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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1871

6 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Complimentary Concert to Mr. W. Dignam

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 2

—A meeting was held at Mrs. Craig’s, Salutation Inn, last evening, when it was decided to give an entertainment to the above named gentleman previous to his departure for Europe, on which…

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A Fatal Shot in a Theatre

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 June 1871 · page 4

THE Diritto, of Florence, gives an account of a shocking accident which took place at the Prince Humbert Theatre in that city. A ballet pantomime was being performed, in…

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Local and General. a Town Band for Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 August 1871 · page 2

LAST evening, about thirty persons attended a meeting at the Commercial Hotel, called by advertisement, for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a town band in Yass…

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Local and General. a Town Band for Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 August 1871 · page 2

LAST evening an adjourned public meeting was held at the Commercial Hotel, Yass, for the purpose of hearing the rules read as prepared by the committee appointed at a meeting held a…

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Concert of Sacred Music

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1871 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening what was termed a grand concert of sacred music instrumental and vocal, was given in the Wesleyan Church, Goldsmith-street, in aid of the organ fund. The term “grand” was…

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At the Waverley Ball

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 October 1871 · page 4

AT the conclusion of the "Waverley" quadrille came a wonderful performance, a reel, played by the royal and other pipers, danced in full Highland garb and the shortest of petticoats,…

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