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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1929

44 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

St. Benedict’s Convent School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

Following are results of the Commercial Examination 1928, from St. Benedict’s Convent, Queanbeyan:— TYPEWRITING—Senior Grade…

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Sunday School Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

By permission of the Royal Military College authorities the annual picnic in connection with the Queanbeyan Methodist Sunday School will be held…

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Two Schoolboys Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

In a derelict, flat-bottomed boat, which they found on the beach, three schoolboys sailed out to sea at Yowie Bay, near Miranda, yesterday…

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Sunday School Picnic

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

The annual picnic in connection with the Queanbeyan Methodist Sunday School took place at Duntroon on Saturday last. The children,…

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Music Teachers’ Conference Second Easter Meeting, 1929

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The Musical Association of New South Wales is again organising a Conference of the Music Teachers who will come together at Easter to…

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School Fashion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

“The fashions of the screen,” says Travis Banton, fashion designer at the Paramount studios in Hollywood, “have done a great deal for the…

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School for Child Players. West Australian Girl in Hollywood Teaches Young Actors

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 4

Paramount solved the problem of education child players by erecting a special school within the studio grounds, where the children are given…

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Public Schools

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

The regarding of the primary schools of the State shows that there are 60 schools in the first or highest class. In the sixth class, which…

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Euchre Party and Dance for School of Arts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

The euchre party and dance held in the Parish Hall on Friday night last, to augment the funds of Queanbeyan School of Arts, was poorly attended…

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Minister for Education Visits Queanbeyan Public School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

The Hon. D. H Drummond, Minister for Education, paid an official visit to the Queanbeyan Public School yesterday afternoon. He was accompanied by…

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SCHOOLWORK Judge: Rev. Ellis Thomas

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

Written Exercise Book by Boy under 14 years: Selwyn O’Neill. Written Exercise Book by Girl under 14 years: Bonnie Sherd 1, Verna Swan 2…

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Former District Schoolteacher Death at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 1

Many residents of Queanbeyan, and ex-residents of the Monaro, and those of Captain’s Flat, Bungendore, and Jerangle, will read with regret of the death…

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Complete Tyre Repair School to Be Established by Goodyear

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 4

Establishment of what is believed to be the most complete tyre repair school in Australia will be made in July at the Granville factory of the Goodyear Tyre…

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Two New Classrooms for Queanbeyan Public School

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

Mr. W. W. Hedges, our State member, has received the following letter from Mr. D. H. Drummond, Minister for Education:—…

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Presentation to Schoolteacher

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

On Monday, at the Queanbeyan Public School, Mr. C. R. Cash, first assistant, was presented with a gold wristlet watch on behalf of the teachers and…

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Pastoral Winter Schools for Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 4

Arrangements are being made for the usual Winter School for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from 2nd to…

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Color Line Yass Parents Draw It School Problem

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 2

Should black children sit iu the same classes at school with white children. That is the question which was put…

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Wool-classing Classes Issuing Certificates by Country Schools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

A resolution passed at the last annual conference of the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales was recently submitted to Mr, Drummond, Minister for…

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Movie News Special Service from Paramount Studios for “The Queanbeyan Age”. Training Talkie Operators Paramount Establishes Unique School in Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 4

A unique school for the training of talking picture operators has been established in Sydney by Paramount Pictures, according to a recent…

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Britain to Raise School Age. London

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

The Minister for Education announced in the House of Commons that legislation will be brought down raising the school age to 15 from April,…

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