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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1973

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Blame Lies with Teachers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1973 · page 5

The State Minister for Education, Mr. Willis, blames many of the teachers for the high level of…

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School Canteen Needs Enlarging

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1973 · page 4

The president of Queanbeyan High School P. and C. Association, Mr. G. R, (Cudey) Upton, is expected to emphasise the importance of enlarging canteen in his annual report next Tuesday night…

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“Clinic school a step forward”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1973 · page 3

Parents, medical practitioners and teachers have unanimously welcomed the formation of a “special teaching unit.” or clinic school, in Queanbeyan to help children overcome learning…

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Michelago News Coffey memorial school library

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1973 · page 10

The Michelago P. & C. Association has launched an appeal that will lead to the formation of a school reference library…

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Budding TV stars groomed at school

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1973 · page 4

Australia's top television producers, directors, actors and editors of tomorrow could be today's graduates of Queanbeyan High School. The high school this year…

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High school Canteen Raised $4,000 for Parent Body

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1973 · page 9

The canteen committee at Queanbeyan High School has provided $4,000 for the P. and C. Association in each of the last…

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Ymca Leaders Visit High School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1973 · page 15

During the customary weekly Principal’s assembly at the High School on Monday. March 5. Mr. Brogan…

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More Money for Trainee Teachers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1973 · page 15

Trainee teachers in N.S.W. are to get increases in living allowances. The increases are effective…

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Homes for teachers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1973 · page 8

The State Government may set up a teacher housing authority in a bid to overcome problems in…

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St. Gregory’s win school relay swims

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1973 · page 20

St. Gregory’s School Queanbeyan proved too strong for their opponents in the senior girls section of the…

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Wenholz memorial reference library at High School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1973 · page 3

The Wenholz Memorial Reference Section of the Queanbeyan High School Library was officially opened yesterday. The late Mr, L. B, Wenholz was the Principal of the…

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Smoking survey in schools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1973 · page 5

Almost 30,000 schoolchildren will take part in a new smoking survey. The survey, which begins…

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$11-m to Nsw Schools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1973 · page 3

The Federal Government announced today that it was granting $11.1 million in additional aid for NSW…

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Pre-school Officers Unopposed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1973 · page 6

All office-bearers were elected unopposed at the annual general meeting of Queanbeyan Pre-school Association on…

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Teacher warning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1973 · page 19

Teachers would be driven to industrial action if the Government kept forcing them to take increasing…

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School grants body

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1973 · page 19

After June. 1975 a schools’ commission will determine grants for libraries and science laboratories…

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Schoolteacher in national Softball team

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1973 · page 19

Popular Queanbeyan High School physical education teacher, Wendy Higinbotham has been chosen in the Australian Softball team for the coming test series against…

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“Apathy downgrades effectiveness,” says teachers’ pres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1973 · page 4

The President of the Queanbeyan Association of the NSW Teachers’ Federation, Mr. Rob Gooley. said today that “apathy on the part of members had led to decreasing effectiveness of the group.”…

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East School Class Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1973 · page 7

Kindergarten: Kindergarten welcomes two new members to the class. Maxine Martin and Frank…

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Cost Slug Hits Country Pre-schools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1973 · page 4

The greatest single problem of all country pre-schools concerns payment of teacher’s salaries, along with other running costs. The annual general [?]…

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