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Schools, 1954

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Schoolboys' Tour

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 10

A patry of 350 Victorian schoolboys, members of the Young Australia League, will arrive in…

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Schoolboys' Tour

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 10

A patry of 350 Victorian schoolboys, members of the Young, Australia League, will arrive in…

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Schoolboys' Tour

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 10

A patry of 350 Victorian schoolboys, members of the Young Australia League, will arrive in…

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At School

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 7

School, school, school, with its wooden seats; Arithmetic and English and gymnastic feats;…

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A fortune for the teacher FACT Correspondent

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 59

A pensioned teacher whose salary was never higher than £130 a month has left £466,000—more…

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School Tennis

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 41

Schoolboys' singles, final: P. Sullivan d. J. Blizard, 6-3, 6-3. Schoolboys' Doubles, final: D. Dorahy, A Rogers, d. R. Barnes,…

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Drama Teacher's Flying Visit

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 48

LONDON, Saturday. — The amateur theatre in Sydney will get a stimulating boost from the flying visit this month of one of Britain's top teachers of acting and stage production—Miss…

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The Schoolgirls Had Washington Right Under Their Thumb

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 18

WASHINGTON, Sat.--Even the nerves of the placid Mr. Deeds would have been shot to bits had he gone to Washington and stayed at the hotel into which I've booked…

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Geothermal Heating For School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 10

Rotorua, world-famous for its geysers, boiling mud, hot pools, and steaming earth, is to use "nature's…

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New Block Of Classrooms For Girls' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 10

A new classroom block has been added to the Sydney Church of England Girl's Grammar School at Darlinghurst. This block is part of a master plan for the…

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Youthful, School-holiday Anglers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

School holidays and warm autumn sunshine were all that were needed to lure this group of eager young anglers to Fort Macquarie yesterday. They are (left lo right) Mark, 12, and Michael Hunter, 13, of Bondi Junction; Stan Davis, 12, of Surry Hills; David Fitzpatrick, 12, of Alexandria, and Kevin Wilson, 14, of Surry Hills…

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Cannot Ban Negro Court rules on schools in U.S.

The Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 18

WASHINGTON, Monday.--The US Supreme Court today ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional…

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Opera school for stars of the future

The Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 33

FOR an hour and a half each week, a little group of Sydney typists and office workers become pupil at a school for opera singers. They go to mime and…

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Educational Crisis Demand by 1700 Delegates From Citizens & Teachers' Organisations

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 8

Within an hour of the commencement of the Advance of Education Conference on May 6, the Assembly Hall, Margaret…

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Merrylands Buses School Service

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

Messrs. Barklimore Bros. of 344 Merrylands Rd. Merrylands, wrote as follows to Holroyd Council.—"In reply to your communication…

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Public Schools Starved of Equipment

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 4

The above statement may surprise some people, but not those parents who are continually being called upon to provide essential…

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School Colour Bar Rejected In U.S.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, May l8 (A.A.P.).— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that racial segregation in Public schools is unconstitutional…

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This is what's being done to our children Schools are “too often overcrowded, dilapidated, ill-eqaipped ...”

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 8

“WHEN one teacher was asked how he managed to teach three children when there was only one textbook,…

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US govt tries to smash school

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 7

THE US Government has issued sued 110 million postage stamps bearing Columbia University’s 200th anniversary…

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States See Danger in Mixed School Classes South defies race ban rule

The Sun · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 22

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Officials in southern states today hinted at open defiance of the US Supreme Court decision outlawing racial…

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