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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1950

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Postal Sunday School Seaside Camp

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 4

With the May school vacation "just around the corner," the Postal Sunday School Movement is finalising arrangements for its…

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Urgent Need To Provide More Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 3

The urgent need for the provision of additional school accommodation at Wollongong is stressed in the following…

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Girls Burned School to Get Holiday

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday (AAP)—Two 14-year-old girls confessed today that they had set fire to two schools in Rock Island…

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School Buildings Lagging

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 2

"In 1915 tho population of Wollongong and surrounding suburbs was 15,000, but in 1950 the growth of population has…

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International Radio Quiz For Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 3

A popular radio programme regularly transmitted by the British Broadcasting Corporation will become international…

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Irish Teacher Says— Wollongong Children Are "Fascinating"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 7

First Irish schoolteacher to come to Wollongong under the exchange system, Miss Doreen Espie, was posted to the infants' school. She has been in Australia for eight months and will leave…

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Schoolboys On Arson Charges At Lithgow

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tuesday. — Police today charged three Lithgow school[?] with attempting to set fire to pit-top buildings at…

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Plans for Thirroul R.C. School Approved by Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the City Council a building application was approved for a new Roman Catholic Convent School to be constructed at Thirroul at a cost of £12,400…

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Teachers Say Parents "Dodging" Duties

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Britain's schoolmasters have decided that sex education should not be relegated to…

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Presentation to Bulli Teacher

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 2

A luncheon in honour of Mr. Chapman, who is leaving the Bulli Public School to enter business, was given by the Bulli…

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Colourful Sunday School Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Young children from the Wes[?] Wollongong Presbyterian Sunday. School delighted a large audience at the Presbyterian Church…

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Kiama School of Arts

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 4

The monthly meeting of Kiama School of Arts was held on Friday last. The Mayor (Ald. W. R. Holden) presided and there were…

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Two New High Schools For Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two new high schools to be built at Wollongong would each cost £125,000, said the…

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Dairy Science Schools for 1950

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 24

Dairy Science Schools, organised by the Department of Agriculture, are to be conducted this winter at country…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

Many thanks to you, Mr. "Paddy" Martin, for your generous gesture in painting a new sign-board for the School. We are indeed fortunate to…

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Workmen Strike On £30,000 School Building

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. —Workmen on the £30,000 new primary school at Ramsgate left the job today because they claimed the…

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P. and C. Associations Again Stress Lack of School Accommodation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

A further statement on the educational needs of Wollongong was issued last night by the Combined Parents and Citizens' Association of Wollongong…

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Secondary Schools Soccer Comp. Starts Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 4

Wollongong Secondary Junior Technical and Wollongong High School play the opening match of the secondary school…

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Weather Shed for Coniston School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of Coniston Mothers' Club there was a detailed discussion regarding a proposal to erect a…

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Gravity of School Accommodation Position in W'gong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 1

As mentioned in Monday's issue, the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) has given, an assurance to the Combined Wollongong P. and C. that he will visit the city at an early date…

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