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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1949

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Austinmer S. School Anniversary

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 9

Austinmer Methodist Sunday School celebrates its anniversary next Sunday Special choral and vocal items will be given…

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Museum Lecture for Port Kembla School

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 4

Mrs. Beryl Graham, B.Sc, Education Officer at the Sydney Museum and a friend of the Pt. Kembla Public School Girls'…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 15 October 1949 · page 3

Our thanks are extended to the Mayor, Ald. Holden, for his presentation to the School Library of a volume of Australian History…

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Methodist Sunday School At Kiama

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 2

The Kiama Methodist Sunday School, which held its Anniversary sessions successfully on Sunday last, will conclude the same with the…

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Kiama School

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 3

At long last the Kiama Parents & Citizens Association is organising a meeting of parents to protest about conditions at Kiama Central School…

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Anniversary of Thirroul Sunday School

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 10

Despite unfavourable weather there were large attendances at the 38th anniversary services of Thirroul Methodist Sunday…

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Wollongong Infants' School Mothers' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 29

The monthly meeting of the Wollongong infants' School Mothers Club was held last Tuesday and the club's birthday luincheon will be held…

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Bubble-gum Made Children Late for School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 12

The first post-war consignment of 'bubble gum' to arrive in Wollongong, caused a scramble at Ern. Webb's sports store…

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46 Schools to take part in big Athletic Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 14

Forty-sis schools will be represented at the Combined Primary Schools' Athletic Carnival next Tuesday at the Wollongong…

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Shocking Conditions at Kiama Central School Parents Decide to Call Public Meeting

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 1

In another column is a report of the meeting on Thursday last of the Kiama Parents and Citizens Association. At the meeting it was decided to call a public meeting of protest against conditions which have obtained at the…

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Museum Lecture to School Pupils at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 2

Mrs. Beryl Graham, education officer attached to Sydney Museum, visited Port Kembla Public School with museum specimens…

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Must Give Way to School Children

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

Motorists must give way to school children if a "school" sign was in the vicinity, the Minister for Transport, Mr. M…

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Public Speaking Contest at High School

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 4

At Wollongong High School last Thursday afternoon a public speaking competition was held for the Sanders' Cup…

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Schoolboy Seriously Injured

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

A schoolboy standing on the footpath in Crown st. last Thursday was seriously injured when a…

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Big amount raised at Corrimal school

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 13

The Corrimal Public School Mothers' Club and Parents and Citizens' Association's combined efforts. on October 15, in presenting an exhibition of students work where [?] was raised…

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School Makes Illawarra Side

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 36

Wollongong High schoolboy, David Duchesne, has been included in the Illawarra side to play Glebe at Wollongong's No. 2…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 6

Congratulations to Bob Pepper, outstanding athlete in the Primary Schools Athletic Carnival held at Wollongong. Bob won the senior…

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Kiama School

Kiama Independent · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 3

The article in our last issue of conditions at Kiama Central School has aroused a good deal of interest and the Mayor has called a public…

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Sunday School Examination At Gerringong

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 5

Several scholars of the Gerringong Methodist Sunday School sat for the recent examination conducted by the Young People's Department of…

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Public Meeting Protests Against Conditions at Kiama Central School Minister Asked to Receive Deputation within 14 days or Else

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 3

There were more than 70 people present at a public meeting held in the Council Chambers on Monday night to discuss the overcrowding and lack of proper.sanitary facilities at Kiama School. It was decided to ask the Minister for Education to receive a…

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