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Schools, 1936

3,751 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 188

Scene of To-morrow's "Head of the River" Regatta — Final Training by Great Public Schools' Crews

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 14

Above: An aerial view of the section of the Nepean River to be covered by the Great Public Schools' crews in the championship eights to-morrow. The finishing line is in the foreground. At right: The King's School coach (Mr. E. G. Dorsch) instructing his…

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G.P.S. REGATTA. Crews Row on Nepean River. Likely Winner of Eights. Sydney Church of England Grammar School Selected. (By Our Rowing Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 15

St. Joseph's College and Sydney Church of England Grammar School are the crews most likely to fight out the finish of the championship eights at the Great Public Schools' regatta on the Nepean River to-morrow. Of the two Sydney Church of England Grammar School is selected as the, likely winner…

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Training Teachers

The Sun · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 19

Tamworth.--Arrangements are being made for the visit to Tamworth of 51 men students from Armidale Teachers' College, who will observe…

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Prep. School Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

Built at a cost of £4000, a preparatory school at Wahroonga for Knox Grammar School was opened yesterday by Mr. Frank Fletcher, formerly…

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Fairbridge School Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

IF present negotiations with the Fairbridge Trust in London are successful, a Fairbridge school of farming will probably…

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Head of River Titles Between Two Schools? St. Joseph's and Shore Outstanding: Nepean Trials Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 28

HISTORY may repeat itself in the Great Public Schools' Head of the River races tomorrow, with one school winning all three titles. Sydney Church of England Grammar School did the "hat-trick" in…

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Evening. Classes Auburn School for Women and Girls

The Biz · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

Evening classes for girls and women will be field at Domestic Science Sc[?], Auburn (near Town Hall), on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7[?]5 [?] 9.25…

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School of Arts Renewal of Subsidy Wanted

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 8

Messrs O. W. Fletcher and C. Meyers attended the meeting of Penrith Council on Tuesday evening as representatives of the Penrith…

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Schoolboy Cricketers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 22

THE KING'S SCHOOL cricket team, unbeaten so far in the G.P.S. competitions:--Front row (left to right): R. W. Mace, J. V. Buzacott, J. A. H. Jeffrey (captain), I. R. Fielder (vice- captain), M. C. I. Body. Back row: J. G. Aboud, G. M…

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Great Public Schools' Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 22

The races will finish about 150 yards through the railway bridge which spans the Nepean River at Penrith. The four-oar events will be rowed over a mile course and the eight-oar championship…

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Knox Grammar School. New Preparatory Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 18

Mr. Frank Fletcher, formerly headmaster of Charterhouse School, England, opened a new building for Knox Preparatory School at Wahroonga on Thursday. He referred to the…

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Famous Trees. Collection of Seeds. to Be Grown at School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 17

Seeds of trees of historical interest are being collected by the Australian Forestry League to plant in the arboretum and around the grounds at the Gladesville Domestic Science…

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Arnold Spirka Ballet School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 12

A recital of Russian ballet and charecter dancing by the pupils of Arnold Splrka, a member of the Pavlova Company, in conjunction with pupils of the Auburn studio of Miss Myrtle Boss, will be…

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High-lights From the High Schools

The Sun · Sunday 19 April 1936 · page 53

PREPARATIONS are well advanced in the high schools for the commencement of the football season on May 6. A few of the schools have already…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Art Exhibition

The Sun · Sunday 19 April 1936 · page 2

THE "Art Exhibition" being arranged by members of the second form at Granges College, was regarded as one big…

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Items of Sporting Interest. Schoolboy Champion Fine Showing in Senior Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 15

Making his first appearance in a Rugby League premiership match, Archie Crippin, who as a member of the unbeaten St. Joseph's College fifteen last season, earner…

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St. Joseph's College Wins G.P.S. Championship Eights. Titanic Struggle on Nepean. The Greatest School Race Rowed in N.S.W. (By Our Special Reporters.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 13

St. Joseph's College won the Great Public Schools' championship eights on the Nepean River on Saturday, in the greatest school race rowed in New South Wales, and probably the most keenly contested eight-oar event witnessed by the present generation of rowing followers…

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St. Joseph's College Wins Great Public Schools' "Head of the River" After Closely-contested Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 12

St. Joseph s College (nearest camera) winning from Sydney Grammar School (third from camera), with Sydney Church of England Grammar School (second from camera) third. The others are Scots College (beyond Sydney Grammar School) and St. Ignatius College. The apparent…

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Schools' Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 8

The G.P.S. Regatta, once a sporting event with interest confined to the schools concerned, has grown until it has become a regular institution…

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Seek Salary Restorations Teachers' Meeting in Country Young

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 7

Resolutely declaring their unequivocal opposition to the Public Service Salaries Reductions Act, members of the Teachers' Federation and…

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