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Schools, 1954

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Convent Wins Grand Final School Football Competition Games

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 7

The grand final of the schoolboys' Saturday football competition in the 6.7 division resulted in a win for…

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Standard School Uniform Is Warmer, Cheaper Than Slacks

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

Recent controversy as to whether school girls should wear slacks has been settled definitely at Orange, where headmasters insist on the Standard school uniform, and during the winter months, warm…

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Wagga High School Girls' Hockey Win

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 8

Wagga High School girls defeated Narrandera High girls in "A" and "B" hockey matches on Wednesday…

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Schoolboys' R.L.

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 1

Jimmy Nelson, captain of the Demonstration School football team, receiving the Packham Cup from…

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Success for High School in debates

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 2

The Wagga High School won the senior boys' and senior girls' divisions of four debates held yesterday against teams from the Christian Brothers' High…

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Dem. School Defeated South Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 8

In the final of the inter-primary schools open weight Rugby League division yesterday, Demonstration School…

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Schoolboys' 'Rules team

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 6

The St. Joseph's (Leeton) under 16 years team which played in the Australian Rules carnival on…

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Remarkable Success of Back to School Day Convent School Children Entertain

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 4

The Sisters of Mercy achieved a truly remarkable success at the Back-to-School day, held at St…

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128 Teams in Saturday's School Boy's Carnival Number of Referees Is Worry to Officials

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 8

The possible shortage of badge referees for next Saturday's mammoth Riverina Schoolboys' carnival in Junee…

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Rugby League School Teams Win Three Out of Four Great Day at Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

Last Saturday the De La Salle football teams had their most successful day but this season, when they visited Gundagai and won three of the four matches played there…

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Rugby Union: Coota.'s Win Against the Teachers' College Only One Point Separated Teams

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

In an exciting and hard-fought game Cootamundra downed Teachers' College, 9-8, on the Flat Oval on Saturday. IT was one of the best matches…

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Urana Central School Receives Face-Lift

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

After months of activity from the Education Department's carpenters, painters and plumbers, we can at last report that repair…

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Teachers' pay to rise

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Under an agreement expected to be signed soon, all schoolteachers in N.S.W. will…

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Round-up of Wagga Schools

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

The South Wagga School recently received two kettle drums and a base drum as the nucleus of a school band…

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Rugby League Schools Carnival Junee, next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

130 teams will take part in the Rugby League Schools Carnival to be held at Junee on Saturday next…

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Leeton High Runners-up In Schoolboys' Knockout

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

The Knockout Carnival conducted by the Riverina Schoolboys' League at Wagga, on Saturday last, resulted in Wagga…

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Interstate Schools' Football Carnival August 23 to September 9

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

New South Wales is committed to organise the Interstate Schools' Australian National Football Carnival this year and the N.S.W…

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Schoolboys' Comp

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

Next Saturday wlil be a general bye owing to Junee Rugby Carnival for Schoolboys. Leeton 13 years, more training…

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School Holiday

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 2

The Wagga office of the Department of Education announced yesterday that a special school holiday will be…

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Site for a Civil Defence School Will Be Decided on Soon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The site of a Commonwealth Civil Defence School will be decided soon. The Minister for the interior (Mr. Kent-Hughes) announced this today…

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