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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1954

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Bulahdelah School Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 8

Hares are still biting off the tops of the young pine seedlings recently planted in the School Forestry plot. So…

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Parent-Teacher Night At School

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 6

A colour film of school activities over the last few years will be screened at Maitland Boys’ High School’s…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago August 16, 1904. Teachers Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 2

The Public Service Board has approved of the transfer of the following teachers to the schools and positions…

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Schools’ Broadcast Sessions

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 1

Maitland school children will present musical and speech items in five quarter-hour sessions over Station…

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Boys’ High School Athletic Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 5

Richard Fry, with 34 points, won the senior championship at Maitland Boys’ High Scholl athletics carnival at Robins’ Oval. The runner-up was Barry Ward, who scored 33 points…

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Open Day At Cessnock Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Education week began yesterday at Cessnock by the holding of a combined religious service in the…

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Education of Migrant Pupils at Greta Camp

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 2

Migrant children provide absorbingly interesting for teachers at Greta Camp Public School, The teacher must assimilate their pupils and teach them the language of their new country to prepare…

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Public Forum at High School Education Week In Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

A "Public Forum" will be held in the Cessnock High School Assembly Hall to-morrow night at 8 o'clock…

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Ladies' Sewing School to Start

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

A modern sewing school for ladles is to start in Cessnock on August 26. The course is simple and…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 17th AUGUST, 1954 High School P. & C. ASSOCIATION

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

The Parents and Citizens' Association is a body that works wholly in the interests of the school child, for the progress and…

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Cheaper Current For Schools and Churches

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 1

The last meeting of the Upper Hunter County Council received a deputation from representatives of the various…

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Colourful Tradition Of Boys’ High School Opening Of School At Sauchie House In 1884

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 2

Maitland Boys’ High School was opened in Sauchie House, Church Street, Maitland, preciously a private school, in 1884. The school began only a few months after Sydney…

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History Of Maitland School

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 2

Maitland Public School was founded In 1813, when it was opened by Sir Henry Parkes, The original block of…

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Teacher Tells Aims Of Education

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

It is hoped that one result of Education Week will be a closer co-operation between school and…

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School Football Cubs v. SCHOOL

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 8

In a close, interesting game a Primary team from Dungog Central School defeated the Cubs by 6-3. The school team combined better…

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School Bus Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 4

An important meeting of all parents interested in the making of bus service arrangements from Wangat and…

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New School Hall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

The Dean of Newcastle Very Rev. W. ft. Hardle) in laying the foundation stone of a sew Sunday School at…

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School Celebration Of Education Week

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 4

Maitland Girls’ High School will celebrate Education Week with an open school day en Friday. Parents will visit the school and inspect an exhibition of work done by the classes and hobbies groups…

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Education Week Opening Speakers says school bahaviour reflects family background

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 1

The behaviour of pupils at school was a mirror of their family background, Mr. G. H. Duncan, Principal of Newcastle Teachers' College, told guests at the official opening of "Education Week" in Singleton at the Intermediate High School on Monday evening…

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Large School Of Arts Winter Ball

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 6

Largs School of Arts seems to lend itself to a great variety of decorations, and so presented a really artistic display for…

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