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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 51

Schools' R.L. Final

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 16

Hamilton Marist Bros, and New Lambton No. 1 will play off for the A grade premiership in the Primary Schools' Rugby League competition…

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School Rules Final

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 8

The final of the Primary Schools' Australian Rules competition will be played at Islington oral this afternoon beginning at 2.20. Tire final…

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Council Thanks To Toronto School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 2

A framed letter, bearing the seal of Newcastle City Council, and expressing appreciation of the pupils collecting £75/9/ for the flood…

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Science Teachers' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 3

The Newcastle District Science Teachers' Association has been formed by a group of science schoolteachers…

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Singleton Site For New School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—The Education Department has resumed nine acres of land adjoining Singleton Intermediate High School…

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Campaign Begins For Tomago School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 3

Newcastle District Education Committee will ask the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to plan a school for Tomago to cater for the…

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Aim Of Teachers' Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 6

The aim of the teachers' conference was to stimulate the public interest and add strength to the campaign for…

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Shakespeare In The Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 2

Nothing but good can come of a sober assessment of Bishop Batty's criticism that the reaction of children at the…

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Letters To The Editor Pupils Defended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

I ATTENDED several performance of "Hamlet." At some, schoolchildren were present in good numbers; at others, only adults…

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School Hockey Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 8

The Victorian schoolboy hockey carnival, which was to have been held next week in Melbourne, has been cancelled…

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£20 for Adamstown School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

Adamstown Infants School Mothers' Club has given £20 to enlarge the children's library. Masonite cupboards have been…

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School Councillor To Broadcast

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

Parents who intend entering their children for high school courses next year are being advised to consider the matter…

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Home Science School Proud Of Facilities

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 6

Newcastle Home Science High School at Hamilton is very proud of its model cottage and large kitchens, where girls from…

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W. Wallsend School of Arts Transfer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 12

The District Engineer of the Joint Coal Board has advised the Lake Shire that the transfer of West Wallsend School…

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Sydney Police Raid Baccarat School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Following a police raid on a baccarat school in Brisbane St., City, last night, nine men and five women were…

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Full Commercial High School At Cook's Hill Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 11

The Cook's Hill School Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to ask the Minister for Education (Mr. R…

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School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 9

Top left: K. Laffey winning the shot-put for Hamilton Marist Bros, school at the Combined High Schools' sports (31ft. 1in). Top right: New Lambton Rugby League C grade team, winners of the schools' competition, and (centre right) New Lambton A grade League team which also won the competition…

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Around the Schools School Holidays Start To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

Public schools break-up to for the spring vacation. They will resume on Tuesday, September 13. Some schools had special…

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Newcastle Boys' High School Reunion

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 9

Top left: Sports master Mr. L. McRae and ex-student Dick Tooth watching the Rugby football match between the school and ex-students at the Newcastle High School reunion yesterday. Top right: All old boys of Newcastle High School and all teaching on the staff at present, from left, Messrs. M. Brown, R. Cochrane (captain 1921), R. Grierson, L. McRae, F. Berriman, A. Hilton (captain 1943) and H. Beveridge. Centre left: Headmaster of Boys' High (Mr. Beard) chatting with some of the former students at Waratah Oval. Botton left: Nerolie Jones (attendant), Pat Thurston (musician), Joy Kellett and Deidre Prowse (attendants) talking over their parts between scenes at the Newcastle Girls' High School's performance of "Twelfth…

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Schoolboy Hockey Players' Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 10

A team of 15 schoolboy hockey players from Queensland will arrive in Newcastle on Sunday morning for two matches against…

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