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Parliament of Queensland

The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state’s constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country. The upper chamber, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane.

All laws applicable in Queensland are authorised by the Parliament of Queensland, with the exception of specific legislation defined in the Constitution of Australia, criminal law applying under the Australia Act 1896 as well as older laws passed by New South Wales and the United Kingdom because the state was a former colony.

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Sir James Robert Dickson (30 November 1832 – 10 January 1901) was an Australian politician and businessman, the 13th Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry. Dickson was born in Plymouth, Devon, and migrated initially to Victoria in 1854. He settled in Queensland in 1862, becoming an auctioneer.

A wealthy and influential businessman, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Enoggera in 1873. In the so-called Continuous Ministry of the late 1890s, Dickson attained the positions of Secretary for Railways in 1897, and Postmaster-General and Home Secretary in 1898-99. He was made Premier in September 1898 after the death of Thomas Byrnes.

The Continuous Ministry by this stage was falling apart, and Dickson had only a brief period in office before Anderson Dawson gained the support of the Legislative Assembly to become the leader of the world’s

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Learns Cooking

(“Teena,” Aramac)

Dear Uncle Peter-
How are you and all the Den kids? It is a long time since I have written. I am learning Domestic Science at school now. As well as cooking, I do sewing. We have Domestic Science on Monday. Tomorrow, we are going to cook jam tarts. I like Domestic Science very much. Aramac has just had some nice rain, and I hear Longreach has, too. I think the rain will do a lot of good. I am enclosing some jokes.
(Junior, 7 points).

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The Longreach Leader, 13 June 1952

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Home economics, domestic science or home science is a field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home, family and community. Situated in the human sciences, home economics draws from a range of disciplines to achieve optimal and sustainable living for individuals, families, and communities.

The content of home economics courses vary, but may include: food, nutrition, and health; personal finance; family resource management and planning; textiles and clothing; shelter and housing; consumerism and consumer science; household management; design and technology; food science and hospitality; human development and family studies; communication and extension education and community services, among others.

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New High School Plan Advanced

Dalby is to have a State High School. This information is contained in a letter that Mr. L. F. Diplock M.L.A., has received from the Minister for Works and Housing (Mr. Hilton).

The letter reads: “With reference to your several interviews with me concerning the establishment of the Dalby High School on the new site acquired for that purpose, I have to advise that the matter is under the attention of the chief architect for the preparation of plans for the establishment of this new school.

“it is proposed to provide accommodation for the high school grades as the first section of the scheme, with accommodation for two class rooms, one commercial room, and a science room, and staff accommodation.

“In addition to this, a new unit for domestic science containing rooms for dressmaking, cookery, dining and a laundry is to be included as

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Taking Guesswork Out Of Cooking

The preparation of a series of standard fool-proof recipes for all kinds of dishes is the aim of a group of students at East Sydney Technical College and their instructor, Miss Margaret Beale.

They want to take the guesswork out of cooking; to make it easy for the amateur to follow a recipe blindly and have it come out the way she expects, just to her liking.

The girls are in the third year of the science diploma course in food and nutrition, and are doing “experimental cookery” to learn the “why” of the subtle art.

They take a recipe, systematically vary each ingredient and see what happens. They alter the method of mixing and the oven temperature and note the result.

“And from that we hope to be able to predict accurately just how a dish will turn out in size, texture, tenderness, eating

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Home Science Display

A new venture featuring the work of the staff and pupils of Home Science section of the Warwick High School and Technical College will be presented at the Town Hall on Friday, July 21, in the afternoon at 2.30 o’clock and in the evening at 7.20 o’clock.

Tempting dishes of sweets, biscuits and small cakes will be arranged around the hall, while expertly-decorated cakes, finely latticed and also in novelty designs, will be there for all to see. Continuing on a tour of the display tables, which, by the way, are best examined prior to the parade, one will see an enticing array of jams, pickles, and preserves.

An excellent example of the variety of fancy stitches are the needlework samples with their colourful embroidery and hem-stitching. Also in this section will be daintily smocked children’s frocks. A sight to please “my lady’s” eye

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A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils and weapons.

While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armourers, the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armour to simple things like nails or lengths of chain.

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Department of Public Instruction

The Domestic Science High School

The Domestic Science High School prepares students for the Senior Public Examination (endorsed Homes Science Certificate), and for entrance to the Teachers’ Training College, and for the Junior Public Examination.

Scholarship holders and candidates who have passed the High School Entrance Examination are admitted free.

Full Day Home Science classes are also available for students who have reached an approval standard at primary school and do not intend to proceed to the University Examinations, but require a knowledge of Homes Science Subjects.

The Principal will interview parents and accept enrolments in the Domestic Science High School from January 22nd, 1953, onwards. Classes commence on February 2nd.

Details of courses available on application.
Telephone B5661.

H. Marks. B.Sc.,
Principal.

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Brisbane Telegraph, 28 January 1953

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Fresh honors for Qld. girl

Los Angeles: Miss Carmel Montgomery has been appointed an Associate of the Zoology Department of the University of Southern California, at Los Angeles.

Carmel, who came to the University two years ago on a fellowship granted because of outstanding work in Australia, has had a brilliant scholastic career in California.

At a ceremony at which 7000 students were graduated, she received her M.Sc. degree. Of the 60 graduates in the Zoology Department, only Carmel and one other, a Chinese, obtained the Master’s degree.

Her fellowship at the University has now been extended and she has been accepted as one of the few women candidates for the degree of Ph.D.

Carmel is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Montgomery, of Atherton, North Queensland. Two of her sisters are also students at U.S.C., one studying radio and the other piano. Mr. Montgomery is a

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