Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Schools, all years

Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 45

"Grave" Fire Risk At School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

Parents should not allow their children to attend Hamilton Central Public School because fire safeguards were inadequate Mr. J…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

500 In Jubilee School Choir

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

A 500 voice choir of boys and girls from nine Newcastle secondary schools will be a feature of the School Jubilee…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Letter Box School Costs

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4

"Deeply Interested" apparently has been misinformed. None of our public schools demand 7s 6d to £1 a week for…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Stockton To Seek Aid For School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) and Newcastle City Council will be asked to assist Stockton Nursery School, which may have to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

School Fence At Waratah Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) will be asked to treat as urgent, the erection of a new fence around the girls' area of Waratah…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Boy of 18 Elopes with Teacher

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 6

NEW YORK: Eighteen-year-old Arthur Williams, junr., was unhappy when he left high school in West Springfield, Massachusetts. His father, a builder gave him…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Warning On Dirft In School R.L.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 8

Rugby League's position as the major football code in Newcastle would not be maintained…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Timber Fire Escape For School Planned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Because of the shortage of steel, the Department of Public Works has been asked to prepare plans and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Footpath At School "Dangerous"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 3

Potholes in the footpath outside the infants' section of New Lambton School were a danger to children, the Headmistress of the girls'…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

School Team For Sydney Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 10

After trials, a cricket team has been selected to represent Newcastle third year secondary schools against Sydney schools at No. 2…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 6

Newcastle Teachers' College will open on Monday for second year students. First year students will enrol on Tuesday. ON Monday there will be a special assembly of second year students and a meeting of the staff…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Grammar School Girls' Swims Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 12

Owing to unsatisfactory weather conditions, the annual swimming carnival arranged by the Newcastle Church of…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

"Shocking Footpath" Near School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

The footpath outside the infants' department of the New Lambton School was in a shocking state and it was a wonder…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Boolaroo Teacher Entertained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

Mr. A. C. McCrohon, who has been a teacher at Boolaroo School for 13 years and is on transfer to Gandarimba, near Lismore, was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Teachers' Election Slow Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

Newcastle branch of the Teachers Federation took two hours to reach the election of officers, the only item on the agenda of last night's annual meeting…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Officers of Lake Teachers' Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 5

Officers elected at the annual meeting of Lake Macquarie branch of the Teachers' Federation are.—President, Mr. T. Fraser; Secretary,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wireless Sought For School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

Main object of Charlestown P. and C. Association for this year will be to get a wireless for the school with a loud-speaker in each…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Around the Schools Jubilee Upsets School Tradition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 5

For the first time, Newcastle Boys' High School will not have its speech night in the May vacation of the University of Sydney, because the City Hall is booked out for Jubilee engagements. Speech night this year will be…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

School Seeks Extra Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

The Headmaster (Mr. R. Thomas) told Plattsburg Parents and Citizens' Association that he was trying to fit 53 periods of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

French Youths Invaded Girls' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON Feb. 22. A.A.P.—The headmistress and pupils of a girls' boarding school at Gray, in eastern France, barricaded themselves in a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →