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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1954

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School Fair And Pet Parade

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 8

St Ethel’s Public School Red and White Fair proved a highly successful function. both financially and socially…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1954 Muswellbrook High School Amd Junior Farmers Rodeo and Carnival Committee Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

A well-attended meeting of the Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee was held at the High School on Wednesday last, Mr. F. McTackett occupying the…

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Co-ed. Schools Favoured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: The majority of N.S.W teachers favoured the introduction of co-educational secondary schools, the. survey…

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Combined High School Sports

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

Maitland Boys High School finished eighth in the state in the Combined High School Athletic…

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Postal Sunday school for rural children

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

Parents of country children who live in out-of-theway plates where there is mo Sunday School nearby…

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Bulahdelah School Notes House Competition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 6

For the past two weeks no sporting competition has been held on account of the inclemency of the weather…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago October 4, 1904 School for Haddon-Greata

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

After months of waiting, a public school has at last been established at Heddon-Greta. With the…

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Eleven Of Family Attended School

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

One of the proudest cornea at the laying of the foundation stone for the new Kurri Kurri High School by the Minister…

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New High School at Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 4

The decision to build the new high school, which will cost £250,000, is a reflection of the Government's in…

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New Records At Maris School Sports

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 3

Alan Dodd cut two-tenths of a second off the unde[?] 14 year 100 yards sprint at the Maris Brothers High School…

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Laying of Foundation Stone of New £250,000 High School Red Letter Day In Kurri's History

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

Friday was a Red Letter Day in the history of Kurri Kurri, when tho laying of the foundation Btone of the new £250,000 High School was carried out…

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Back to School at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

On Friday, over 800 former pupils took their places in their former class-rooms at the Kurri Kurri Public…

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[?]Gly Hollow Now Playing Area Muswellbrook Primary School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

A very successful working bee owner-drivers, organised by [?]. N. Dray, carted soil from [?] open cut mine to the…

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Junior Farmers-high School Rodeo and Carnival Committee Final Meeting of Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

The final meeting of the Junior Farmers'-Muswellbrook High School Rodeo and Carnival committee was held on Friday last…

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Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee Meeting Next Saturday's Big Attraction

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the Muswellbrook High School and Junior Farmers' Rodeo and Carnival Committee was held at the High School on Wednesday, September 29, Mr. F. McTackett occupying the…

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Sax Education Favoured For Schools

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Sex education should be introduced into high schools, many women teachers believe…

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Around the. . . SCHOOLS

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 4

Prefects for 1955 have bean elected et Maitland Girls’ High School. Pamela Nicod, of East Maitland, has been elected captain and Ruth Murray, of Scone, vice-captain…

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One-teacher Schools

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY: In the past 10 years, 468 one-teacher schools had been closed, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffrou),…

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Combined Schools' Sports Carnival

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 6

On Thursday, 30th September the Port Stephens Zone 2, Public Schools' Amateur…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago October 7, 1[?]04 Cessnock School of Arts

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

The township of Cessnock presented a busy scene of excitement yesterday when a day’s sport took place and also…

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