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Schools, 1947

2,377 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 119

No Teachers, No Swimming

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 4

Because of a shortage of teachers with swimming qualifications, local schoolchildren were prevented from using the Granville Olympic Pool, the Education Department told Granville Council last week…

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Damage to Technical School Garden

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 4

At the meeting of [?] on July 1, the Mayor. Ald. Calov, reported that one of the council employees have informed the engineer. Mr. Downes that…

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Colebrook for G.N. STEEPLE Schooled Well This Week Transit Sure to Run Well

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Colebrook's sterling trial over brush fences at Flemington this week brings him into high regard for next Saturday's Grand National…

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Schoolboy Howlers

Construction · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 7

Genius is the infinite capacity for picking brains. A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population. An eavesdropper is a kind of bird…

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Springwood School of Arts Essay Competition

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

Springwood School of Arts is again running an essay competition among school children of the district. There are the same three divisions as for last…

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Riverstone-St. Marys Bus Service for School Children, Workers, Dances, Etc, Proposed

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 2

Mr. Noel K. Fidler, who recently started a bus service between Riverstone and St. Marys via Berkshire Park and Llandilo, wrote to Castlereagh…

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Back-to-School, St. Marys Gala Week Opens

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

ST. MARYS is celebrating with traditional St. Marys keenness the platinum jubilee (70 years) of its Public School, and the town is…

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Inter-School Sport TENNIS

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 6

Lost week a tennis team from Penrith Central School had an enjoyable match at Katoomba against St. Bernard College…

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Associated Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 24

The two Catholic schools in the Associated Schools' Rugby Union Competition met last Saturday, but Waverley proved too strong…

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Mona Beaver Ballet School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 17

"The Queen of Hearts" and a large number of small "divertisements"— 28 of them—were presented by the Moya Beaver School of Ballet at the…

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Courtesy School for Tramwaymen Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 11

The newly formed Sydney Courtesy Circle last night decided to ask the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) to start a school of courtesy and civility for Tramway employees…

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N.S.W. Lags In Transport For School Children

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 20

ONLY 149,000 was made available on the N.S.W. Education Estimates for conveyance of children to primary and secondary schools, compared with £300,000 allocated by the Victorian Department and £54,000 by the Tasmanian…

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Centenary Of State School[?]s by a Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

NEXT year will mark the centenary of Austialia's first national system of education, and the Education Department is planning celebrations…

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First Jewish School Re-opened in Vienna

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The first Jewish school since closing down of Jewish institutions by the Nazi regime in 1939 was re-opened in Vienna by the…

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Tiger Snake Found in Infants School

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

DANGEROUS types of snakes which abound in the long grass near Eastlakes Infants School were described today by police as a…

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Tiger Snake Found in Infants' School

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

DANGEROUS types of snakes which abound in the long grass near Eastlakes Infants' School were described today by police as a…

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The Church School 2

The Methodist · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 2

In the current issue of "Talk," a monthly digest of A.B.C. broadcasts, appear excerpts from a broadcast talk by Paul Radford, headmaster of Hutchins School, Hobart. He asks "Should Education…

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"Herald" Week-end Magazine Innamin[?]ka, A 20th Century Curiosity—How Is Your I.Q. To-day?—How the Yongala Was Lost—Philip Mountbatten As A Schoolboy—Some Animals Like Music. Innamincka—A Drama Of Loneliness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 8

INNAMINCKA has one of the widest main streets in Australia, the best part of a hundred yards separating police…

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School Building Plan in S.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Friday.—An immediate school constructional programme costing £361,000, in addition to more than £90,000 for the…

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Snake Killed at Infants' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 5

A tiger snake 3½ feet long was found yesterday in the grounds of the Eastlakes Infant School. The snake was noticed by one of…

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