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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1949

823 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 42

Teachers Want Probe on Leaving Age

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A motion asking the New South Wales Government to set up a Commission of inquiry and research…

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Leeton High School Council Permission for Art Union Refused

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

At a meeting of the Leeton High School Council last Tuesday night, a letter from the Department of Education was…

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Pantomime to Aid Primary School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

The president of the Leeton Primary School Parents and Citizens' Association, Mr. M. Humphries, informed the…

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Leeton and Griffith Gain Honours At High Schools Athletic Carnival Two Records Broken

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

Leeton and Griffith High Schools shared the honours of the day at the Combined South-western High Schools Annual Athletic…

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Schoolboys Competition Grand Final Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

The grand final of M.I.A. SchoolBoys Competition will be played on the Leeton Showground on Sunday next, between Griffith…

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Leeton High School Play Nights

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

The Third Annual Play Nights of Leeton High School were held in St. Peter's Hall, last Tuesday and Wednesday…

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Schoolboys' Aussie Rule Final Match Against Coolamon in Junee To-morrow

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

The final of the South-Western Australian Rules Schoolboys football competition will be played at Willow Park on Saturday next,…

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Ganmain Central School Sports Contests at Ardlethan (From our Ardlethan Correspondent)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

Ganmain Central School visited Ardlethan Central School on Thursday week last. After viewing the school film the visitors…

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Millwood School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 2

Extra accommodation is to be provided at the Millwood Public School. The local member (Mr. E. H. Graham) has been…

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School Boys' Football

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

All school boys interested in Australian rules are requested to attend training at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) so that the strongest team…

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Convent School Juvenile

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

An event eagerly anticipated by the young folk was the annual Convent School plain and fancy-dress juvenile ball held in the Oddfellows…

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Yerong Creek Protests Over High School Bus

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 3

The Yerong Creek Parents and Citizens' Association decided at its recent meeting to protest to the Wagga District Council of…

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Schoolboys Knockout Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

The M.I.A. Schoolboys League will be holding a Knockout Carnival on the Leeton. Showground on Saturday week, September 10. Already 10…

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Schoolboys Competition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

The grand final of the M.I.A. Schoolboys Competition, played on the Leeton Showground on Sunday last, was won by Barellan…

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Aussie Rules School Football Comp. Junee Has Grand Win on Saturday Last

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 7

Junee met Coolamon in the last match of the third round of the Australian Rules Schoolboys Carnival. at Willow Park, on…

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Variety Offered at School Show North Junee Now Has One if Riverina's Best Buildings

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 7

Practically every child at the North Junee School managed to bring a pet or a doll for the Annual Pet Parade and Doll Show…

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Gundagai Needs Intermediate High School Classification Should Be Made Before New Building Constructed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 1

FOR SEVERAL YEARS efforts have been made to have the Gundagai Central School classified as an Intermediate High School. The time has now arrived when pressure must be brought to bear on the authorities to make the necessary classification, for in the near future…

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School Boys' Competition Match Against Ardlethan on

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

The following team has been selected to play the Ardlethan school boy's team on Sunday next, at 1.15 p.m. This game will be a…

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Do School Children Enjoy Learning Music?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

Many pertinent questions concerning the teaching of music in schools are raised in this article by Mr. F. R. Pople, lecturer in music at the Wagga Teachers' College…

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Schoolboys Knockout Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

The big Australian Rules School-boys Knockout, to be held at Leeton Showground on the 10th September, is causing much interest. Already 14…

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