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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1947

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TRANGIE School Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 2

As a result of the half yearly tests recently concluded at Trangie Central School, the following pupils were successful in gaining first place in class…

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Educational Association Plans Scheme For Pre-School Children

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

A long range plan which provided for the development of pre-school education and steps to be taken to train numbers of nursery school teachers, together with the provision of suitable buildings and equipment, was presented to Friday…

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Primary School Notes Keen Competition in Various Activities

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 14

KEEN competition continues a marked feature of various school activities. The attendance banner was won by 6A, who were closely pressed by 3A, with 6B and 5B hot on their heels. Then came 5A, 3B, 4B and 4A…

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School Sports

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 5

Great preparations are being carried out in [?] of the sports for the [?] and Oxley Shields Some of the…

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Hostel For School Children Wanted For Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 3

The establishment of a hostel for children attending Peak Hill Central School and the building up of the school to a higher standard to include more technical subjects, were two points stressed by the president of the District Council of Peak Hill District Parents and…

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Schoolboys in Search of Fame and Fortune Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

Four school boys from Five Bock who are missing from their homes, are believed to be an their way to Melbourne in scorch of adventure…

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Many Workers Help School of Arts Funds

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the School of Arts made a recommend­ation to the incoming committee that £50 be paid off the capital debt…

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School Notes Gilgandra Intermediate High School Castlereagh Shield

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 2

Some very good performances have been registered during the week in the athletic trials being held to Select the team to…

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Married Women Teachers to Stay

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 4

It was not the intention of his Department to dispense with the services of 250 married women teachers at the end of this financial…

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TRANGIE Teacher's Federation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 3

On Monday evening, Narromine and Trangie teachers met at Narromine Central School to hear an address by Miss Hilda Barclay, organiser of the…

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More School Land for Geurie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 1

Additional school land had been acquired at Geurie. State Member (Mr. C. G. Robertson, M.L.A.) said that to-day…

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Primary School Notes Oxley to the Fore

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 6

Oxley House led the week's sport with 20 points, followed by Sturt (11 pts.), Evans (10 pts.) and Mitchell (9…

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High School Building Inadequate Department Requested to Send Along Architect

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 8

The Coonabarabran Parents and Citizens’ Association is of the opinion that with the present growth of the town it will…

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Dressmaking Classes at School

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 8

Dressmaking classes for a limited number of students will be commenced at the Coonabarabran Intermediate…

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Schools Athletic Carnival

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 6

Some outstanding displays were given by several children from the Baradine Convent and Central Schools at the athletic carnival on…

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Convent School Sport Narromine v. Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 3

Arriving by special train on Thursday, sixty enthusiastic school children from Narromine Convent school visited Peak Hill to compete against the…

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School Sports

The Western Herald · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 4

The Bourke Intermediate High School Sports will take place on the recreation ground between Hospital and Cricket Ground on…

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Phone for Yeoval School

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) has approved of the installation of a telephone service at the Yeoval public…

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Castlereagh Shield Contest Coonamble and Coonabarabran Pupils to Visit Gilgandra Big Day Planned for Saturday Next

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 1

The Fifth Annual Carnival between Coonabarabran, Gilgandra and Coonamble Central Schools for the…

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City Gossip Church, School Superseded By Press, Radio, Cinema

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 4

Home, Church and School, the great influences of the past, have given way to mass media, the Press, -Radio and Cinema, said Mr. Robert Butler, Ambassador for the U.S.A., at the luncheon arranged for the Institute of Journalists by…

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