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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1946

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Inter-town School Sports Bourke Defeats Cobar Interesting Games

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 5

Bourke Central School's visit to Cobar was successful from a social, as well as a sporting point of view. A full programme kept the children…

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Accommodation for Teachers

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

The headmaster of the Central School has received word from the Education Department that there is a contemplated removal of three…

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Bourke Central School Nyngan Visiting Teams Defeated

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

On Wednesday and Thursday sporting teams from Nyngan Public School visited Bourke, but were defeated for the Davidson Shield…

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School Holiday Traffic Hazards

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

Read accident hazard's in residential areas will increase sharply in the autumn school vacation now in progress, in the opinion of the…

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Sugar for Schools

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 12

Applications hy school organisations for sugar to manufacture for sale at fund raising functions are now likely to be…

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Schoolboy Injured

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 6

Malcolm McWhirter, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. McWhirter, of Binnaway, was injured on Wednesday afternoon while…

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Petition From Binnaway Protesting Against School Hostel

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 9

A protest sponsored by Mr. Bucholtz and signed by several residents of Binnaway protesting against the building of a school…

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Inter-town School Sports Visit of Nyngan Pupils. Another Win for Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 6

During the last twelve months the Bourke Central School's Sporting. Team has made the most use of the…

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School Status Raised

The Western Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

As a result of the recent reclassification of Schools, Bourke Central School has been raised to the status of a Third-Class Central…

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Empire Day Celebrations. Public School Ceremony

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 8

Last Friday, in the Wellington Intermediate High School Assembly Hall, the pupils of the Secondary and Primary…

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District News Trangie Empire Day Celebration At Trangie Several Schools Represented

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 5

Over 250 children took part in the Empire Day celebration held in the Trangie Theatre on Friday. Several schools in the Trangie District were represented by happy bands of pupils…

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Empire Day Celebration At Intermediate High School

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 2

Empire Day was observed at the Intermediate High School on Friday morning by the holding of an appropriate function, To…

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Schoolboy Hurt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 1

Robert Stapleton, schoolboy, of Bultge Street, received a lacerated wound to the skull while playing football on the Oval this morning…

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School News BASKETBALL

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

In the senior basketball match, played last Wednesday, the Currawongs (13 goals) defeated the Kingfishers (6 goals)…

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Empire Day Celebra-brations at School

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 4

On Friday last, May 24, Empire Day was celebrated by functions at the Coonabarabran High School and at the Infants’…

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School Cadets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1946 · page 1

Lieut. Quirk, from Victoria Barracks, Sydney, is in Dubbo district on inspection of School Cadet detachments and general departmental…

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School Notes

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 4

teacher short since the tansfer of Miss Wash during the vacation, to South Granvile. Miss Nancy Ross, at present a teacher at Arm…

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School Leaving Age to Be Raised in England London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 1

The school leaving age will be raised to 16 years as early as possible. This assurance was given by the Minister for Education, Miss Ellen Wilkinson…

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Council Brevities High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 3

The Education Department has acknowledged Council's letter urging the establishment of a complete modern High School building and facilities at…

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Primary School Notes Premiers (Evans) and Mitchell Lead

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 9

AS a result of last Friday's matches, Mitchell and Evans' Houses have a decided lead over Sturt and Oxley. Next Friday Sturt and Oxley are determined to give the two leaders a shock…

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