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Schools, 1961

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School Parade

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1961 · page 10

The traditional Exhibition Day of Macarthur Girls' High School will be held this week, on…

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Tenders sought for new Fairfield school

The Biz · Wednesday 1 November 1961 · page 3

The Education Department this week will call tenders for the construction of an ultra-modern steel framed prestressed high school at Fairfield West. When completed it…

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High School Captains Cut Cake

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 1

Cutting the cake at the farewell to fifth year of Penrith High School last Friday are Robert Munro (boys' captain) and Barbara Crossing (girls' captain). The chairman of the farewell party, fourth year prefect,…

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High School's "5th Year" Presents Trees

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 1

Future generations of Penrith High School students will be able to remember the fifth year class of 1961 through a row of bottle brush trees presented to the school by the class's 59 students…

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Emu Plains School: Funds Released

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 1

Funds have been released to permit the erection of the Emu Plains Co-educational High School, the Minister for Education, Mr. E. Wetherell, M.L.A., announced this week…

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New Library for School at Colyton

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 7

Colyton Public School will establish a first class library with the £64 surplus from the recent centenary…

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Three Schools Win Prizes in "Health Week"

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 10

Schools entering the best of the 200 essays in Penrith City Council's "Health Week" competitions were…

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Council Notes Werrington School Kept Before Members

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 November 1961 · page 10

The Minister for Education, Mr. E. Wetherell, will be asked by Penrith City Council to keep under review the establishment of a kindergarten and prmary school at Werrington…

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No title Om ballet school over te nemen door de DAW correspondent Leo 'T Hart

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 3

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Spionage systeem in School voor de Tropische Landbouw

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 6

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First concert at school draws crowd

The Biz · Wednesday 8 November 1961 · page 8

More than 200 people attended the Villawood Infants School Concert -- the first -- which was held on two evenings, recently…

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Member opens school fete

The Biz · Wednesday 8 November 1961 · page 8

Member for Fairfield, Mr. C. J. Earl, M.L.A., opened the Villawood North Public School…

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Holroyd school

The Biz · Wednesday 8 November 1961 · page 9

Holroyd Municipality will have another high School in 1963. It will be located in…

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Swimmers Adopt School Colours

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 November 1961 · page 2

Penrith Amateur Swimming Club, at its committee meeting last week, adopted the chocolate and gold…

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High School L.A.'s Christmas Party

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 November 1961 · page 5

Penrith High School Ladies' Auxiliary will invite mothers of students starting school next year to…

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No Secretary Elected to School of Arts

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 November 1961 · page 4

Annual meeting last Friday of Glenbrook School of Arts failed to elect a secretary, as none of the 13…

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The 19611962 School Year

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 4

THE beginning of the school year — 15 September, for the lycées and 1 October for the universities — affects a record number of 10 million…

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No Teacher Like Love

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 7

THE most vivid educational experiences of my life sprang from a friendship with an eccentric old lady who lived in the same road…

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E.c.a.j. Surveys Local Scene Day Schools Discussed

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 4

One of the more stimulaitn discussions of the E.C.A.J. Annual Conference,…

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Distinguished visitors to Northcott school Two Knights in One Day

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 15 November 1961 · page 1

The last two weeks have been busy ones for Parramatta's Northcoft School for Crippled Children. Following a gala visit by 70 of the…

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