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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 117

Back to school again from 18 to 80

The Sun · Sunday 29 May 1949 · page 4

WHEN you're 85 and you return to "school" that's enthusiasm. Chatswood Evening College can boast of a pupil of that age. She is one of the keenest students in the pottery class…

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Traffic school record -- one failure in 12,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 May 1949 · page 5

Police have booked for a second traffic offence only one of 12,000 drivers who have attended the Police Traffic Branch first offenders' school…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests,…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests,…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests,…

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School Exams

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 10

PEN-POINTER of 24549 asks why children have so many school exams. My opinion is that, in a child's own interests,…

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Letters Sex Education Teach The Teachers First

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

Sir,—It is good news that the Education Department and other educational agencies are seriously contemplating the extension of…

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School Nears Completion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 4

At the May meeting of the Merrylands P. and C. Association, the Headmaster, Mr. Brown, reported that the main…

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Minister Quizzed on School Repairs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

The urgent need for school repairs was stressed by Mr. G. C. Gollan, M.L.A., in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly last week…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

A 13-year-old was injured in a football match at Lidcombe Oval. He is Barry Doody, of…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

All local schools celebrated Empire Day last week, in the customary enthusiastic manner. Berala and Lidcombe schools held a combined celebration in…

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Schools Television

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

Sir,—The Minister for Education, Mr. Heffron, is reported to have said that in some quarters it was thought television would…

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Britain Opens Atomic Defence School

Construction · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

An entire “guinea pig” village—nicknamed "crazy village"—has been secretly built near Falfield, Gloucestershire as Britain's first atomic defence training school…

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100 Pupils Strike At School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.--More than 100 schoolchildren today began a "stay…

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Pupils Out on Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Eighty of the 100 pupils at Marysville Public School walk ed the streets of the town…

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St. Marys School Notes

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 5

The banner for assembly went this week to 6M. A development—the class holding the banner now has the privilege of appointing one of its…

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1100 Catholic Teachers Confer On Education

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 2

THE use of film-strips in visual education, broadcast lessons, and road safely training were discussed at the Catholic Education Conference last Sunday. Nearly 1100 Catholic educationists, nuns and brothers of the Archdiocesan teaching congregations, attended the four sessions of the conference in Cusa House…

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A Page For Catholic Schools Some Thoughts On The Novel Form In English Literature

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 3

UNDOUBTEDLY, many Honours L.C. students will have taken the novel to study as one of the many…

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