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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1948

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Money From School Tuck Shop

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

The Infants' School Club will benefit by £243 as a result of a tuck shop held on Wednesday. Donations were received from Mesdames…

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Dispute School for Seamen

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Seamen's Union announced to-day that delegates will be sent to political schools to learn how to lead…

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Cricket Woodlawn, High School Matches

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 7

Woodlawn College won the senior and juvenile games and lost the junior in the annual cricket contests against Lismore High School…

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£260 Spent on Byron Bay School

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 6

Approximately £260 had been raised by Byron Bay P. and C. Association, and spent on the school in the last year, the Headmaster (Mr…

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No N. Lismore Float in School Display

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of North Lismore Parents and Citizens Association it was unanimously decided North Lismore School would…

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Ewingsdale School Celebrations

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 2

At a Ewingsdale P. and C. meeting it was decided to celebrate Education Week by taking part in the sports at Byron Bay; also to…

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Early Nimbin School Was 'Thorburn's University'

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 4

"Believe it or not, 'Thorburn's University' was the popular name, 54 years ago, for the school at Nimbin," said Mr. W. G. Bondfield…

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Schoolboy's Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

On Friday, while playing football at school, Bruce Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan, fell and cut his knee. Kyogle Ambulance conveved…

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Big Scrub School in 1875

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

On a cane farm owned by his brother at Brockley, in the Big Scrub, a school was opened by an Englishman, Mr. F. R. (later Rev.)…

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Cash Prizes At Ballina School Sports

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 4

BALLINA, Tuesday.--A proposal to give cash prizes at the combined schools sports carnival to be held during the Education Centenary…

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May Inspect High School in Education Week

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

During the Centenary of Education Week parents and others interested will be given an opportunity to visit Murwillumbah High School to see it under "working conditions."…

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Report on Capacity of High School

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 6

The Headmaster of Murwillumbah High School (Mr R. F. Goode) told the High School P. and C. Association that he…

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The Pioneers' Schools

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

Sir,--While it is true that Mrs. Theodore Service was the first person to teach school in a private capacity in a small but at the old…

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Laverty's School, Lismore, 1878

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

When the week of celebrations opens in Lismore on Monday, April 19, to mark the attainment of 100 years of public education in New…

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Inter-high School Contests Today

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

Lismore High School teams will visit Murwillumbah today to play a series of summer sports contests, including cricket and swimming for…

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Inter-School Sport Mur-bah High Has Handy Lead Over Lismore

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 6

With two of the five competitions decided Murwillumbah High School is leading Lismore High School by 123 points to 77 in the annual summer sports contest. The contest is being held at Murwillumbah…

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Plans Approved for £68,000 School

Northern Star · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

KYOGLE, Thursday.--The Kyogle Parents and Citizens' Association today adopted sketch plans for Kyogle's proposed new high school. The building is to be erected at an estimated…

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Kyogle P & C Assn. Wires Minister For New Teacher

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 11

A meeting of the Kyogle branch of the Parents and Citizens Association decided, at a meeting on Tuesday night, to…

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School Sketch Plans Again Approved Working Drawings Now Wanted By Kyogle Association

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

Members of the Parents and Citizens' Association adopted sketch plans for Kyogle's proposed new High School yesterday. "The working drawings may now be proceeded with,…

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No Shakespeare for Schools?

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

"In moments of depression I am inclined to wonder whether Shakespeare ought to be banned from the schools altogether, so that boys and…

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