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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1953

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High School debating team too strong for northern schools

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Pupils from Singleton Intermediate High School were very successful at the public speaking contest held…

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Aerial Display During School Sports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 4

Three Newcastle Aero Club tiger moths were the cynosure of all eyes when they turned on a spectacular…

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Suggested Loan For Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The acting leader of the State Opposition (Mr. W. A. H. Howarth) urged last night the raising of a…

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2500 schoolchildren take part in Coronation sports

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

At the Muswellbrook Showground last week over 2500 schoolchildren from 17 schools of the Upper Hunter competed in athletic events and ball game events at their part of the Coronation…

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Schoolboys' cup football

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

The final games in the first round of the schoolboys' football were played on Saturday and some very good…

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School football notes

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 3

Each Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, four teams from St. Xaviers, Hunter Street, and the High School take…

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Portugal's Campaign On Schooling

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

The Portugese Government has launched a vigorous campaign against illiteracy in a programme intended both for…

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South Muswellbrook School Tree Planting Ceremony

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 3

The South Muswellbrook Primary School held a tree planting ceremony as its part of Muswellbrook's Coronation celebrations on Friday last. Although the day was a school holiday, the attendance of…

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High School Wins Uni. Shield Game

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Muswellbrook High School defeated Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School by 17 points to 8 in the second round of the…

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Inter-schools' Coronation Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Following were the results at the interschools' Coronation sports held, on Thursday last:- GIRLS…

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Busy Term For Boys’ High School .Pupils

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

The headmaster of Maitland Boys’ High School (Mr. R. F. Hodge) said to-day that the present term was one of the busiest in the history of the school. It included Empire Day, Coronation Day, play…

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Largs School of Arts

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 5

Largs School of Arts committee has decided to hold dance on June 26, and a fortnight later on July…

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Large Public School Picnic

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 5

The school picnic arranged by Largs Parents and Citizens’ Association was one of the best ever held, almost…

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Tender For Converting Schools

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: At the Public Service Board Inquiry today an Education Department official admitted he bad recommended…

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Coronation Week at Medowie Public School

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

Coronation week was appropriately celebrated and well supported by the school and parents of…

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Cows Better Housed Than School Children

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

At last-night’s meeting of Balwarra Parents and Citizens’ Association it was claimed that cows at a model dairy opposite the Public School were better housed than the primary pupils in the school building,…

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High School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

Next Wednesday, a girls' hockey team will journey to Singleton Intermediate High School, for an inter-school…

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Military School Training

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Four N.C.O. members of 47th Construction Squadron left Singleton for a fortnight’s…

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Maitland Boys’ High School Play Night

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

Plays, ranging from excerpts from Macbeth to schoolboy farces, were presented by Maitland Boys’ High School students at their annual ploy night in the school assembly hall last night…

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N.C.O.'s SCHOOL

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 4

First members of 47 Construction Squadron, R.A.E. to attend a field engineering course, left Singleton on…

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