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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1948

772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 39

Postal Sunday School Camp

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 3

A seaside camp for boys and girls 12 years of age and over is being arranged by the Postal Sunday School Movement for…

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Girl Assaulted In School Staff Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Randwick detectives are searching for a man wearing a grey dust coat, who indecently assaulted a seven-year-old…

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Drive For Hamilton School Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association will launch a drive to raise £300 for the school during Education Week (April 19 to 23),…

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To Start Library at Jesmond School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

Jesmond Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to vote £20 to buy books as a nucleus for a school library. The…

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Rat Plague At Kurri School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to ask the Minister for Education to take immediate action to deal with rats which infest Kurri…

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New Draft; School Of Arts Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

A new draft agreement for the transfer of Newcastle School of Arts to Greater Newcastle Council was sent to the Minister for…

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School Auxiliary At Mayfield West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

Sixty mothers attended Mayfield West school yesterday afternoon to form an auxiliary to assist the Parents and Citizens' Association…

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Frolic for Infants' School P. and C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

Hamilton North Infants' School Parents and Citizens' Association will hold a fancy dress frolic in Broadmeadow Hall on April 22…

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New School for Hamilton North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

Directions had been given for the preparation of sketch plans of a permanent school at Hamilton North, the Minister for Education…

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Cessnock Hugh School Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 11

Cessnock High School will have six teams in Northern High Schools' Rugby League competitions this season…

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Pence Cards To Raise Funds At Stockton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

A pence card collecting system to raise funds for Stockton School had been launched, Mr. A. Brennan reported to the school Parents and…

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New School Sought For Marks Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

Marks Point P. and C. will ask Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., to interview the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) and urge that the building…

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Fear New Homes Will Overcrowd School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

Fears were expressed at a meeting of Boolaroo Parents and Citizens that the completion of the Government housing project at Argenton would eccentuate the overcrowding at Boolaroo Public School…

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100th Birthday Of Hinton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

Hinton school is the only one of the four original schools still on its first site. Its enrolment of 35 pupils for…

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Presentation of Caps to School Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 8

Because of the cancellation of Lambton-New Lambton Cricket Club's smoko, which was to have been held to-night, caps won by…

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Stanhope School Move

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 8

A petition will be sent to the Minister for Education seeking the restoration of the status of Stanhope school as a public…

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New School Site at Belmont

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 8

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) has promised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., further Information concerning the site…

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Australian Rules In The Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon more than 100 primary sehoolboys from Islington, Hamilton, Wickham and Newcastle East took part in trial games of…

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More Flight Pupils With Cheaper Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Flying pupils had increased by more than 25 per cent. since the Newcastle Aero Club had reduced its flying charges, said the Flight…

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Pupils' Council to Be Seen at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

The Pupils' School Council will be seen in sessions by visitors to Medowie Public School during the centenary of education celebrations…

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