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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1953

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Holbrook Central School

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 15

Eight pupils of Holbrook Central School commenced the intermediate certificate examinations on Friday, November 6, and will…

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Police Seek Missing Teacher

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Police are looking for a woman school teacher who has been missing since last Wednesday…

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History of Woodstock Girls’ School

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 14

The “Border Morning Mail’s” supplement of October 24, 1953, I read with interest, but was disappointed there was no section dealing exclusively with education, than which nothing is more important in the…

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Bright district school sports successful affair (From Our Correspondent.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 18

There was a good attendance of the 19th annual sports meeting of the Bright District Schools’ Sports Association, held at the Bright sports oval on Friday of last week…

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Enjoyable school picnic at Woomargama

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 16

Woomargama School picnic was attended by parents and friends of the children. Children’s races, adults’ events and…

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Schoolboy on Four Charges

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 8

A 12-year-old schoolboy was remanded until next Monday on three charges of breaking, entering and stealing and one of…

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£27,000 Raised Locally for Catholic School

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

[?] ALPHONSUS Jubilee Memorial School, built at a cost [?] over £40,000, was solemnly blessed and officially [?]pened by the Most Rev. T. M. Fox, D.D., on Sunday The debt of £9,080 then on the building was reduced…

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Children’s Picnic at Albury :Heads of three secondary schools hit back at critic

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 10

The headmasters of Albury Grammar School and Albury High School the headmistress of Woodstock Girls’ School, were “up in arms” yesterday over a statement by Mr E. Batrouney, a member of the Floral Festival Committee which organised last Saturday’s children's picnic…

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Champions at Schools’ Sports

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 23

These six children won the championship sashes at the Bright Schools’ sports on Friday last. They are (left…

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Trophy winners at Bright schools’ sports

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 10

Captains of the three schools who won the trophies at Bright schools’ sports. Left to right : lnes Cavedon and Brenda Weston (captains of Eurobin School), with the Pupil Average trophy; Mary Rudebeck and Margaret Kelly (captains of Porepunkah School), with the Cook Shield and cup for the best percentage; and Joyce and Lestie Stephens (captions of Wandiligong School),…

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Public School Girls’ Department

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 8

A street stall will be held tomorrow in Dean Square. This will be the last effort of the year and donations of fresh…

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Around The Schools High School

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 8

About 200 students will today attend the concert held by the Australian Opero Co. in the Plaza Theatre. They will hear…

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South Corowa United Protestant Sunday School

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 3

A meeting of all interested in the above is convened by D. Brown, as a Trustee, for the purpose of electing Trustees and…

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Woodstock Girls’ School

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 2

The Woodstock Girls’ School can thank Miss Drennan for many things, apart from her interesting history of the school published in the “Border Morning Mail” on November 16, said Mr. W. C Schulz, chairman of…

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Little Halina and the Queen You can buy this doll at the Bonegilla School fete to-day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 3

Halina Pulowski’s mother has worked hard for the success of today’s fete at the Bonegilla State School. Here Halina holds two of the 12 dolls her mother dressed for the stalls. Halina is a pupil of the school. Hours of work have gone into the doll representing Queen Elizabeth. Intricate…

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Missing teacher’s body found

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A State-wide search for 42-year-old Dories Marion Waugh, missing Greensborough school teacher,…

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Opened school fete at Bonegilla

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 15

Mrs. Dawson (left), wife of the Director of the Bonegilla Immigration Centre, Mr. E. Dawson, who opened the centre’s school fete en Saturday afternoon. She was introduced by the school committee’s president, Mrs. P. R. W. Smith (right)…

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5th Year Students Farewelled at Hay War Memorial High School

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 2

THE Fifth Year students of the Hay War Memorial High School met officially for the last time on Friday afternoon when the staff and Fourth Year students entertained them at a farewell banquet…

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St. Luke’s, Wodonga Sunday School Picnic

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 5

St Luke’s Sunday School will hold its annual picnic at the Pines, at Ebden, on this coming Saturday afternoon, November 28. Buses…

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School Activities

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 8

Intermediate examinations have been completed at the Intermediate High School, and one more subject is to be covered for…

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