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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Churches
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A large number of young ladies will make their debut at the Annual Catholic Church Debutante Ball at the War Memorial Hall tonight Seventeen Bourke Girls will be presented to the Parish Priest from Brewarrina, Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The first Parent-Teacher meeting for 1968 was held at St. Ignatius Parish School on Tuesday, 23rd April. It is most gratifying to all to see so many parents interested in the education of their children in an age when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In a glittering ceremony at the War Memorial Hall last Friday nighty seventeen young ladies of Bourke and district made their official entry into the Social life of the community at the Annual Catholic Ball. The Debutantes, all in white Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miniature Debutante, MISS KAREN MORRALL and partner MASTER BOB HULL, escorted by the Heralds, MISS SHAE FLEMING (left) and MISS KATHY McATAMNEY (right) during the Presentation of Debutantes Ceremony at the Catholic Ball last Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Photograph shows Far Western Stone Quarries mobile concrete mixer pouring concrete for the foundations of the new Roman Catholic Church, Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Half yearly examinations were held at the end of June, and satisfactory results were obtained by children in all grades. It was most gratifying to see worthwhile improvement in the work of so many of the pupils…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday the 28th July, the Most Reverend D. J. Warren D.D., Bishop of Wilcannia Forbes, will bless the foundations of the new Catholic Church situated in Oxley Street, Bourke, near Tarcoon,Street. An invitation is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On Sunday next, the Most Reverend D. J. Warren, D.D., Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, will bless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the presence of a large gathering of people under cloudy skies last Sunday afternoon, the Most Reverend D. J. Warren Bishop of Wilcannia Forbes blessed the foundations of the New War Memorial Catholic Church in Bourke. Bishop Warren was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ignatian House Captains, NANCY BROOKMAN (left) and PETER MANNING (right) proudly show the John Daley Memorial Shield, won by their house at the recent Convent School Athletics Carnival Photographed are the 1968 Age Athletic Champions of the St. Ignatius Parish…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Early this week "The Western Herald" Photographer took the above picture of the new Catholic Church under construction in Oxley Street. Nearly all the concrete wall sections are now standing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →(Left to right) Catherine McAtamney, Nancy Brookman (Captain), Anette Gadsby, Jacqueline Brotherton, Narelle Quig, Yvette Gadsby and Lynette Langley…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Saturday, 21st September, two Basketball and two football teams from the Convent School…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Annual School Fete of the St. Ignatius Parish School was conducted in the School grounds last Saturday afternoon. The organisers were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The regular Sunday visit of the Methodist Cessna 150 to Bourke from Cobar, the Headquarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The regular Sunday visit of the Methodist Cessna 150 to Bourke from Cobar, the Headquarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miss Margaret Alexander, a teacher at the Bourke Primary School will next year enter a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Margaret Alexander, a teacher at the Bourke Primary School will next year enter a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Roy Doran, Chairman of proceedings at last Wednesday nights Annual Speech night, presented the report on 1968 of the St. Ignatius Parish School. This report reads as foll-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Roy Doran, Chairman of proceedings at last Wednesday nights Annual Speech night, presented the report on 1968 of the St. Ignatius Parish School. This report reads as…
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