Community rallies to save school

April 11, 2001
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SYDNEY — Hundreds of local residents and supporters of public education rallied in the suburb of Marrickville here on April 7 to denounce the planned closure of the local high school. Marrickville High is but one of several inner-city schools slated for closure by the Labor state government.

Photo by Cameron Parker.

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