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Schools, 1948

1,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 95

A Hollywood school-marm

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 6

Green-eyed Jean Peters wanted to be a schoolteacher Hollywood took one look at her and got other ideas. JEAN PETERS was studying for a teacher's diploma at Ohio University…

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Govt's four-year plan to end school congestion

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 28

TOTAL of £20,000,000 will be spent in the next four years on new schools and new building sites. Education Minister R. J. Heffron announced this yesterday…

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Sanitary carters' strike may force State school to close down

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 3

BANKSTOWN school--largest State school in Australia--may be closed because of the sanitary carriers strike. Authorities fear a possible infantile paralysis epidemic because the school, which has 3000 pupils,…

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Parents call school strike

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 3

Twenty-six Narrabeen sclhool children will start a stay-at-home strike tomorrow, on their parents' orders. The parents have called the "strike" in…

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34,000 Infants Start School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

About 34,000 children under six are believed to have enrolled at State schools this year, the Minister for Education, Mr…

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Strike for school transport

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 5

Twenty-six North Narrabeen children were kept home from school today, and parents say they will…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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School Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

DURING summer months the Education Department should alter the school hours to avoid study in the hot…

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Schoolgirl May Extend Champions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 15

Thirteen-year-old Victorian Marjorie McQuade may extend Judy Joy Davies and Denise Spencer in the women's 110 yards freestyle in the National Championships at…

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Local School Housing Problem Fairly Satisfactory

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

Most local schools have so far satisfactorily accommodated the influx of new pupils, it was revealed in a survey conducted by the Argus last week…

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[?]1000 Infants Start School

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

[?] 34,000 children under six are [?] have enrolled at State schools [?] for Education Mr. [?] and an Sunday night…

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New Schools Wanted Need for Early Action

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

The Minister for Education Mr. R. J. Helfren announced last Saturday, that £20,000,000 would in spent on new schools and new sites in the next four…

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34,000 Youngsters Start School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 6

About 34,000 children under the age of six are believed to have enrolled at State schools this year, the Minister for…

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Vic Teachers Call For Price Control

Tribune · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—The annual conference of the Victorian Teachers’ Union carried a resolution supporting extension and more rigid…

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