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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 117

Migrant Wins School Popularity Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 5

Pupils at North Goulburn public school have elected most popular girl at the school an 11-years-old Estonian girl migrant who has been only 11 months in Australia…

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Jewish Schools in Turkey to Offer Religious Instruc Tion for First Time in 25 Years

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 12

ISTANBUL, (JTA by-airmail) — Religious instruction will begin in Jewish schools this autumn for the first time in 25 years, it was…

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Sth. Cronulla School

The Observer · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 11

Mr. A. J. Williams, M.L.A., Member for George’s River has been informed by the Minister for Education, in answer to his representations, that…

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High School star to miss jump

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 30

Sydney High School broad jump star M. MacGee will not compete in the event at the G.P.S. athletic carnival today. MacGee has cleared…

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Schoolboy Boxers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 9

BOXING teams from Paddington and Balmain Christian Brothers' Technical High Schools will stage…

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Schoolboy Boxers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 11

BOXING teams from Paddington and Balmain Christian Brothers' Technical High Schools will stage…

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Schoolboy Boxers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 9

BOXING teams from Paddington and Balmain Christian Brothers' Technical High Schools will stage…

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Their Best For School

Truth · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 22

Flat out to flatten 'em. The G.P.S. boy had their big athletics day yesterday afternoon on the S.C.G, and, doing the best for his school, R. J. F. Scarff, of Scots (left), left nothing to chance to take out the open broad jump;…

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Schoolboy Fulfils Hopes As Jumper

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 15

KEVIN McMAHON, at 16, is fully bearing out the promise he showed as a high jumper at the age…

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Associated Schools

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 11

Five records were broken at the Associated Schools' athletic meeting yesterday. Trinity Grammar School…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Island of the Silver River

The Sun · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 74

READ THIS FIRST: Rob Pearce, the schoolboy detective, tries to get a job on a yacht, but the yacht sails without him…

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School champion beaten

The Sun · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 46

SEVENTEEN - YEAR - OLD Trinity Grammar School athlete, Kevin Reede, sensationally beat…

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School basher gang MILDURA

The Sun · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 6

POLICE organised a search yesterday for the eight-year-old victim of a schoolboy gang…

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Old Sydneians meet at school cocktail party

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 October 1949 · page 53

OLD Sydneians who attended the annual cocktail party at Sydney Grammar School last night were jubilant over Grammar's victory at the G.P.S. athletics carnival at the Sydney Cricket Ground…

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Speedway Lessons In School

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 22

LONDON.--Evening classes in cycle speedway are included in the autumn curriculum of the Defoe Recreational…

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Speedway Lessons in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 22

LONDON.--Evening classes in cycle speedway are included in the autumn curriculum of the Defoe Recreational…

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£80 for School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 7

The Granville Infants' School Club's annual market day realised more than £80, which will be spent on amenities at the…

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Cricket Stars Will Coach Schoolboys

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 12

Cumberland Cricket Club will open its schoolboy coaching class at Lidcombe Oval on Saturday, October 29,…

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High School Cricket

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 10

Parramatta High School won in all grades against Manly when the high schools' cricket competition was resumed last…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 4

An audience of 150 pupils and their parents displayed keen interest in the newly-acquired projector when an informative programme of films was presented at Wentworthville Public School last week…

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