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Schools, 1948

1,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 95

Schoolgirl Loses In Damages Claim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5

A schoolgirl unsuccessfully claimed damages in the District Court today on the grounds that injuries she suffered when she fell from a motor car caused her to fail in her leaving certificate examination…

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Schoolgirl Loses In Damages Claim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 4

A SCHOOLGIRL unsuccessfully claimed damages in the District Court today on the grounds that injuries she suffered when she fell from a motor car caused her to fail in her leaving certificate examination…

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Countrywomen's Interests Greater Interest In Trees School Grows Seedlings In Own Nursery

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 13

ESTABLISHMENT of tree nurscries at schools, hiking tours and preservation of specimens of plants, are ways by which to interest and educate children in the flora of their country, stated Mr. S. T. Turner, headmaster of Granville…

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Bexley Central School

The St George Call · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Again this year, at the Bexley Central School. Empire Day Celebrations, a cheque for £53100, contributed by the pupils and teachers, was handed…

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Women's News Strathaird arrivals ...To wed in England... School dance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 10

SIR IVEN MACKAY, the first Australian High Commissioner in India, returned to Sydney yesterday…

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School Is Temporary Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 3

In flood-stricken Woodburn, on the North Coast, these members of the Cameron and Griffell families were photographed on Thursday night in the local Public school. They made temporary beds on top of classroom desks. With four feet of water over the floors, their homes had to be evacuated on Wednesday…

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Schools Survey Shocked P and C Rep

Tribune · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 7

“SHOCKING, almost subhuman” conditions were revealed in a survey of ten schools in the South Maitland…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Frightened Spook

The Sun · Sunday 20 June 1948 · page 3

READ THIS FIRST: Rob Pearce (the schoolboy detective) and Lionel Martin are in an old house. Rob finds a patent leather shoe…

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Teachers had to be air-minded

The Sun · Sunday 20 June 1948 · page 21

Prospective high school teachers studying at the University of Illinois must take at least one plane flight…

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Schoolboys' Tour of Barrier Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 June 1948 · page 6

The Young Australia League will conduct a tour for 250 Sydney and Newcastle schoolboys to Cairns and the Barrier Reef…

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Ex-pupils of NSW school hold reunion in London

The Sun · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 11

LONDON.--Sixty-three young women attended Frensham Old Girls' dinner, which was held at the South Kensington Hotel on June 5. The reunion had special…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Schools Grant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

PROBABLY the best way to spend some of the many millions of pounds collected by the Federal Government in…

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Parents 'Almost Certain' to Call School Strike

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

Members of Parramatta West Parents and Citizens' Association may to-night discuss calling children of the school out on strike…

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School Sport

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 11

Auburn Central first grade, playing good football, overwhelmingly defeated Kegworth in the…

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Good Morning Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 4

Two Granville Tech. students were awarded distinctions at a recent National Fitness Camp at Broken Bay…

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