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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1950

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School Tests

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 8

Hereunder are the results of the half yearly tests at the local school:—Ninth Class: Norman Ferguson…

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Junior Farmer School at Hawkesbury

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 3

Over 50 Junior Farmers from all parts of N.S.W. are attending the fourth annual Short Term School of Instruction for…

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Rotarians Launch Appeal for Funds to Equip Infants' School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 1

MEMBERS of the Rotary Club of Wellington have decided to launch an appeal for funds to equip the Wellington Infants' School in the modern manner desired by the Mothers' Club,, which already has £100 on hand towards the total of well over £300, which is required…

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Yeoval Young Anglicans Presentation for Former Teacher

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the Yeoval Young Anglicans last week it was decided to send a hand - embroidered…

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School Children to Stage Street Stall Competition

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 9

Yeoval Public School students will stage a street stall competition on Saturday morning next and the…

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Basketball at Binnaway Inter-school Match

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 2

The girls of the Binnaway Convent School defeated 18-14, girls from the Baradine Central School in a keenly contested basketball…

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P. and C. Interested in Agricultural High School

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 1

It was agreed at the Parents and Citizens' Associations meeting on Wednesday night last that the secretary of the Dubbo Educational…

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Children Turned Away From Narromine School

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 7

The present crisis in education was brought forcibly home to members of the Narromine branch of the Parents and Citizens' Association at their meeting on Wednesday night. It is to be brought even more forcibly before members of the public…

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School Library Formally Handed Over

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 8

Many parents and friends attended the opening of the Trangie school library on Friday afternoon, when the books purchased from the…

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Educational Notes Bourke Intermediate High School "The Grand Old Creek"

The Western Herald · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 4

So wrote Henry Lawson in his poem 'Bourke' of which the last two verses are here printed, and still the Darling is the grand old…

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Mendooran School Teams to Play Dunedoo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 6

The following have been selected to represent Mendooran Public School in their games against Dunedoo School teams at…

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High School Auxiliary Cheque For £350 Handed Over

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 4

A cheque for £350, representing portion of the proceeds from the annual fete, was presented by the President of the Dubbo…

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Overcrowded Schools Must Cope With Another 50 per Cent Increase

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 5

Estimates indicate that enrolments in Government school in Australia taking [?] into account, will increase from [?] in 1946 to…

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School Fete Over £80 Raised

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 6

The Gilgandra Intermediate High, School Parents and Citizens' Association held a most successful fots at the…

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Assembly Hall at South School Sought

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

Improvements to the existing temporary library and the erection of an assembly hall at the Dubbo South School is to be…

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School Seeks a Motto

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

As Dubbo South School has no motto, a competition is being run among the pupils to find a…

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Functions to Aid South Dubbo School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 5

A number of functions aimed at raising funds for Dubbo South School were arranged at a meeting of the school Mothers' Club on Tuesday afternoon. The functions include a fete, street stall, a dance,…

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Farm Schools for U.s. Girls Planned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 6

Instruction and practice in farming and rural homemaking for girls of secondary-school age is a new American scheme…

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Successful School Street Stall for U.N. Children

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 8

The street stall conducted at Yeoval on Saturday morning last by pupils of the Public School proved highly…

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Catholic Secondary School for Coonabarabran

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 23

The Catholic Church intends to erect a secondary school at, Coonabarabran, and the first steps have been taken to…

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