation of Children City Schools Will Reopen As Usual Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Unless the Pacific war situation deteriorates, it was announced today, all metropolitan schools, other than those occupied by the military…

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School Bursary Awards

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

The Bursary Endowment Boar[?] has awarded bursaries admitting pupils to secondary courses of instruction, subject to the [?]…

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Schoolboy Lost Leg at the War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

Robert Dunstan, son of Mrs. J. R. Dunstan, of Ranelagh, Mount Eliza (Vic.) and the late Sapper Dunstan, is back at school again after having lost a leg at Tobruk. He has applied for admittance to the R.A.A.F. as an air gunner. He left school at 16, joined the…

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Schools to Re-open on 3rd February. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Education, Mr. Evatt, announced to-day that all State schools in New South Wales, except those occupied by the military…

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Schoolchildren Dig Air-raid Shelter. First in Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

The children of Muswellbrook are viewing the menace to Australia in a serious light, and are setting a line example to all in making preparations for the worst to happen. Schoolboys and schoolgirls living in the Birralee-street area got…

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Opening of State Schools

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—The Minister for Education, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced to-day that all State schools in New South Wales,…

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State Schools to Re-open on February 3 SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Education (Mr Clive Evatt) announced today that all State schools in New South Wales, except those occupied by the…

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Evacuation of School Children

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

At Kurd Kurri Public School yesterday 40 parents [?]epresenting 90 children were present to fill in evauation forms. A good number of the…

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Branxton School of Arts Air Conditioning

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

BRANXTON Saturday.—Work being carried out at Branxton. School of Arts to air condition the building, and give…

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Stanhope School

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 3

In reply to his representations Mlr A. Howarth, M.L.A has been informed by the Minister for Education (Mi'. C. Evatt)…

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Unruiy Girls at Parramatta Attempt to Break Out of School

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

For the third time since Christmas, girls at the Parramatta Girls Industrial School on Saturday night, tried to break out of the school…

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Intermediate Exam. ‘District Scholars’ Fine Passes

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

Passes of outstanding [?] were gained, by a number of pupils in the Maitland-Singleton district in the Intermediate…

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Dungog Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

As it appears probable that a number of pupils from evacuation areas will be remaining in Dungog after the school Vacation, the headmaster…

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Not Permitted to Resign British Women Teachers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON Jan. 26.—It is officially stated that women teachers will not be allowed to resign to take up other forms of national…

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