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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1951

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"Wide Open" Public School Plea

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 3

Sir Victor Hurley, president of the BMA, said in Melbourne recently that public schools should be "wide open"…

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High School Amateur Hour

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

Each year at the High School the students conduct an Amateur Hour, which is held during the lunch hour each day for a…

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Minister Will Be Told of School Needs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

Mr. Rex Connor, M.L.A., said last night the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A.) would be visiting one…

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School Teams Congratulated

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 7

At a meeting of the Wollongong High School P. & C. Auxiliary, members congratulated the High School soccer teams on their successes in the…

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Champbelltown, Tech, Schools' Champ. Draw

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 9

Wollongong Tech and Campbelltown drew in the secondary schools Rugby League championship at the groups 6 and 7…

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High School P. & C. Ladies Aux

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 8

At the July meeting of the Wollongong High School P. & C. Ladies' Auziliary the members were entertained with items…

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Mr. Heffron at Fairy Meadow School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 7

A full report of the visit of Education Minister (Mr. R. J. Heffron) to Fairy Meadow school will be given to a…

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Minister Announces Plans For New Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 2

Plans for the construction of new primary schools at Warrawong, Port Kembla. Kembla…

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Nursery Schools for [?] Deaf and Blind Childr[?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 8

"Education for deaf or [?] children should commence [?] soon after birth as possible, [?] said Mr. W. E. Johnson…

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School for Pig Raisers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 24

"A school of instruction' for pig raisers is to be held at the Department of Agriculture's Experiment Farm, Grafton…

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Pupils Enact Story of Australia

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 4

The story of Australian development since the landing of Governor Phillip was enacted by the pupils of all public schools…

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Schools Jubilee Pagent

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

At the Civic Theatre next Monday night the combined public schools of the Wollongong area are staging a Jubilee…

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Teacher Fined £35 for Assaulting Pupils

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 40-years-old schoolteacher was today fined £35 with £13 costs for having unlawfully assaulted seven…

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Surprise for Minister on Tour of Inspection Factory Under Construction on Land Resumed For School?

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

When the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) went along yesterday to tinspect a block of land at South Wollongong, which he understood his Department had resumed for an infants' school, he found a large factory was already being constructed…

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[?] Francis Xavier's School Unroofed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

This photo, taken on Thursday morning, shows the on extent or the damage at St. Francis Xavier's School…

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Successful School Concert Kiama Pupils Entertain Large Audience

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

There were few vacant seats in the Antrim Theatre last Friday evening when pupils of the Kiama Central School presented their…

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Meeting Told White Ants in School Building

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 9

The fallacy of repairing an old school building riddled with white ants was discussed at the monthly meeting of the…

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Audience Appreciates Schools' Story Of Australia

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 7

"Australia Views Her Past," was the theme of the Jubilee Pageant presented by the Combined Public Schools at the…

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High School Wins Open Grade R.L.

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 12

Wollongong High School won the open grade rugby league match against Homebush in the series of games which marked…

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If You're a Parent, You're a Teacher

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 7

You can't get away from it. Beat your children, coddle them, ignore them, worry about them, love them or hate them…

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