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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 165

Air School On Strategic Wagga Site

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--An Air Force training school is to be established at Forrest Hill, near Wagga…

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G.p.s. Footballers to Play Again School Teams Strengthened by Last Year's Players

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 18

MANY of last year's G.P.S. first-grade players will strip again for their schools in this season's Rugby Union competition. Scots and Newington have been…

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St. Joseph's, Lochinvar. Past-pupils' Reunion

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 28

A general reunion of all past-pupils of St. Joseph's, Lochinvar, will be held at the convent on Saturday week, 13th inst. A cordial invitation is extended to all to…

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Christian Brothers' College, Rose Bay. Pupils' Entertainment

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 29

From whichever angle one viewed it—the strictly educational or that of pure entertainment, the concert given by the boys from the Christian Brothers' Rose Bay…

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The Schools. Australian Drama. Teachers' Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

This month being Australian Drama Month, many high and post-primary schools are giving special attention to tha drama as an important section of…

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Penrith Inter.-High School

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

Messrs R. G. Henderson, M.A., A. B. Colville, B.A., K. Gollan, B.Ec., secondary inspectors, assisted by Mr W. G. Lee. M.A., district inspector,…

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St. Marys School Fete

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 5

The long-awaited Fete in aid of St. Marys Public School will be held at the school next Saturday afternoon and evening. Preparations are well…

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Campion Society Winter School. Riverview College, May 13-14

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 25

Gatherings of men and women to learn more about their faith, and to see how it can best be applied, to solve national problems are an essential feature of Catholic…

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Catholic Teachers. Annual Conference Begins on May 11

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 25

Arrangements have been completed for the coming Teachers' Conference, which will open with Holy Mass at St. John's (University of Sydney) next…

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Notes of the Week. Political and Otherwise. Public Apathy and Stale Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 23

Some very sensible remarks were made at the annual meeting of the Lismore High School Parents and Citizens' Association, when Mr. A. G. Avis, the…

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Poultry Club of N.S.W. Invitation to Catholic Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 36

The hon. secretary of the Poultry Club of New South Wales issues an invitation to each Catholic school in the metropolitan area, to send three of the higher class…

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Collection For Primary Schools, Lismore

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 28

The annual collection for the primary schools will be made throughout the Diocese of Lismore on the first Sunday of May, or the following Sunday…

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Grail Autumn School. a Well-planned Course

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 16

Saturday afternoon, 22nd ult., marked the opening of the Autumn School at Grail Headquarters, Greenwich. The school was held for Grail members belonging to…

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Winter Schools Courses at Hawkesbury College

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 5

WINTER schools, which farmers and others may attend, will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultral College from 27th June to 7th July, the Minister for…

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High Schools Rugby North's Lead by One Point

Referee · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 23

NORTH SYDNEY (six) leads by one point from Technical after yesterday's round of Sydney High Schools' Rugby Union competition games…

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School Footpath

The Broadcaster · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

The Department of Education wrote suggesting to Holroyd Council that ashes be laid on the footpath in front of Guildford Infant's School, Apia…

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Catholic Education Association. Coming Teachers' Conference

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 46

As has been previously announced, the Catholic Teachers' Conference for 1939 will take place on May 11, 12, 13. The first function of the Conference…

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LETTERS. St. Augustine's School, Coffs Harbour

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 47

"Dear Gumblossom,—This is my first letter to the Page, and I hope you will accept me as a member. My birthday is on the 14th of December. I am sister…

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Great Public Schools' Football

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 29

Last Saturday some of the G.P.S. began their round of practice matches. St. Joseph's College met Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shove) at…

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At Wenona School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 23

WENONA SCHOOL was thronged last Thursday afternoon, when the principal, Miss Ralston, received parents and friends and threw the school and grounds open to…

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