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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1949

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Six "Floating" Classes High School to Seek Portable Classrooms

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 6

The "wandering class" position has become so desperate at Lismore High School that the Headmaster (Mr. D. Short) has asked the…

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Library Major Gain for School

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—The retiring President of the High School P. and C. (Mr. J. S. Harding) said the establishment of a library in the…

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£44 for School Chair Appeal

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

Additional donations acknowledged in the Lismore High School appeal for chairs for the assembly "Hut" are:—Previously…

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Congratulations to School Champions

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

Rev. Fr. Dineen congratulating juvenile champion, Barry Maher, at the Marist Bros. sports at Lismore Memorial Baths yesterday. Junior champions, Conrad Davidson and Norman Percival, are behind him…

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High School Congestion "A Disgrace"

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 7

Congestion at Lismore High School was to be deplored and it was a disgrace that the position should have arisen. This was stated by Ald. K…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, March 2, 1949. School Congestion Calls for Action

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 4

ALDERMAN Keith Robson undoubtedly voiced the sentiments of many thousands of district residents, with and…

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High School Swimming June Legge Sets 220Yd. Record

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

June Legge won the girls' open 220yds. freestyle in record time at Murwillumbah inter-houses swimming competition…

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Terranora School Now Too Small

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

Increased attendance at the Terranora Public School made the classroom totally inadequate, the headmaster, Mr Mackay, said at…

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New Fence for Evans Head School

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

The erection of a new fence at Evans Head public school had been approved by the Department of Education, said the Headmaster…

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100 p.c. Pass In Inter. By Nimbin School

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

The annual meeting of Nimbin Parents and Citizens' Association was held in Nimbin Central School, with the President (Mr. J…

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Move for Alternative High School Entrance

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

Advice on the practicability of constructing an alternative entrance to Murwillumbah High School by extending Nullum Street to allow school buses to proceed to a possible location for a turnabout near the manual…

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Teachers' Fedn. "Not Communist-controlled"

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Allegations that certain members of the Teachers' Federation were imparting Marxist theories to their…

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Mothers' Club Formed at North Lismore School

Northern Star · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

Twenty-one mothers of pupils of the Infants' Department at North Lismore Public School, at a meeting, formed a mothers' club…

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Britain Makes Room for School Children

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5

Another one million children will be at school in Britain by the end of 1953. Local authorities in Britain have just been…

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School Tennis at Mullumbimby

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4

During the next few Weeks an American tennis tournament will be conducted among the pupils of the Mullumbimby Intermediate…

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Teachers' Cricket

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 4

The following will represent Murwillumbah Teachers v Mullumbimby Teachers tomorrow at Mullumbimby Recreation ground…

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Schoolboy's Hero

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 7

Jack Moroney, a teacher at the Glebe Junior Technical School, was mobbed by pupils when his selection as a member of the Australian team for the South African tour was announced. Moroney formerly played on the…

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Letters to the Editor (Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words.) Overcrowding at the High School

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 6

Sir,—In the, "Star" (2/3/49) Ald. K. Robson got the headlines with a mild outburst. Why you should support him with a leading article,…

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TENNIS Tournament at M'bimby School

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 7

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.—During the next few weeks an American tennis tournament will be conducted among pupils of Mullumbimby…

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Upper Cooper's Creek School Hall Opened

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 6

Although marred by heavy rain, the official opening of the new school hall at Upper Cooper's Creek was well attended…

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