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Schools, 1946

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 125

Debut at School for 24,000 Pupils

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 15

Twenty-four thousand children between the ages of five and seven years today confronted a school teacher for the first time. STATE schools resumed after the…

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New Master, New Pupils

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

ABOVE: Even the headmaster,' Mr. A. Patterson, is a new arrival at Plunkett Street School today, and there's quite a bond between him 2 and the other "newies." Here Mr. Patterson is seen with a mother, and John Bourn (7), Arthur Davis (10), Terry Cutigno (5), and Keith…

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"Wishin' There Never Was a School"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Although intent on their fishing at Fort Macquarie yesterday, these boys were only too mindful that to-day they must return to school…

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Parents At School For One Day

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 5

Crowds of fathers and I mothers today went back to school--but not for keeps…

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Public Schools' Cultural Aims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 11

Public schools aim to put more emphasis on cultural subjects, "to produce men capable of leading the nation in its thinking." The Headmasters' Conference,…

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11 School Teachers Stranded at Griffith

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 20

ELEVEN school teachers at Griffith are stranded without accommodation and will have to sleep in their schools or on the railway…

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"Organised School"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

"It's an organised school," declared Constable Cameron, when giving evidence at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday in a case in which…

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New Headmaster of High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

Mr. C. P. Smith assumed the headmastership of Parramatta High School when school was resumed yesterday, after the summer vacation…

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Victorian Schools Programme Modern Buildings Planned

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 16

The Victorian State Government has decided to establish six consolidated schools in the financial year ending June,…

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"Like Snail, Unwillingly to School"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Yesterday was the first day at school for many five-year-olds. AT LEFT: David Elkin had a reassuring hand for tearful sister Fay at Paddington Central School. ABOVE: Father did not feel out of place among all the mothers while Miss D. McMahon…

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11 Teachers Are Stranded, Ultimatum to McKELL

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Eleven teachers are stranded at Griffith without accommodation, said the president of the NSW Teachers' Federation (Mr. S. P. Lewis) today. Unless the State Government…

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School Set Alight In Holidays

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

Attempts to set fire to Randwick Public School, in Avoca-street, were discovered yesterday when the…

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Their First Schoolday

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

SOLEMN five-year-olds learning to spell with sticks at the first day at Kindergarten yesterday. From left: Lindsay Creighton, John Breen, Phillip Jones, all of Bellevue Hill…

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1000 Young Teachers Go On Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

When schools opened yesterday 1000 young teachers replaced teachers who returned from…

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Married Yesterday In School Chapel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 20

An ex-student of St. Ignatius' College, Mr. Hugh Hourigan. ex-A.L.F. was married yesterday in the school chapel to Miss Jean Clayton [?]key…

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Bid To Burn Down School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 17

Police believe that an attempt to burn down the two-storey Randwick Boys' High School in Avoca St. during the weekend…

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Bid To Burn Down School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 17

Police believe that an attempt to burn down the two-storey Randwick Boys' High School in Avoca St. during the weekend…

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Bid To Burn Down School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Police believe that an attempt to burn down the two-storey Randwick Boys' High School in Avoca St. during the weekend…

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Bid To Burn Down School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 17

Police believe that ah attempt to burn down the two-storey Randwick Boys' High School in Avoca St. during the weekend…

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Bid To Bum Down School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 17

Police believe that an attempt to burn down the two-storey Randwick Boys' High School in Avoca St. during the weekend…

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