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Schools, 1959

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Penrith South School

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1959 · page 1

When South Penrith School opcns next Tuesday, it will enrol pupils in the locality served by that school who have…

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Teachers Farewelled at Mulgoa

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1959 · page 6

The public hall at Mulgoa once upon a time was the town hall for the then thriving locality. It was the centre of all public activity. But the trend came for bigger municipalities, and Mulgoa was absorbed…

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Moriah Answer On School Project Next Week

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 January 1959 · page 1

Fate of the communal Jewish day school project will not be known for a week…

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Ministers Praise High School Boys

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 January 1959 · page 4

A point that Jewish boys who had taken an active part in Jewish communal and synagogue…

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Canley Vale School Improvements

The Biz · Wednesday 28 January 1959 · page 1

Portable buildings at Canley Vale Public School will eventually be replaced by brick…

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Teachers Defeat Militarist Move

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1959 · page 11

TOKIO: Lectures to propagate militarist education sponsored by the Kishi Government have fallen through in Osaka and Kyoto under…

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School Staff Changes Penrith High School

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1959 · page 1

New teachers reported for duty at Penrith High School on Tuesday morning. They were: Mr. A. E. Byrne, deputy…

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Moriah Declines School Offer

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 1

At a special meeting Wednesday night, attended by 20 members, the Moriah College Board of Management rejected by an overwhelming majority an especially drawn-up proposal to make it the nucleus of a communal…

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Accommodation Squeeze in Some Schools

The Biz · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 1

Shortage of accommodation forced one Fairfield School to turn away pupils when primary and secondary schools opened in the district last week. Another was described by its…

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Back to School

The Biz · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 19

The president of the Fairfield Nursery School committee, Ald. W. Wolfenden, greets Mr. R. J. Heffron (Minister for Education) and Mrs. Heffron in brilliant sunshine. Mr. Heffron later opened the school's new wing. Left to right: Mr. and Mrs Heffron, Ald…

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Catholic Head Says: Big Building Plan Will Solve School Congestion

The Biz · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 21

A leading Catholic educationist forecasts a huge building programme throughout Australia to cater for the increased migrant population in Catholic schools…

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Rise in Status for Smithfield P. School

The Biz · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 21

The Smithfield Publics School has been raised to the status of a second class school with the appointment of Mr. Glover as deputy-headmaster) This is the first occasion in the school's…

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Area Director Claims: School Needs in Pace with District Expansion

The Biz · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 20

A claim that the Department of Education was keeping abreast of the Fairfield District's educational requirements was, made yesterday by the Area Director. of Education, Mr. J…

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Attack on unions was aim of Canberra ASPS 'summer school'

Tribune · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 10

The gratuitous advice given to the trade union movement by Sir Garfield Barwick and other representatives of monopoly at the Summer School of the Australian Institute of Political Science was strongly opposed by trade unionists at the School and will be rejected by the trade union movement…

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Chaos in half finished schools C'wealth grant, Commission needed NOW

Tribune · Wednesday 4 February 1959 · page 12

SYDNEY: Children from areas for from Northmead hod been instructed by the Education Department to…

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Penrith Pre-School Kindergarten

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 February 1959 · page 1

So far 35 children have been nominated for Penrith preschool kindergarten. It is expected that this will be opened…

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Higher School Enrolments This Year

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 3

Heavy enrolments of school age children at Jewish educational centres were reported by Jewish school authorities all this week. At least two…

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Now They Favor District Schools

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 2

Though private talks and negotiations are reportedly continuing to save the ill-fated communal day school project, rejected in its present form by Moriah College Board of Management, there is now a growing…

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A Glass Schoolroom

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1959 · page 6

The value of modern educational techniques and equipment was demonstrated "under glass" at the…

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New Rooms for Mt. Pritchard Public School

The Biz · Wednesday 11 February 1959 · page 23

New rooms at Mt. Pritchard Public school have been completed and are waiting for the Power to…

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