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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1962

225 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 12

School Fete Drawing Near

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1962 · page 2

All preparations for the Queanbeyan West Primary School’s annual fete to be held tomorrow week,…

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Soil Conservation officer to inspect erosion at school

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1962 · page 2

An officer of the Department of Soil Conservation, Mr. G. M. Pettit, will visit Queanbeyan West Primary…

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School News

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 October 1962 · page 4

A highlight of the school activities this week, was the Parents and Citizens' concert, which was held on Sunday night in the Plaza Theatre…

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Primary pupils at athletics carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1962 · page 1

Seventeen girls and seventeen boys represented Queanbeyan Primary School at the Annual South Canberra District P.S.A.A.A. Athletics Carnival, held at Jerrambomberra…

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School Life

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1962 · page 4

With such fine athletes as Brian Triglone, Kevin Chamberlain, Judy Vermells and others, Queanbeyan High proved itself a more than worthy opponent at the…

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School Olympics at Canberra this month

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1962 · page 10

The Canberra Amateur Athletic Association will hold a special athletics carnival at Canberra on…

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Six records to High School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1962 · page 4

Queanbeyan High School obtained six of the eighteen records broken or equalled at the Combined High Schools Athletic Carnival held at Canberra last week…

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Seiffert on Jerangle school-bus subsidy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1962 · page 6

The Minister for Education, the Hon. E. Wetherell, has promised Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., that he will investigate a report that the Department refused to subsidise the…

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High School venue for conference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 1

On Monday of this week a Deputy Principals’ Conference was held at the Queanbeyan High School…

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Queanbeyan East school site chosen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 1

The Department of Education proposes to acquire all that land bounded by Thurralilly Street, Yass…

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Pre-school Notes (By Publicity Officer)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 9

The monthly meeting at the Pre-School last Tuesday was not as well attended as previous meetings—a…

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High School Display Day draws near

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 6

Queanbeyan High School tomorrow afternoon will hold its first combined Open and Display Day, with high hopes of a large attendance by parents and friends…

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Beef Cattle School at Bombala in November

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 11

Landholders interested in attending the Beef Cattle School at Bombala have been advised to secure their application forms and return them as early as possible to the…

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St. Gregory’s near lead in Catholic Schools athletics

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1962 · page 1

St. Gregory’s, Queanbeyan, was only five points behind the leading school for the aggregate points trophy, when heavy rain washed out the Catholic Primary Schools’ Athletic Carnival at Ainslie Oval on Sunday…

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Honours for two young dance pupils

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1962 · page 3

At the recent Ballet in Education Children’s Examinations, conducted in Sydney, two small pupils from…

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Catholic Primary Schools Athletics St. Gregory’s came from behind to win Shield

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 5

St. Gregory’s, Queanbeyan, came from behind to win the Aggregate Shield when the Canberra District Catholic Primary Schools Athletics Carnival was concluded on Saturday morning. This is the third year in…

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School Death

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 5

Due to the absence of our illustrious columnist “Loquaces,” we, the “Unbearables” are writing on the…

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Infants’ School Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 5

Once again, Mrs. Colgan has kindly come to join the staff, owing to the absence of [?] Denise Boulton, who is…

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School Life

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1962 · page 4

The parent-pupil good luck social,, held on Wednesday night, was poorly attended by parents, although the evening proved most successful…

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Teachers meet Federation president in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1962 · page 1

The President of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation, Mr. Don Taylor and the organiser, Mr. M. Adams,…

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