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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1953

501 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 15 of 26

Primary School For Figtree

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 August 1953 · page 12

A deputation from Illawarra State Electoral Council of A.L.P. was received by the Acting Minister for Education (Mr…

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School by Post

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 August 1953 · page 2

THE Correspondence Schools and their work for outback children, feature in John Thompson's "The Biggest School…

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P.K. Infants School Need; Sydney Move

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 5

The New South Wales Federation of Infants' and Nursery School Clubs will approach the Education…

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Daylight Screen for Fairy Meadow School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 4

At the Fairy Meadow Mothers' Club August meeting on Tuesday the Headmistress of the…

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New Engineers' School Needed For Tech

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

Machinery worth £14,000 has been acquired by the Wollongong Technical College, but much of it is lying unused as there is no mechanical engineering…

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"Crisis Reached In Schools"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 15

A trade union convention in Wollongong on Sunday was told by a local school teacher that a "crisis has been reached in the schools." Nearly 60 delegates from all…

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Coronation Gifts for Scholars

Kiama Independent · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 4

Presentation of Coronation sonvenir gifts from Jamberoo Celebrations Committee to local school children took place on, Wednesday…

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Arrangements for School Fete

Kiama Independent · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 8

The members of the committee which is organising the annual school fete, to be held at the Kiama Central School on Friday, 23rd…

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State Teachers' "Grave Concern"

Kiama Independent · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 8

The N.S.W. Teachers' Federation has told Federal and State governments that it views "with grave concern the rapid…

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Home, School Training Link

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 6

The Illawarra District Schools' Councillor (Miss D. Drake), stressed the importance of the link between…

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Retirement of West Wollongong Primary School Headmaster

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 4

On Friday evening, August 7, the General Purpose Room of the ultra modern Wollongong Primary School was the venue for a warm expression of good will by approximately 150 parents and citizens of West Wollongong towards Mr. H. S. Milne…

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Soccer Shield For School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 9

The Corrimal Junior Soccer Club has donated a shield to be known as the W. Daley Shield, to…

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4000 School Children Told How to Care for Books

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1953 · page 8

Children's Book Week ended last night. In the course of it, district librarians lectured more than 4000 school children on the care of books and how to…

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Juvenile Ball Preparation For W.W'gong School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 3

A committee was formed to make the neees-sary arrangements for the Juvenile Ball of the…

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School by Post

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 2

THE Correspondence Schools and their work for outback children, feature in John Thompson's "The Biggest School…

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5 Records Broken at School Girls' Sports

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY, Tues.-Four records were equalled and five records broken today in the preliminaries of the Secondary schoolgirls' annual sports at the Cricket…

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Wollongong Fourth In School Athletics

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wed.— 13-year-old Noelene Watt, Coff's Harbour's one-girl team to the Girls' High…

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Irish Flavour In High School Plays

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 4

Plays with an Irish flavour were popular at the first night of the Wollongong High School…

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Mechanisation School At Graf ton Experiment Farm

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 25

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. Graham) announced this week that a school in mechanisation would…

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School Counsellor At Gwynneville

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 35

Miss Dorothy Drake, State School Counsellor, was the guest speaker at the Gwynneville P. and C. Association's August…

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