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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1952

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Big Events in School Sport

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 31

The Queensland Schoolboys rugby league team will arrive in Wollongong tomorrow morning…

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Schools' Rugby League Carnival Expected to Attract Record Entry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 11

Group Seven Rugby League's 10th schoolboys carnival at Wollongong on Saturday, August 2, is expected to attract a record number of entries, officials say. The exhibition of…

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Foundation Ceremony For £80,000 Infants! School At Ft. Kembla

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

Due to cost about £80,000 and described by the Education Department as the most…

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Queensland Schoolboys In R.L. Win

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 3

Queensland schoolboys Rugby League touring team overcame art 8-nil deficit to defeat Illawarra…

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New Port Kembla School To Cost £80,000

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 1

Port Kembla's new £80,000 infants' school will be the most up-to-date school building in the Commonwealth, the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) said when he laid the foundation stone at the site on…

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School Aux. Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 15

Preparations are well in hand for a bumper night on Friday at the Assembly Hall of the Corrimal Junior High School…

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Two Surprises in Round of School Soccer Competition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 9

Two surprise defeats featured the last round of the Illawarra secondary schools' Soccer competition. Corrimal's strong under 14B side was beaten 2-1 by…

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New School Site Proposed At Cringila

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

The Department of Education has informed the Southern Zone Committee of its intention to…

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Parents Inspect Home Science School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 4

Members of the Home Science School Parents and Citizens' Association inspected the Home Science…

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Lively Meeting Hears of School Bus Behaviour Bus Operator Says When He Complains Parents Want Fight

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

PARENTS, BUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND BUS OPERATORS TURNED OUT IN FULL STRENGTH TO SOLVE THE GERRINGONG PROBLEM OF EARLY MORNING SCHOOL BUSES LAST WEEK. A NEW BUS TIME-TABLE WAS…

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Kiama School Choir's Success Children Praised by P. & C. Association

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 6

The achievement of the Kiama School Choir in gaining first place in the open section for school choirs at the Wollongong Eisteddfod was commented upon at last week's meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association…

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P. & C. Members See Pupils At Work

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 13

The June meeting of the Home Science P. & C. Association was held at the Home Science Building in the High…

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86 Guests at Port Kembla Infants' School Club Lunch

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 4

Eighty-six guests attended the anniversary luncheon held in St. Stephen's Hall, Port Kembla…

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Junior Tech. School P. and C. Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 25

At the last meeting thirty; three members were present; under the chairmanship of Mr. WaI Noad…

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Northern Suburbs Schoolboys R.L.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 31

Last Saturday morning our under 12 and under 14 boys played Thirroul at Thirroul. All were successful…

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Praise For School Boys

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 31

High praise for the South Coast boys under 14 soccer team, which played in Sydney recently, comes from Mr. E…

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C.r.m. Men to Erect School for Sub-normal Children

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 4

Commonwealth Rolling Mills Welfare Fund. has donated £250 to Wollongong branch of the Sub-Normal Children's Association, and its…

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Schoolboy Admitted To Hospital

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

Barry Roberts, 16, of Rawlinson Avenue, Wollongong, suffered a recurrence of a football left knee…

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Mt. St. Thomas School Nears Completion

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 6

The new school for Mt. St. Thomas-Woodlawn area is expected to be completed within the next…

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School Heaters Protest Question for the Minister of Education

Kiama Independent · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 1

Although Kiama has experienced some of its coldest weather within living memory, Kosi heaters, already on the site,…

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