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Schools, 1942

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The Schoolboy Detective Mystery Diver

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 7

IT had been a hot, sultry night. Just before daylight, Rob thought he would go down to the beach for a swim. With…

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Women's Sport Highlights by Heather McCulloch Schoolgirl's Fast 75 yds. Run In Inter-Club Debut

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 6

Making her debut in Association Athletics yesterday, Joy Quist, 15, won the 75 yards in 9 4-5 sec., only 4-5 sec. outside Jean Coleman's State record. Sydney High girl and former pupil of Maitland High, she holds the…

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Old School Tie

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 25

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Registration at schools

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 6

Details of plans for the registration at public schools on Thursday of children who may be evacuated, were announced yesterday by the…

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New Sea Training School

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 2

The Outward Bound Sea School, Ltd., has been registered as a private company in the United Kingdom, with a capital of £2000…

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The Winger Goes Well in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

The Winger, all the better for a recent run at Victoria Park, was impressive in a school over jumps at Randwick this morning…

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The Winger Goes Well Sn School

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

The Winger, all the better for a recent run at Victoria Park, was impressive in a school over jumps at Randwick this morning…

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The Winger Goes Well in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

The Winger, all the better for a recent run at Victoria Park, was impressive in a school over jumps at Randwick this morning…

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The Winger Goes Well in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

The Winger, all the better for a recent run at Victoria Park, was impressive in a school over jumps at Randwick this morning…

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The Winger Goes Well in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

The Winger, all the better for a recent run at Victoria Park, was impressive in a school over jumps at Randwick this morning…

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Women's News—NEW UNIFORM A.W.A.S. School at Killara Opening Next Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

The first recruit training school of the Australian Women's Army Service, Eastern Command, will begin on January 26…

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Schooling Lesson To Jog Kenil Gem's Memory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 8

Hurdler Kenil Gem showed the best flat-race form of his career in winning the Berala Handicap at Randwick last Saturday week, but yesterday he was given another schooling lesson so that "he wouldn't forget how…

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War Forces Merger of Famous Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Halleybury College and the Imperial Service College, Windsor, two of England's best-known public schools, have merged…

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Schoolboys Spend Holidays At Work

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Schoolboys all over Britain spent a considerable part of their summer holidays helping farmers in a variety of…

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Has Left School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

Dear ".Worker.—I haven't written to' your very interesting paper before, though my grandfather has taken it for a number of years. I am 15 years of age…

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Schoolboy Who Lost Leg at War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 11

Robert Dunstan, of Ranelach, Mt. Eliza, left Geelong Grammar School at 16 to join the A.I.F., lost a leg at Tobruk, and now,…

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Schoolboy Lost Leg at War Now Going Back to School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Robert Dunstan left Geelong Grammar School temporarily to go to war…

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Schools To Re-open Compulsory Evacuation If News Bad

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

All schools in the metropolitan area, except those occupied by the military authorities, will resume after the vacation unless the situation in the Pacific deteriorates, it was stated to-day…

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While parents, in doubt, hold aloof Teachers Prepare Plan To Evacuate Children

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

BREAK up homes, take children away from their sheltered lives, away from their mothers, or dig tiny maimed bodies from the ruins of bomb-blasted streets?…

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Work in School Vacation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--British schoolboys earn trade union wages helping in munition factories during their Christmas holidays…

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