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Schools, 1921

2,863 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 144

Were Merit Counts Opening of Sydney Girls' High School Mr. Mutch's Aims

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon about 1500 persons assembled at the new Sydney Girls' High School to attend the formal opening of the building by Mr. Mutch…

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Interstate Schools N.S.W. Beat Queensland Played at Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 8

New South Wales 11 (Bird. Wardsley and Phillips tries. Ruwald a goal) heat Queensland 3 (McCowun and Frith tries. Cullen a goal)…

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Flappers' Day High School Opening Mutch on Education

The Sun · Sunday 7 August 1921 · page 2

What appeared to them a maze of figures concerning the old and the new girls' high schools was tumbled round the heads of hundreds of…

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School Teachers. Preference to the Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 10

At a meeting of the council of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation on Saturday, Mr. E. Dash (president) said that, according to an announcement by…

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Young Athletes Sport in the Schools Can Scot's Beat Grammar?

Evening News · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 2

Can Scots bear Grammar? what is the question of the moment as [?] the Great public Schools competition [?] for should the latter train in [?] at Rose…

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Schools' Football Queensland [?]eals Randwick

Evening News · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 5

[?] Queensland [?] played its second match in shdney today [?] the [?] high school on the [?] cricket Ground No.[?]…

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Girls' High School. Opening Ceremony. Extension of Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 10

Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, formally opened the new Girls' High School in Moore Park, on the site of the old Zoo, on Saturday. The ceremony took place in a large…

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Teachers' Guild

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 7

There was a large gathering of members of the Teachers' Guild of N.S.W. at the annual meeting on Friday night in the Women's Clubrooms. The Rev. Dr. Prescott was in the…

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Two-up School Big Police Raid "The Spice of Life" Surry Hills Establishment

The Sun · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 8

Surry, Hills, has a migratory "two- up" school. That was disclosed at the Central Police Court this morning, when…

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Equal to All State Education New Girls' High School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Mitch) in opening, officially, the new Girls' High School at Moore Park, on Saturday afternoon stressed the fact of the equality of opportunities of…

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Girls' High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 8

Miss Campbell, principal of the Sydney Girls' High School, Moore Park, points out that the etching by Lionel Lindsay of the old Elizabeth-street buildings, referred to in the…

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Overcrowded. School Conditions at Ballina. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 7

The Parents and Citizens' Association discussed the inadequate accommodation at the Commercial Public School. It was stated that the enrolment of pupils…

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Rugby League Queensland Schools Beat Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 3

On the Sunday Cricket Ground No. 2. Yesterday. the Queensland Schoolboy Rugby League team met and defeated the Randwick intermediate High School by 17 points to [?], in an interesting and first class exposition…

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Liverpool School of Arts Annual Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 2

The twenty-first annual meeting of the Liverpool School of Arts was held on Thursday evening, July 28th. The president, Mr. R. Clyde-Rowe, presided…

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Fairfield West School Site

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 2

Recently Mr. Vol. Molesworth, M L A. for Cumberland, visited Fairfield West, and was welcomed by the local Progress Association, who took the opportunity to…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 4

Since the extension of the School of Arts last year, the committee has been subjected to a good deal of criticism at their failure to dispose of the building…

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High School Sport

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 6

Although some of the competitions have concluded, a number of winter games for High Schools were played on Wednesday. A strong gale mitigated against good…

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Pendle Hill School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 3

Pendle Hill School of Arts held an enjoyable social on Saturday last. Mrs. Green (piano) supplied the music and Mr. Tonkin was M.C. The functions, which…

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Eastwood School of Arts Annual Meeting. Highly Successful Year

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 5

The retiring president (Mr. C. W. Doughton), presided at the annual meeting of members of Eastwood School of Arts, held on July 21st. Regret was…

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