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Schools, 1942

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Women's News Army School Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 6

"As the first batch of trainees for the Australian Women's Army, you are making a standard that others will follow,"…

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Northern Schools To Remain Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- All schools in the Queensland coastal belt and the Far North will remain closed until further notice. State Cabinet decided…

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Schools May Not Open Yet

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

Because of the Pacific war position, the opening of schools in N.S.W. may be postponed for a fortnight…

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Schools May Not Open Yet

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

Because of the Pacific war position, the opening of schools in N.S.W. may be postponed for a fortnight…

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Schools May Not Open Yet

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

Because of the Pacific war position, the opening of schools in N.S.W. may be postponed for a fortnight…

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A Rare Event. Marist Brothers' High School, Darlinghurst

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

The recent results of the State Bursary Examination resulted in a rather rare event. James Brassil was awarded a State Bursary in 1941. His brother, John, was…

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Nun at Council School. Dispute Over Habit

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 28

Fierce controversy is raging at Welling-borough, Northants, England, over the fact that a Sister of Mercy, appointed a teacher in a local council school, retains her…

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Grail Summer School Youth and Leadership

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 27

Leadership was the theme of the fifth annual summer school at Grail headquarters, and its title, "At the Helm." The 45 young women, from Sydney, Brisbane, and…

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Penrith School of Arts H.M.A.S. Sydney Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

A social evening held on Tuesday night last in aid of the New Sydney was well attended. A good evening was spent, and the many novel competitions…

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Schools Re-open

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

Penrith Intermediate High School re-opens on Tuesday morning. The postponement of the re-opening does not apply to country schools, of which…

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French School Girl Heroine

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

A young girl, lately arrived in England from occupied France, told in a B.B.C. Radio Newsreel the story of her remarkable escape…

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Public School

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

Mr Joseph Jackson, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Education, Mr Clive Evatt: I refer to your personal…

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Youth at the Helm. Grail Summer School

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 11

Leadership was the theme of the fifth annual Summer School at Grail Headquarters, and its title: "At the Helm.". Training for leadership is a serious…

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Army and Air Force Co-operation Officers' School at Canberra War Conditions Reproduced by a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 6

Army and Air Force officers attending the special Army-Air Co-operation School at Canberra have reached an interesting stage in their course of instruction. They were able to use their own initiative under actual…

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Private Schools to Reopen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 7

The headmaster of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, Mr. L. C. Robson, said last night that the Great Public…

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Reopening Deferred Danger Zone Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 7

The reopening of all State schools in the metropolitan, Newcastle, and Port Kembla areas has been postponed for a…

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Improving Local Schools

The Propeller · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Education, Mr. C. Evatt, M.L.A. for Hurstville, has informed Mr. W. M. Currey, M.L.A. for Kogarah, that additional seating,…

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Land for New School. Resumption at Bexley North

The Propeller · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

Considerably more than two acres of land have been resumed by the Government at Kingsland Road, Bexley North, for the purposes of a public…

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Coast Schools Not to Open

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

The reopening of all State schools in Sydney, Newcastle, and Port Kembla has been postponed from February 3 to February 17…

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Races Interfere With Army School

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

Troops attached to the school at Randwick racecourse were given three days' leave at the week-end when the A.J.C…

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