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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1947

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Bourke Public School

The Western Herald · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 1

In the report of Where in the paper, we omitted mention that there a attendance of spectators present…

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Dubbo High School Visits Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 1

Teams from Dubbo High School visited Parkes on Saturday to engage Parkes High School in hockey and basket ball matches…

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Schools' Football Carnival Finalised at Forbes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 3

The finals of Group XI Schools' football carnival, which had excited a good deal of interest between the opposing teams and supporters were played at Forbes on Saturday…

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School Notes Gilgandra Intermediate High School

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 2

Schools close to-day for the Spring vacation and will re-open on Wednesday, 10th September. Miss M. Kenny, who has been…

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Group Schools to Give Higher Standard

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 4

Higher standard of education in isolated country districts would be provided by the proposed group school plan at present under consideration That explanation was given to the…

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School Notes

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 12

Last Wednesday was the last afternoons sport for the second term. The games of basketball and…

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Will Free School Transport Be Introduced ? Departmental Review Being Made of Bus Services

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 14

The conveyance of children to school in country districts was at present under review by the Department of…

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Concrete Wicket for Trangie School

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 8

Trangic Central School is to have a concrete wicket for cricket. This was decided at a subcommittee meeting held last week…

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Inter-Town School Sports. Bourke Visits Cobar

The Western Herald · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 8

On Friday last sporting teams from the Bourke Intermediate High School journeyed to Cobar for a week-end of activities. Throughout…

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Bourke and Cobar Convent Schools Sports at Hellman's Tank

The Western Herald · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 5

On Friday last a football team and two basket ball teams from the Bourke Convent School journeyed to Hellman's Tank and there played…

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School Sports

The Western Herald · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 8

Although unfavourable weather has prevented the completion of the final events on the programme, the children and staff of the…

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High School Union Meets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Dubbo High School Ex-Students' Union on Wednesday night. The…

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Sunday School An Urgent Need

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 4

The Annual Meeting of the South Dubbo Church of England Sunday School Auxiliary, was held on Tuesday evening last in the Parish Hall. The…

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In the Next Estimates. Wellington's New High School

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

Provision of a new High School at Wellington was included in the building programme of the Department of…

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High School Play Night. Eileen Donn and Faith Cronin Win Acting Award

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 11

The annual High School play night, held in the Methodist Hall last Wednesday, proved an outstanding success. The…

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Free Transport to School Review of Bus Position

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 1

Free transport of children to school in the country was not provided for at present, but the whole matter was…

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Ponto School Repairs

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 15

Windows and doors at the Ponto public school would be screened, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said…

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Kenebri Sunday School Picnic

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 9

The inclement weather prevented the Sunday School picnic being held on the bed of the Baradine River. So the members…

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Convent School Inter-town Sport

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 4

When children from the Peak Hill Convent school came to play return matches against Narromine Convent pupils they were given a warm…

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Combined Schools in Big Sports Day

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 5

The combined schools of Dubbo will be matched against the combined schools of Peak Hill, Narromine and Trangie at the recreation oval at…

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