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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1917

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Dubbo High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

A public meeting will be held in the local Town Hall this (Friday) evening, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of fixing a date for the official opening of the…

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The High School Ground

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

The parents and teachers want to stir up the authorities at an early date regarding the approaches to the High School. In wet weather the mud is…

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Convent Schools

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 3

St. Patrick's Convent, Wellington: Angela Weber, Ivy Butcher, Kathleen McDermott, Kathleen Smyth, William Dowling, Oliver Emelhainz…

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Dubbo High School. Arrangements for Official Opening

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 3

His Worship the Mayor (Ald. Geo. Palmer) presided at a public meeting on Friday night to consider the most practicable means of marking the…

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Official Opening of the High School. Public Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

The Mayor (Alderman Geo. Palmer) presided at a meeting of citizens and parents, held in the Town Hall on Friday night, to arrange for the official…

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Bourke Superior Public School

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

In last issue we gave the result of the Qualifying Certificate examination, which must be considered as very gratifying, both to the teachers…

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Compulsory Attendance at School. Every Half Day to Be Accounted For. Penalty 5s. First Offence, 40s. Second Offence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 9

Following is the clause in the Public Instruction (Amendment) Act, 1916, dealing with the attendance of children at school, and we publish same in order…

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School Teachers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The Dubbo branch of the District Teachers Association is holding a meeting at the District School, Darling-street, on February 10th, at 11…

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Compulsory School Attend

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

ANCE. The Education Department has just issued a "Handbook of Compulsery Procedure" for the information of…

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Letters to the Editor. Opening of the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

Sir—-Judging by the poor attendance of the parents of the Dubbo children at the meeting convened at the request of the Parents and…

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A Popular Schoolmistress

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

On Saturday evening a large number of Ben[?] and district residents assembled at the Beni Hall for the purpose of according a suitable send-off to…

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Letter to the Editor. Opening of the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

Sir.—Reading reports of the meeting about the above and the letter from "A Stray Leaf from the Bush," I have wondered whether Dubbo people…

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Dubbo School Teachers' Association. Annual Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 7

The animal meeting of the Dubbo Teachers' Association was heldat the District Schoolon Saturday. ri. A.W Weber was votto the chair, and…

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Opening of the High School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 6

At a recent public meeting the celebration of the establishment of a High School was discussed at considerable length, and the final decision was that,…

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Teachers' Association. Address by Mr. A. McLACHLAN

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 7

Mr .A. Weber (Delroy) presided at the annual meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Teachers? Association, and there was a fair attendance…

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The Opening of the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

With slight variation we agree with the American professor who said that the best secondary school for normal boys and girls, that is, for adolescent…

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Smart Australian School Boys

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

The [?] tificate [?] ne[?] [?]…

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The Opening of the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

The sub-committce appointed at the recent public meeting to make arrangements for the opening of the High School, held a meeting during the…

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The High School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 1

The secretary of the Dubbo School Board has received a letter from the Minister for Public Instruction, thanking him for the invitation to open the…

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Opening the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. W. F. M[?]Manamey, Hon. Se[?]retary of the Public School Board, Dubbo, has received a reply to a letter addressed to the Minister for Public…

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