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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1951

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Popular kindergarten teacher weds Scottish lad

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 27

Ruth Grabham, one of the best-loved kindergarten teachers who has ever been connected with Keiraville School was married to John McKinnon, a recent arrival from Scotland, on Thursday, 21st December at 4.30 p.m…

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A Year of Triumph for Milton School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 14

There was a very large attendance at the Milton Central school annual speech day and presentation of prizes…

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Difficulty About Contract for Mt. S. Thomas School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 7

The Education Department is experiencing difficulty in arranging a contract for erection of a school at Mt. St. Thomas…

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Good Prospect Of School For Sub-normals

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 4

Substantial progress has been made during recent weeks towards the establishment of a special school at Wollongong for…

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A 'School' Afloat British-India Ship

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 8

Arrival of the M.V. Chantala, owned by the British-India Steamship Company, at Port Kembla during the week created…

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Special School For Sub-Normal Children

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 9

Provided sufficient parents are prepared to take advantage of it, there is considered to be every prospect of the early…

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Two New Classrooms For Milton School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 8

State Member, Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) that tenders for…

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Tenders Soon for Port Kembla Infants' School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 4

Working drawings for the new Infants' School at Port Kembla will be ready in time for tenders to be invited in February…

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New Infants School for Pt. Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 1

Working plans for the new Infant's School at Port Kembla are expected to be ready for the…

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Teachers Want £100-M. for Education

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Commonwealth should make £100-million available to the States for the development of education facilities, said Mr. W. Dutton, of N.S.W., at…

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Teachers Too Busy to Distribute Milk

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thurs. — Teachers already had enough on their hands without being given the job of looking after the issue…

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Schoolboy Howlers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 5

Abraham had only one wife the other was a porcupine. Henry VIII's popularly wa shown by the title he gained…

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Bursaries For Wollongong High School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday—The Bursary Endowment Board has awarded bursaries admitting to secondary courses of instruction…

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Jamberoo School of Arts

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

At the meeting of Jamberoo Council last Thursday, the Aldermen discussed at some length a proposal to take over the Jamberoo School…

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Improvements For Corrimal Infants' School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 6

Facilities at the Corrimal Infants' School will be vastly improved when school resumes at the end of the month…

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Schools To Open Despite Polio

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Public schools will reopen on January 30, despite the infantile paralysis epidemic, the Minister for…

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14'500 School Children in Jubilee Display

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

Upwards of 14,500 school children are expected to be taking part in Jubilee displays throughout the Illawarra and Shoalhaven areas—12,500 from the various public schools and 2,000 from the Catholic…

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Kiama School of Arts

Kiama Independent · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 5

The undermentioned books have been purchased by the Kiama School of Arts Committee and are available to subscribers. The Library…

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Little Over crowding As Schools Resume

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

There were no signs of abnormal overcrowding as district schools resumed yesterday, after the Christmas vacation. Most headmasters and staffs had an extremely busy day attending to the…

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Ample Teachers In District Schools

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Although accommodation in some schools throughout the area has been described as "tight", there is no shortage of teachers in this District, and in the inspecturate between Helensburgh and Nowra all schools are fully staffed and surplus teachers…

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