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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1950

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 3

In spite of our match with Nowra Central, being cancelled because of the state of the field, our day at Wollongong, when we saw Southern…

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Aid for Church Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 4

SIR,—The Labor Party has sounded its death knell by the decision to give aid to denominational schools. A party now…

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Wollongong High School Narrowly Beaten In Debate

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

The Wollongong High School debating team visited Goulburn on Friday to debate in the Hume Barter trophy competition…

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100,000 Bricks for New Catholic School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 1

A shipment of 100,000 bricks has arrived for the reconstruction of the St. Francis Xavier's Primary School, Wollongong…

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1,000 Footballers To Play In School R.L Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 5

More than 1,000 schoolboy footballers will play in the eighth annual Rugby League carnival to be played at Wollongong on Saturday week, August 5. Five grounds will be…

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Annual Rugby League Schools' Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 13

The Annual Rugby League Carnival of the Group 7 Schools' Council will be held on Saturday, 5th. August…

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District Schoolboys Make Names In Soccer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 5

During the nineteen-forties some very fine recoras in inter-district and inter-State Soccer representation have been built up by [?]ocal schoolboys…

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Home Science Classroom At Kiama School

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 6

A great transformation has been made in what was formerly Bombo School and is now the Home Science Classroom at Kiama Central School…

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Big Plans for Illawarra, District Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

One school for every square mile in the Illawarra district is planned by the Department of Education. The District Inspector of Schools (Mr. F. Cowburn) an[?]…

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Qld. Schoolboy Soccer Players Meet Illawarra Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 5

Queensland Soccer boys commence their New South Wales tour at Wollongong With a match against the Wollongong…

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School Inspector Addresses Coniston Mother's Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 27

Mr. Cowburn, Inspector of Schools, in an address to the Coniston Mothers' Club at their last meeting, stressed the…

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Illawarra Schoolboys Beat Queensland

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 15

Illawarra defeated the touring Queensland Under 14 Schoolboy team at Lysaghts, Wollongong, yesterday…

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Illawarra Schoolboys Have Good Soccer Records

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

In Tuesday's "Daily Mercury" a series of articles featuring the soccer boys of Illawarra was commenced. In it Stan Richardson, Geoff Morris and Phil Cram were highlighted…

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Corrimal Public School Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

A music lovers' radio session is now a popular feature of the school. Attendance at this weekly session which operates out of…

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Dolls Bring Over £52 for Corrimal School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

A most successful Dolls Show at the Corrimal Public School on Saturday cleared £52/15/-, which will be spent on school equipment. A most attractive and…

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Wet Fields May Stop School Gala

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 8

There is a possibility that Saturday's schoolboys' Rugby League carnival may have to be postponed, owing to the wet nature of the playing fields. A decision will be made this afternoon…

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Balgownie School Mothers' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 10

Parents contributed delicious cakes, pastries, toffees, etc. and enabled the club to hold a tuck shop, the proceeds of which were…

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Schoolboys' League Carnival on

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 6

The Group 7 Schoolboy Rugby' League Carnival set down for Saturday is to be played to schedule. Only very heavy rain between now and Saturday could cause the…

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N.s.w. Soccer Schoolboys Win Interstate Series

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 6

By defeating Victoria at Jubilee Oval, Sydney, yesterday, New South Wales maintained its undefeated record and so won the interstate competition. Yesterday's victorious New…

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Gorrimal School Pupils Visit Bulli Library

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 2

A party of 24 pupils from the Corrimal Public School boys' department visited the Bulli Library this week. This visit was made possible…

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