Education Act 1928 (WA)

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Education Act 1928

This Act was repealed by the School Education Act 1999 s. 246(1) (No. 36 of 1999) as at 1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7904).

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