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Shows & fairs, 1851

13 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

The Exhibition of Industry

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 11 January 1851 · page 2

It is becoming evident that at least the French and Germane, probably some other foreign nations will spare no exertions or forethought to prepare such contributions…

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The Great Exhibition of 1851 and Its Palace Op Glass

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1851 · page 2

The magnificent design of the building at present in course of erection in Hyde-Park, for the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851, as finally approved by Her Majesty's…

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The Great Exhibition of 1851

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 22 March 1851 · page 2

The accounts which continue to reach us from all parts of the country are such as tp prove that the desire manifested for some time past, on the part of the working…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the Exhibition of 1851

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 2

We were the first, and, we believe, the only journal which had the boldness to proclaim that the "Crystal Palace" would turn out but a crazily erected edifice. In several…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the Great Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 September 1851 · page 4

The Exhibition still lords it over all other attractions. One hears, sees, speaks, thinks, of little else ; and to all appearance it must have run. "a dead heat" with the "Derby."…

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The Grand Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 September 1851 · page 7

Amongst the curiosities at the Great Exhibition Is a coat of Irish frieze from the Establishment of Messrs. Kearse and Co., Which may be altered into nine different…

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English News. the Great Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 September 1851 · page 8

TUESDAY, JUNE 3.—The receipts at the doors of the Crystal Palace amounted to £2,415 2s.; the number of visitors, according to the police return, was 53,371…

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The Exhibition of 1851

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 October 1851 · page 3

RUSTIC VISITORS.—AN EXAMPLE.—A remarkable feature of Monday's experience in the interior of the Exhibition, was the appearance there at an early hour, of nearly…

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English Intelligence, the Great Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 October 1851 · page 2

MACHINERY—On Saturday the royal party from the Palace examined the western half of the space devoted to machinery in motion, and as this is, perhaps, the most…

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The Great Industrial Exhibition. Its Future Prospects

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 October 1851 · page 2

In speaking last week of the future prospects of the Crystal Palace, we offered a suggestion for converting it into a permanent Exhibition—a universal gallery of…

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The Great Exhibition. British Talent at the Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1851 · page 6

Why the Times should endeavour to write down the British contributions to the Great Exhibition, we cannot conceive. But such is the ease. One day along complaint appeared of the heaviness of…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the Great Exhibition of 1851

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1851 · page 2

On the 7th instant, by a sudden rebound, the number of visitors to the Crystal Palace rose once more to 61,670, and the receipts at the doors amounted to £2852 2s. For the first time since…

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The Great Exhibition

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 November 1851 · page 3

On Tuesday, the 15th July,the unprecedently large number of 71,122 persons visited the Crystal Palace, and £3509 8s was taken in shillings at the doors…

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