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Schools, 1948

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Visit by Cardinal Gilroy New Catholic School Hall

The Propeller · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 8

Cardinal Gilroy will visit Beverly Hills on Sunday, April 18, in order to bless the foundation stone of the new Catholic school hall being…

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Centenary of Education Canley Vale School Celebrations

The Biz · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 8

Old pupils of Canley Vale School will be pleased to know that Mr. A. E. Reay (headmaster of that school fifty years ago, has kindly consented to revisit the…

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Unesco Report School Parcels Arrive in France

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

Three hundred school parcels, collected by school-children of Michigan and Massachusetts, U.S.A., have been distributed among the children of…

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Teachers' Loyalty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. W. J. Kenna's letter, in which were indicated several reasons for the influence of Communism in the Teachers' Federa…

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Ex-servicemen Students Law School Policy To the Editor of the "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. V. J. Brady's allegation that the University is attempting to restrict the entry into the professions of ex-Servicemen…

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Personality Parade: Doreen HARROP--Actress and teacher

The Sun · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 11

Attractive, brown-haired Doreen Harrop, born in Singapore of English parents, has lived in four…

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Miranda Public School

The Observer · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

The Member for George’s River, Mr. A. J. Williams, M.L.A. has received the following advice from the Minister for Education, the Hon. R…

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Teachers' Loyalty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. Murray asks if I realise the significance of my statement. May I, in return, ask him if he realises the significance…

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Women's News On Tour From U.S. Spastic School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 12

Mrs. Earl, Carlson, wife of the well-known American authority on spastic paralysis, said yesterday that only her keen desire to visit Australia enticed her away from the boarding…

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Pupils on the Air

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 22

Girls at Westmead School using the microphone…

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Baulkham Hills Pupils Who Have Made the Grade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 8

Right or wrong, legend has it that Baulkham Hills is so called because the horses of former days, journeying up the…

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Carlingford Rural School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 22

Set in pleasant surroundings, Carlingford Rural School is of imposing appearance…

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YESTERDAY and TODAY Prospect School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 22

Prospect Public School, which has an attendance of 129 children, received much suport from local citizens in the early…

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School Photographs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 1

Copies of school photographs appearing in this issue may be ordered at The Argus Office. Price 2/6. The photographs were the…

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Parramatta Junior High and Allied Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 24

The largest concentration of school children in the district is found in the Macquarie Street group—Parramatta Junior High, Primary and Infants Schools…

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2,000 Teachers in Training

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 26

The Education Department is making strenuous efforts to enlist and train-mere teachers…

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A Century of Public Education THE price of wisdom is above rubies. BOOk of Job the rewards of life depend upon diligence.(CONFUCIUS) Our Public Schools, 1848 to 1948

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 7

WITH pride, and yet with humility we survey one complete century of public education in this State. With pride because we pay tribute to what has been accomplished by men and women following the gleam that bid them rise to higher things; with…

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Music in the Schools a Popular Subject Young And Happy Melody - Makers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 21

Public school children of all grades have music lessons as part of the scheme to develop self -expression and in many cases the music hour is the happiest of the day. Orchestral and choral concerts staged by the schools…

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Northmead School Bell

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 21

MEMORIAL: June Graham and Beverley Field, pupils of Northmead Primary School, are shown in the playground beside the school bell, a memorial to Mr. H. E. Baker, headmaster from 1929 to 1932. Established in 1928, the school has had only two other headmasters, Messrs. A. J. Deed, 1932-46, and A. V. Adey, appointed in 1947…

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Teachers' Federation Plays Worthy Part

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 23

The Teachers' Federation is playing an increasingly important part in the educational life of the State. Great progress has marked the life of The…

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