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Schools, 1954

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Schoolgirl Parachutist

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): A filth form Maori schoolgirl, Edna Nayward, on her seventeenth birthday became the…

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High School Sport Muswellbrook Defeats Gosford in 2nd Round of University Shield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 12

Before a crowd of 500 people, Muswellbrook High defeated Gosford High 7—2 in the second round of the University Shield…

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Boys’ High School Sport

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 6

Maitland High School first grade Rugby League team suffered its second defeat of the season when Newcastle High…

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School Notes Improvements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 4

Work on the new buildings has been temporarily suspended pending the arrival of seasoned weatherboards and…

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Music Teacher for Tea Gardens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 6

Mrs. H. Harper has received word from the Principal of the State Conservatorium of Music (Newcastle Branch)…

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High Schools Should Be Two-purpose

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A suggestion that all future high schools would be “two-purpose and co-educational” was made in Sydney…

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Dairy Science Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

Dairy science schools will be held at five centres this year, the dairying division of the Department of…

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School Children See Puppet Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

A thousand children vent to a puppet show in Maitland to-day expecting to see Punch and Judy have their age-old battle. Punch and Judy jailed to…

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Roses, Shrubs For School Ground

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

The five acres of land on which the new Cessnock Technical High School is being built will be enclosed with…

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Asian students at tractor school

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

Eight students at present in Australia under the terms of the Colombo Plan have recently completed a…

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Mountaineering School In India

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 6

CALCUTTA: India’s first climbing centre, the Himalayan Mountaineering School, will start functioning in…

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Civil Defence School

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA: Federal Cabinet will establish a civil defence fence school In Australia as part of the nation’s defence…

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Leadership School at Evans Head

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A, announced on Saturday that a…

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Bulahdelah School Notes Education Week

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 4

All members of Bulahdelah's Education Committee have been drawn from the town's associations and…

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Around the...SCHOOLS

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 2

At the end of the first round, Maitland High School’s first Rugby League XIII. is equal second in competition point score. Five-eighth David Evans, who is the team’s goal…

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Schoolboy team wins Test

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 2

New South Wales Schoolboys' Rugby League team now touring Queensland so far is undefeated after their…

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Idaville- Merriwa School Bus Service Permission Sought to Carry Adult Passengers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 2

A communication at last meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council from the Transport Department, advising that an…

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University Degree for Muswellhrook Teacher Mr. Ken Reynolds' Success

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

This week Mr. Charles Reynolds, of Muswellbrook, received advice from his son, Ken, stating that he had gained his Diploma of Education at the London University…

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Central School Notes Manual Training Equipment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1954 · page 4

Tools and equipment for the new Manual Training section of the school have just been received. These include a wide…

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Teacher Farewelled At Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 2

A farewell was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bendeich and their son Mick by the residents of Allynbrook and…

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