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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1950

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Council Wants Corrimal School of Arts Site for Library

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 4

Application will be made to the Department of Local Government for the transfer of Corrimal School of Arts site to the City of Greater Wollongong Council to be used for…

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Nowra May Get Pre-fab. School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 12

The Minister for Education Mr. R. I. Heffron has advised South Coast Member, Mr. J. Beale, that he has asked the Government Architect to…

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Sunday School Examination At Gerringong

Kiama Independent · Saturday 9 September 1950 · page 3

The results of the Annual, Sunday School Examinations conducted by the New South Wales Methodist Young People's Department, have…

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Junior Tennis School 'Great Success'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 11

The annual coaching school conducted throughout the State during the school holidays was a wonderful success so far as the South Coast centre was concerned…

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Aims and Objects of a Junior Tennis Coaching School in Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 15

From August 25 to September 6, a Divisional Tennis Coaching School was held in Wollongong under the direction of the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association. Many tennis…

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Headmasters to Inspect New Corrimal School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 4

Headmasters from public tools between Fairy Meadow [?] Austinmer will gather at the corrimal Junior High School,…

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Corrimal Mothers Meet Heffron; 20 Portable Classrooms for School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 10

Twenty double portable classrooms have now been delivered to the Corrimal School, following a promise made by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to a delegation from…

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Gelignite Sticks Found Near School Building

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Three 8-oz. sticks of gelignite tied together and an electric detonator attached to six feet of…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 3

Some dates in the new Term are 15th September, Air Force Commemoration Day; 27th September, Secondary Athletic Carnival at…

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Prompt Action Saved Marchall Mt. School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 3

The prompt action of an employee of the repair section of the Education Department, Mr. Don Smith, of Corrimal, saved Marshall Mount School from destruction by fire and…

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Tie Parade at Swimming Club School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 13

Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club held an enjoyable social in the Band Hall. The feature of the evening was a…

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Angry Debate On Aid To Church Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—In a bitter and heated debate, three speakers who represented groups vitally affected by the issue, debated "State Aid to Denominational…

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Amendment of Schools' Clubs' Constitution Sought by Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 6

Wollongong delegates to today's Sydney conference of the Federation of Infants' School Clubs and Nursery Schools will put forward a suggestion that the federation…

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"Schoolmaster Cannot Punish Merely to Give Vent to Anger"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — A schoolmaster I could not punish merely to give vent to feelings of anger, said the Chief Justice (Justice K.W. Street) today when the State Full…

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Schoolgirl Killed by Train at Kembla Grange

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 5

Rayonie Myree McPhail, 14, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. McPkail, of West Dapfo, was fatally injured when struck by a train at Kembla Grange Railway Station yesterday…

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Home Science School Success

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Wollongong Secondary Home Science School gamed second place in the State Juvenile…

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Wollongong Boys Win In High School Sports

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Newcastle schoolboy Kevin Gosper won all his heats in near-record times at the High Schools'…

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P. and C. Association Formed for New Corrimal School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 4

At a meeting of over 50 parents and citizens of Corrimal and district at the new Corrimal Junior High School, it was decided to form a Corrimal Junior High School…

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Children Form Bucket Brigade to Save School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 13

Scholars at the small Marshall Mount school formed a bucket brigade to help extinguish a fire at the School last…

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District Soccer Schoolboys' Soccer Gala

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 32

Saturday's Schoolboy Gala at Slacky Flat will be the ninth conducted by the Schools' Council. Sixteen teams will take part in a knock-out and at 2.30…

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